Payment of Bonus Act, 1965
11. Payment of maximum bonus
(1) Where in respect of any accounting year referred to in section
10, the allocable surplus exceeds the amount of minimum bonus payable to the
employees under that section, the employer shall, in lieu of such minimum
bonus, be bound to pay to every employee in respect of that accounting year
bonus which shall be an amount in proportion to the salary or wages earned by
the employee during the accounting year subject to a maximum of twenty per cent
of such salary or wage.
(2) In computing the allocable surplus under this section, the
amount set on or the amount set off under the provisions of section 15 shall be
taken into account in accordance with the provisions of that section.