Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Wages in kind.- (1) Minimum wages payable under the Act shall be paid in cash. 1 Subs. by the Minimum Wages (Amendment) Act, 1957. 2 Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950 3 Omitted by the Minimum Wages (Amendment) Act. 1957. 4 Subs. by the Minimum Wages (Amendment) Act, 1957. Sec. 13 The Minimum Wages Act, 1948 7 (2) Where it has been the custom to pay wages wholly or partly in kind, the appropriate Government being of the opinion that it is necessary in the circumstances of the case may, by notification in the Official Gazette, authorise the payment of minimum wages either wholly or partly in kind. (3) If the appropriate Government is of the opinion that provisions should be made for the supply of essential commodities at concessional rates, the appropriate Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, authorise the provision of such supplies at concessional rates. (4) The cash value of wages in kind and of concessions in respect of supplies of essential commodities at concessional rates authorised under sub-sections (2) and (3) shall be estimated in the prescribed manner.