Minimum Wages Act, 1948

Section - 1 - Short title and extent

Section - 2 - Interpretation

Section - 3 - Fixing of minimum rates of wages

Section - 4 - Minimum rate of wages

Section - 5 - Procedure for fixing and revising minimum wages

Section - 6 - Advisory committees and sub-committees

Section - 7 - Advisory Board

Section - 8 - Central Advisory Board

Section - 9 - Composition of committees, etc

Section - 10 - Correction of errors

Section - 11 - Wages in kind

Section - 12 - Payment of minimum rates of wages

Section - 13 - Fixing hours for a normal working day, etc

Section - 14 - Overtime

Section - 15 - Wages of worker who works for less than normal working day

Section - 16 - Wages for two or more classes of work

Section - 17 - Minimum time rate wages for piece work

Section - 18 - Maintenance of registers and records

Section - 19 - Inspectors

Section - 20 - Claims

Section - 21 - Single application in respect of a number of employees

Section - 22 - Penalties for certain offences

Section - 22A - General provision for punishment of other offences

Section - 22B - Cognizance of offences

Section - 22C - Offences by companies

Section - 22D - Payment of undisbursed amounts due to employees

Section - 22E - Protection against attachment of assets of employer with Government

Section - 22F - Application of Payment of Wages Act, 1936, to scheduled employments

Section - 23 - Exemption of employer from liability in certain cases

Section - 24 - Bar of suits

Section - 25 - Contracting out

Section - 26 - Exemptions and exceptions

Section - 27 - Power of State Government to add to Schedule

Section - 28 - Power of Central Government to give directions

Section - 29 - Power of the Central Government to make rules

Section - 30 - Power of appropriate Government to make rules

Section - 30A - Rules made by Central Government to be laid before Parliament

Section - 31 - Validation of fixation of certain minimum rates of wages

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