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Payment of Wages Act, 1936

Applicability of Act

Factory/Industrial Establishment

Tramway service or motor transport service engaged in carrying passengers or goods or both by road for hire or reward.

Air transport service Dock, Wharf or Jetty

Inland vessel which are mechanically propelled

Mine, quarry, or oil-field Plantation

Workshop or other establishments

 Object of the Act

This Act regulates the payment of wages of certain classes of employed persons and date of disbursement of wages.