Payment of Wages Act, 1936

Section - 21 - Procedure in trial of offences

Procedure in trial of offences.

21.   (1) No Court shall take cognizance of a complaint against any person for an offence under sub-section (1) of section 20, unless an application in respect of the facts constituting the offence has been presented under section 15 and has been granted wholly or in part and the authority empowered under the latter section or the Appellate Court granting such application has sanctioned the making of the complaint.

(2) Before sanctioning the making of a complaint against any person for an  offence under sub-section (1) of section 20, the authority empowered under section 15 or the Appellate Court, as the case may be, shall give such person an opportunity of showing cause against the granting of such sanction, and the sanction shall not be granted if such person satisfies the authority or court that his default was due to—

 (a)  a bona fide error or bona fide dispute as to the amount payable to the employed person, or

 (b)  the occurrence of an emergency, or the existence of exceptional circumstances, such that the person responsible for the payment of the wages was unable, though exercising reasonable diligence, to make promp .... To read the full section download the app from Google Play store