3. Responsibility for payment of wages -  

Every employer shall be responsible for the payment to persons employed by him of all wages required to be paid under this Act : 

Provided that in the case of persons employed (otherwise than by a contractor) - 

(a) in factories if a person has been named as the manager of the factory under clause (f) of sub-section (1) of section 7 of the Factories Act 1948 (63 of 1948) ; 

(b) in industrial or other establishments if there is a person responsible to the employer for the supervision and control of the industrial or other establishments; 

(c) upon railways (otherwise than in factories) if the employer is the railway administration and the railway administration has nominated a person in this behalf for the local area concerned. 

The person so named the person so responsible 
 
