West Pakistan Payment of Wages Rules, 1960
[Published under Noti. No. IX‑7‑II (XI)/59 dated 15thOctober 1960,
Gaz. of West Pak. Extr. 18 October 1960, pp. 4067‑4072.]
1. Short title and commencement.--- (1) These rules may be
called the West Pakistan Payment of Wages Rules, 1960.
[Sub‑rule (1‑a) added by
Noti. 4‑14 (L‑IV) 65 of 12 July 1967, Gaz. of
West Pak. Pt. I, 11 Aug. 1967, p. 997‑see 1967 LLC 111 (Statutes).][1-a.
They shall extend to the whole of the Provinceof West Pakistanexcept the Tribal
Areas.][Sub-rule 1-a deleted in its application to Sindprovince. ibid.]
(2) They shall come into force at once.
2. Definitions.--- In these rules, unless tire context
otherwise requires the following expressions shall have the meanings hereby
respectively signed to them, that is to say,---
(a) ”the Act” means the Payment of Wages Act; 1936;
(b) ”the Authority” means the Authority appointed under
sub-section (1) of section 15;
(c) Certifying Officer” means the Certifying officer
appointed under clause (c) of section 2 of the Industrial Employment (Standing
Orders) Act, 1946;[See now West Pakistan Industrial and Commercial Employment
(Standing Orders) Ordinance (VI of 1968).]
(d) the Chief Inspector of Factories” means the Chief
Inspector of Factories appointed under sub‑section (2) of section 10 of the
Factories Act, 1934;
(e) ”Court” means the Court mentioned in sub‑section
(1) of section 17;
(f) ”deduction for breach of contract” means a deduction
made in accordance with the provisions of the proviso to sub‑section
(2) of section 9;
(g) ”deduction for damage or loss” means deduction made in
accordance with the provisions of clause (c) of sub‑section (2)
of diction 7;
(h) ”Form” means a Form appended to these rules;
(i) ”Inspector” means an Inspector authorized under section
14;
(j) ”person employed” excludes all persons to the payment of
whose wages the Act does not apply;
(k) ”paymaster” means an employer or other person
responsible under section 3 for the payment of wages;
(l) ”section” means a section of the Act.
3. Register of Fines.--- (1) In any factory regarding which
the employer has obtained approval under sub‑section (1) of section g to a list
of acts and Omissions in respect of which fines may be imposed; the paymaster
shall maintain a Register of Fines in Form I.
(2) At the beginning of the Register of Fines there shall be
entered serially numbered the approved purpose or purposes for which the fines
realized are to be expended.
(3) When any disbursement is made from the fines realized, a
debit entry of the amount so expended shall be made in the Register of Fines
and a voucher of receipt in respect of the amount shall be affixed to the
register. If more than one purpose has been approved the entry in respect of
the disbursement shall also indicate the purpose for which it is made.
4. Register of Deductions for Damage or Loss.---In every
factory in which deductions for damage or, loss are made the paymaster shall
maintain the register required by sub‑section (2) of section 10 in Form
II.
5. Register of Wages.--- A Register of Wages shall be
maintained in every factory and may be kept in such form as the paymaster finds
convenient but shall include the following particulars:---
(a) the gross wages earned by each person employed for each
wage-period;
(b) all deductions
made from those wages, with an indication in each case of the clause of
sub-section (2) of section 7 under which the deduction is made;
(c) the wages actually paid to each person employed for each
wage-period;
(d) the date of payment of wages in each case.
6. Maintenance of Registers.--- The registers required by
rules 3, 4, 5 and 17 shall be preserved for twelve months after the date of the
last entry made in them.
7. Weights and Measures.--- (1) All weights, measures or
weighing machines which are used in checking or ascertaining the wages oaf
persons employed in any factory shall be examined at least biennially by an
inspector who may prohibit the use of any weight, measure or weighing machine
which he finds to register incorrectly.
(2) if the inspector considers that any action should be
taken tinder the Weights and Measures of Capacity Act. 1871, or the Pakistan
Penal Code, in respect of any, weight measure or weighing machine used in
checking or ascertaining the wages of persons’ employed, he may seize the
article in question and after recording his opinion send the seized article to
the District Magistrate for such action as he may think fit.
