Minimum Wages Act, 1948
26. Exemption and exceptions
(1) The appropriate government may subject
to such conditions if any as it may think fit to impose direct that the
provisions of this Act shall not apply in relation to the wages payable to
disabled employees.
(2) The appropriate government if for special
reasons it thinks so fit by notification in the Official Gazette direct that
subject to such conditions and for such period as it may specify the provisions
of this Act or any of them shall not apply to all or any class of employees
employed in any scheduled employment or to any locality where there is carried
on a scheduled employment.
(2A) The appropriate government may if it is of
opinion that having regard to the terms and conditions of service applicable to
any class of employees in a scheduled employment generally or in a scheduled
employment in a local area or to any establishment or a part of any
establishment in a scheduled employment it is not necessary to fix minimum wages
in respect of such employees of that class or in respect of employees in such
establishment or such part of any establishment as are in receipt of wages
exceeding such limit as may be prescribed in this behalf direct by notification
in the Official Gazette and subject to such conditions if any as it may think
fit to impose that the provisions of this Act or any of them shall not apply in
relation to such employees.
(3) Nothing in this Act shall apply to the
wages payable by an employer to a member of his family who is living with him
and is dependent on him.
Explanation : In this sub-section a
member of the employer's family shall be deemed to include his or her spouse or
child or parent or brother or sister.