Payment of Wages Act, 1936
Section - 17 - Appeal
Appeal17. (1) [An appeal against an order dismissing either wholly or in part an application made under sub-section (2) of section 15, or against a direction made under sub-section (3) or sub-section (4) of that section] may be preferred, within thirty days of the date on which [the order or direction] was made, in a presidency town [***] before the Court of small causes and elsewhere before the District Court— (a) by the employer or other person responsible for the payment of wages under section 3, if the total sum directed to be paid by way of wages and compensation exceeds three hundred rupees, [or such direction has the effect of imposing on the employer or the other person a financial liability exceeding one thousand rupees], or[(b) by an employed person or any legal practitioner or any official of a registered trade union authorised in writing to act on his behalf or any Inspector under this Act, or any other person permitted by the authority to make an application under sub-section (2) of section 15, if the total amount of wages claimed to have been withheld fr .... To read the full section download the app from Google Play store
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