8. Notice of dates of payment.--- The paymaster shall
display, in a conspicuous place at or near the main entrance of the factory, a
notice, in English and in the language of majority of the persons employed
therein, showing for not less than two months in advance, the day on which
wages are to be paid.
9. Prescribes Authority.---In the case of persons employed
in an industrial establishment to which the Industrial Employment (Standing
Orders) Act, 1946,[See now the West Pakistan Industrial and Commercial
Employment (Standing (Orders) ordinance (VI of 1968):]applies, the Certifying
Officer, and in other cases the: Chief Inspector of Factories, shall be the
Authority Competent to approve under subsection (i) of section 8, acts and
omissions in respect of which fines may be imposed and under sub-section (8)
the purposes on which the proceeds of fines shall be expended.
10. Application in respect of tines.---Every employer
requiring the power to impose fines in respect of any acts and omissions on the
part of employed persons shall send to the Chief Inspector of Factories,---
(a) a list in English, in duplicate, clearly defining such
acts start omissions;
(b) in cases where the employer himself does not intend to
be the sole person empowered to impose fines a list, in duplicate, showing
those posts in his factory the incumbents whereof may pass orders imposing
fines and the class of establishment on which the incumbent of each such post
may impose fine.
11. Approval of list of acts and omissions.---The authority
appointed under rule 9 on receipt of the list prescribed in the preceding rule,
may, after such enquiry as he considers necessary, pass orders either,---
(a) disapproving the list; or
(b) approving the list either in its original form or as
amended by him and the list in the form in which it has been approved shall be
considered to be approved list; provided that no order disapproving or
amending the list shall be passed unless the employer shall have been given an,
opportunity of showing cause, orally or in writing, why the list as submitted
by him should be approved.
12. Posting of list.---The employer shall display, at or
near the main entrance of the factory, a copy in English together with a
literal translation thereof in the language of the majority of the persons
employed therein of the list approved under rule 11.
13. Persons authorized to impose fines.---No fine may be
imposed by any person other than an employer, or a person holding a post shown
in the list submitted under rule 10.
14. Procedure in imposing flues and deductions.--- Any
person desiring to impose fine on an employed person or to make deduction for
damage or loss shall explain personally to the said person the act or omission,
or damage or loss, in respect of which the fine or deduction is proposed to be
imposed and the amount of the fine or deduction which it is proposed to impose,
and shall hear his explanation ire the presence of at least one other person.
15. Information to Paymaster.--- The person imposing a fine
or directing the making of deduction for damage or loss shall at once inform
the paymaster of all particulars required to be entered in the register
prescribed under rule 3 or rule 4.
16. Deduction for breach of contract.---(1) No deduction for
breach of contract shall be made from the wages of an employed person who is
under the age of fifteen years or is a woman.
(2) No deduction for breach of contract shall be made from
the wages of any employed person unless,---
(i) there is provision in writing forming part of the terms
of the ontract of employment, requiring him to give notice of the termination
of his employment; and
(ii) the period of this notice does not exceed fifteen days
or, the wage-period; whichever is less; and
(iii) the period of this notice does rot exceed the period
of notice which the employer is required to give of the termination of that
employment;
(iv) this rule has been displayed in English and in the
language of the majority of the employed persons at or near the main entrance
of the factory and has been so displayed for not less than one month before the
commencement of the absence in respect of which the deduction is made; and
(v) a notice has been displayed at or near the main entrance
of the factory giving the names of the persons from whom the deduction is
proposed to be made, the number of days wages to be deducted and the conditions
(if any) on which the deduction will be remitted provided that where the
deduction is proposed to be made from all the persons employed in any
departments or sections of the factory, it shall be sufficient, in lieu of
giving the names of the persons in such departments or sections, to specify the
departments or sections affected.
(3) No deduction for breach of contract shall exceed the
wages of the person employed for the period by which the notice of termination
of service given falls short of the period of such notice required by the
contract of employment.
(4) If any conditions have been specified in the notice
displayed under clause (v) of sub‑rule (2), no deduction for breach
of contract shall be made from any person who has complied with such
conditions.
