Payment of Wages Act, 1936

Section - 15A - Liability for payment of court-fees

After section 15 of the said Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely :—

"15A. Liability for payment of court-fees.—(1) In any proceed­ings under section 15, the applicant shall not be liable to pay any court-fees (other than fees payable for service of process) in respect of such proceedings :

Provided that when the application is presented by an Inspector he shall not be liable to pay the process fees also.

(2) Where the applicant succeeds in such proceedings, the authori­ty hearing the application shall calculate the amount of court-fees which would have been payable by the applicant but for sub-section (1) and direct the employer or other person responsible for the payment of wages under section 3 to pay such amount to the State Government. Such amount shall, without prejudice to any other mode of recovery, be recoverable as an arrear of land revenue." - Maharashtra Act No. 62 of 1953.

RAJASTHAN

In section 15, in sub-section (1), after the expression "stipen­diary Magistrate", the expression "or a Vikas Adhikari appointed under the Rajasthan Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishads Act, 1959 (Rajasthan Act 37 of 1950)" shall be inserted - Rajasthan Act No. 11 of 1976.

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