Minimum Wages Act, 1948
23. Exemption of employer from liability in certain cases
Where an employer is charged with an
offence against this Act he shall be entitled upon complaint duly made by him
to have any other person whom he charges as the actual offender brought before
the court at the time appointed for hearing the charge; and if after the
commission of the offence has been proved the employer proves to the
satisfaction of the court-
(a) that he has used
due diligence to enforce the execution of this Act and
(b) that the said other
person committed the offence in question without his knowledge consent or
connivance.
that other person shall
be convicted of the offence and shall be liable to the like punishment as if he
were the employer and the employer shall be discharged :
Provided that in seeking to prove as aforesaid the employer may be
examined on oath and the evidence of the employer or his witness if any shall
be subject to cross-examination by or on behalf of the person whom the employer
charges as the actual offender and by the prosecution.