17. Advances.--- (1) An advance of wages not already earned
shall not, without the previous permission of an Inspector, exceed an amount equivalent
to the wages earned by the employed person during the preceding two calendar
months, or if he has not been employed for that period, twice the wages he is
likely to earn during the two subsequent calendar months.
(2) The advance may be recovered in installments by
deductions from wages spread over not more than twelve months. No installment
shall exceed one third, or where the wages for any wage-period are not more
than twenty rupees, one-fourth of the wage-period in respect of which the
deduction is made.
(3) The amount of all advances sanctioned and the re-payment
thereof shall be entered in a register in Form III.
18. Annual Returns.--- In respect of every factory in which
during the calendar year any fines have been imposed or any deductions for
breach of contract or for damage or loss have been trade from wages, a return
shall be sent in Form IV so as to reach the Chief Inspector of Factories not,
later than the 12thof February following the calendar year to which it relates.
[Rule 18‑A and Forms VI, VII, VIII & IX added in its
application to Sindby Noti. SO (L.‑II)‑2‑16/76 of June 1980. SindGovt. Gaz.
Pt. IV‑A, 19 June 1980. p. 48 as amended by Noti. SO (L‑II)‑16/76,
23 Feb. 1981, L‑see at the end of Form V.]
19. Costs.--- (1) Where the Authority or the Court, as the
case may be, directs that any costs shell not follow the event, it shall state
its reasons for so doing in writing.
(2) The costs which may be awarded shall include:---
(a) the charges necessarily incurred on account of court
fees;
(b) the charges necessarily incurred en subsistence money to
witnesses; and
(c) the pleader’s fees, which shall ordinarily be rupees
ten, provided that the Authority or the Court, as the case may be, in any
proceedings, may reduce the fee to a sum not less chart rupees five or increase
it to a sum not exceeding rupees thirty.
(3) When a party engages more pleaders than one to defend a
case, he shall be allowed one set of costs only.
20. Copies.--- The Authority or the Court, as the case may
be, may fix fees on the payment of which any person entitled to do so may
obtain copies of any documents filed with tile Authority or the Court, as the
case may be:---
Provided that the Authority or the Court, as the case may
be, may in consideration of the poverty of the applicant, grant copies free of
cost.
21. Fees:--- The fee payable in respect of proceedings under
the Act shall be according to the following scale:---
(i) For, every application to summon [Subs. for “Four means”
by Noti. XI‑9‑15 (Lab. ID/60. Gaz. of West Pak.
Pt. I‑A,
17 March 1961.][25 paisa] in respect of each a witness, Witness.
(ii) For every other application made [Sub. for “Eight
annas” ibid.][50 paisa] by or on behalf of an individual person before the
Authority,
(iii) For every other application made [Subs. for “Four
means” by Noti. XI‑9‑15 by or on behalf pf an unpaid
(Lab. ID/60. Gaz. of West Pak. Pt. group before the Authority, I‑A,
17 March 1961.][25 paisa] for each member of the group subject to a maximum of
five rupees.
(iv) For every appeal lodged with the Five rupees.
Provided that Authority or the Court may, in consideration
of the poverty of the applicant, reduce or remit this fee:---
Provided further that no fee shall tee chargeable in respect
of an application presented by an inspector.
22. Abstract.--- The abstracts of the Act and of the rules
there-under to be displayed under section 25 shall be, in Form V.
23. Penalties.---Any breach of rules 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 15
and 18, of these rules shall be punishable with fine which relay extend to two
hundred rupees.
[Rule 24 added by Noti. 4‑14 (L‑IV) 65 of
12 July 1967, Gaz. of West Pak. Pt. I, 11 Aug. 1967, p. 997 LLC 111
(Statutes).][24. Repeal.---The Sind Payment of Wages Rules, 1936, as applicable
to Karachi, are repealed.]
FORM I
[Rule 3]
Register of Fines
Factory ....................................................
Serial No.
Name
Father’s name
Department
Act or omission for which fine imposed.
Whether workman showed cause against fine or hot. If so,
enter date.
Rates of wages
Date and amount of fine imposed
Date on which fine realised
Remarks
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
FORM II
[Rule 4]
Register of deductions for damage of loss caused to the
employer by the neglect or default of the employed person
Serial No.
Name
Father’s name
Department
Damage of loss caused
Whether workman showed cause against deduction or not. If
so, enter date.
Date and amount of deduction imposed
Number of installments if any
Date on which total amount realised
Remarks
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
FORM III
[Rule 17]
Register of advance to employed persons
Factory
.............................................................
Serial No.
Name
Father’s name
Department
Date and amount of advance made
Purpose (s) for which advance made
Number of installments by which advance to be repaid
Prostponements granted
Date on which total amount realized
Remarks
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
FORM IV
[Rule 18]
Deduction from wages
Register for the year ending 31st December 19
....................
1. Name of
factory and postal address ………………
Adults...............................
2. Total
number of persons employed
Children ...........................
3. Total wages
paid
............................................................................................
4. Number of
cases amounts realized as: ‑‑
Number of cases
Amount
(a) Fines ...
... ... ...
(b) Deductions for damage or loss ...
(c) Deductions for breach of contract ...
5. Disbursements from fine fund
Amount
Purpose
Signature ........................
Date………………….. Designation
FORM V
[Rule 22]
Abstracts of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 and the rules
there-under Whom the Act affects
1. The Act applies to the payment of wages to persons in a
factory receiving [Words “less than Rs. 200” subs. by “upto an average of one
thousand and five hundred rupees” in its application to Sind Province.
SindGovt. Gaz., Extr., Pt. IV, June 29, 1986, p. I4.]less than Rs. 200 a month.
2. No employed person can give up by contract or agreement
his rights under the Act.
Definition of wages
3. “Wages” means all remuneration payable to an employed
person on the fulfillment of his contract of employment.
It includes bonus and any sum payable for want of a proper
notice of discharge.
It excludes,---
(a) the value
of house accommodation, supply of light, water, medical attendance other
amenity, or of any service excluded by general or special order of the
Provincial Government;
(b) the employer’s contribution to a pension or provident
fund;
(c) travelling allowance or concession or other special
expenses entailed by the employment;
(d) any gratuity payable on discharge.
Responsibility for and method of payment
4. The manager of the factory is responsible for the payment
under the Act of wages to persons employed under him, and any contractor
employing persons is responsible for payment to the persons he employs.
5. Wage-periods shall be fixed for the payment of wages at
intervals not exceeding one month.
6. Wages shall be paid on a working day within seven days of
the end of the wage-period or within ten days if 1,000 or more persons are
employed.
The wages of a person discharged shall be paid not later
than the second working day after his discharge.
7. Payments in kind are prohibited.
Flues and Deductions
8. No deductions shall be made from wages except those
authorized under the Act (see paragraphs 9-15 below).
9. (1) Fines carp be imposed only for such acts and
omissions as the employer may with the previous approval of the Chief Inspector
of Factories, specify by a notice displayed at or near the main entrance of the
Factory, and after giving the employed person an opportunity for explanation.
(2) Fines,---
(a) shall not exceed half an anna in the rupee of the wages
payable;
(b) shall not be recovered by installments, or later than
sixty days from the date of imposition;
(c) shall be recorded in register and applied to such
purposes beneficial to the employed persons as approved by the Chief Inspector
of Factories;
(d) shall not be imposed on any employed person under the
age of fifteen years.
10. (a) Deductions for absence from duty can be made only en
account of the absence of the employed person at times when he should be
working, and such deductions roust not exceed an amount which is in the same
proportion to his wages for the wage‑period as the time he was absent
in that period is to the total time he should have been at work.
(b) If ten or more employed persons, acting in concert
absent themselves without reasonable cause and without due notice, the
deduction for absence can include wages, or eight days in lieu of notice:---
Provided,---
(1) no deduction for breaking a contract can be made from a
person under the age of fifteen years or a woman;
(2) there must be a provision in writing which forms part of
the contract of employment, requiring that a specific period of notice of
intention to cease work, not exceeding fifteen days or the period of notice
which the employer has to give to discharge a worker, must be given to the
employer aid that wages may be deducted in lieu of such notice;
(3) the above provisions must be displayed at or near the
main entrance of the factory;
(4) no deduction of this nature can be made until a notice
that such deduction is to be made has been posted at or near the main entrance
of the factory;
(5) no deduction must exceed the wages of the employed
person for the period by which the notice he gives of leaving employment falls
short of the period for which he is required to give notice under the terms of
his contract.
11. Deductions can be made for damage to, or loss of, goods
expressly entrusted to an employed person or loss of money for which he is
required to account, where such damage or loss is due to his neglect or default.
Such deduction is not to exceed the amount of the damage or
loss caused and can be made only after giving the employed person an
opportunity for explanation.
12. Deductions can be made, equivalent to the value thereof,
for house accommodation, amenities or services (other than tools and raw
material) supplied by the employer; provided that they are accepted by the
employed person as apart of the terms of his employment and have in the case of
amenities and services been authorized by order of the Provincial Government.
13. (a) Deductions can be made for the recovery of advances
or for adjustment of overpayment of wages.
(b) Advances made before the employment began can only be
recovered from the first payment of wages for complete wage-period, but no
recovery can be made of advances given for traveling expenses before employment
began.
(c) Advances of unearned wages can be made at the
paymaster’s discretion during employment but must not exceed the amount of two
months wages without the permission of the Inspector. Such advances can be
recovered by installments, spread over not more than twelve months and the
installments must not exceed one-third, or if the wages are not more than
rupees twenty, one-fourth of the wage-period.
14. Deductions can be made for subscriptions to and for
payment of advances from, any recognized provident fund.
15. Deduction’s can be made for payments to co-operative,
societies approved, by the Provincial Government or to the postal insurance,
subject to any conditions imposed by the Provincial Government.
16. An inspector can enter any premises, and can exercise
powers of inspection (including examination of documents and taking of
evidence) as he may deem necessary for carrying out the purposes of the Act.
Complaints of deductions or delays
17. (1) Where irregular deductions are made from wages, or
delays in payment of wages take place, an employed person can make an
application in the prescribed form within sax months to the Authority appointed
by the Provincial Government for the purpose. An application delayed beyond
this period may be rejected unless sufficient cause for the delay is shown.
(2) Any legal practitioner, official of a registered trade
union, Inspector or other person acting with the permission of the Authority
can make the complaint on behalf of an employed person.
(3) A single application may be presented by or on behalf of
any number of persons employed in the same factory the payment of whose wages
has been delayed.
Action by the Authority
18. (1) The Authority may award compensation to the employed
person in addition to ordering the payment of delayed wages or the refund of
illegal deductions.
(2) If a malicious or vexatious complaint is made; the
Authority may impose a penalty not exceeding Rs. 50 on the applicant and order
that it be paid to the employer.
Appeal against the Authority
19. An appeal in tire prescribed form against a direction
made by the Authority may be preferred within thirty days to the District
Court,---
(a) by the paymaster, if the total amount directed to be
paid exceeds Rs. 300;
(ii) by an employed person, if the total amount of wages
withheld from him or his co-workers, exceeds Rs. 50;
(c) by a person directed to pay a penalty for it malicious
or vexatious application,
Punishment for breaches of the Act
20. Any one delaying the payment of wages beyond the due
date, or making any unauthorized deductions from wages, if leis prosecution is
sanctioned by the Authority of the appellate Court, is liable to a One up to
Rs. 300.
21. (1) A paymaster who,---
(a) does not fix a
wage-period; or
(b) makes payment
in kind; or
(c) fails to display at or near the main entrance of the
factory this abstract in English and the language of the majority ox the
employed persons, or
(d) commits a breach of the rules framed under the Act is
liable to a fine not exceeding Rs. 200.
(2) A complaint to this effect can be made only by the
Inspector or with his sanction.
[Rule 18‑A and Forms VI. VII. VIII & IX
inserted by Sind Govt. in its application to Sindvide Noti. SO (L‑II)
2‑16/76
of June 1980, SindGovt. Gaz. Pt IV‑A. 19 June 1980, p. 48 as amended
by Noti. SO (L‑II)‑2‑16/76.23 Feb. 1981, Sind Govt.
Gaz. Pt. IV‑A, 1981, p. 15.][I8‑A.‑Procedure for recovery of amount
under the Act.--- (1) Where the amount directed to be paid under section 15 is
not paid, the claimant concerned may make an application in form VI to the
Authority for its recovery.
(2) The application under sub‑rule (1) shall be accompanied by a
certified copy of the order or agreement under which the amount is payable and
an inventory of the property to be attached or sold with such description
thereof as may be sufficient to identify the same.
(3) On receipt of the application the Authority play issue a
notice in Form VII to the employer requiring him to pay the amount to the
claimant within the specified period and if he is not willing to pay the amount
to appear before him and to show cause why tale amount should not be recovered
by sale or attachment of his property.
(4) Where the employer fails to respond to the notice or the
plea advanced by him against the recovery is untenable, the Authority may order
the sale of movable property of the employer by issuance of a warrant in Form
‘VIII’.
(5) On being satisfied that the employer has evaded the
order issued under sub‑rule (4) or tile amount is not
fully recovered by sale of movable property the Authority may issue a warrant
of tale of the immovable property
of the employer in Form “U
(6) Tile Authority shall exercise powers of sale or
attachment, suction and recovery through the bailifs and Recovery Inspectors or
such other parsons as are authorized by him in this behalf.
FROM‑ VI
Application for Executton of Order etc.
I, ................................................. the
claimant in whose favour a direction has been issued to spay an amount of
Rs……………………………………, but the employer has defaulted in payment thereof, hereby
apply for execution of the order for recovery of the amount herein below set
forth:---
(1) The number of the claim.
(2) Name of the parties.
(3) Date of the direction under which the amount is to be
paid.
(4) Whether any appeal preferred against the order.
(5) Payment or adjustment made, if any.
(6) Previous application, if any, with date and result.
(7) Amount ordered to be paid or other relief granted
thereby,
(8) Amount of cost awarded, if ally.
(9) Against whom to be executed.
(10) Mode in which Assistance is required.
I pray that the total amount of Rs. …………………………........... be
realized by distress and sale of movable property or attachment or sale of
immovable property belonging to the employer as per annexed list and paid to
me.
Claimant.
Verification.
I, ………………………………………. declare that what is stated herein is
true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Dated the ……………………………….. day off……………………………198.
Claimant.
FORM‑VII
To,
The Employer.
Take notice that on the ………………………………day of ……………………….198.
Claimant in the above case has presented an application for
recovery of Rs……………… ……….………. due on account of ……………………………… by distress and
sale of the movable property or attachment and sale of the immovable property
specified there-under, and that the …………………………….. day of ………………………………198, is
appointed for the hearing of the said application.
You are at liberty to pay the said amount to the claimant
before the said date or appear before me on the said day and Io prefer, in
writing, any objection to such recovery.
Description of property.
Given under my hand and seal this ……………………………… day of 198.
Authority.
FORM‑VIII
To,
The Employer.
Whereas you have failed to respond to the notice served on
you by me on the ................... day of ………………………….. 198, in claim No.
…………………… of 197 , or the objection raised by you against recovery is not valid
it is ordered that you are prohibited and restrained until further orders to
transfer or dispose of the movable property specified hereunder, and the above
mentioned property shall be sold in case you fail to deposit the amount of the
claim in my office within ten days of this warrant.
Given under my hand and seal this ……………………… day of
………….………198.
Authority.
FORM‑IX
To,
The Employer.
Whereas the amount awarded against you on the ……………………………
day of …….
……………………… 198 in connection with which the property
mentioned in the attachment order dated the …………………….. day of …………………..197, was
attached is not recovered fully it is proposed to sell the property details of
which are given below by public auction on the day of ………………………. 197, at ………
hours at ………………………. (place), for the recovery of the amount in case, however,
the amount is paid by you before the commencement of the auction, the sale of
the property may be stopped.
Given under my hand grad the seal this ……………….……. day of
………………. 198.
Authority.
Payment of Wages Act, 1936
Payment of Wages (Procedure) Rules, 1937
Payment of Wages (Federal Railways) Rules, 1938
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