Minimum Wages Act, 1948
30. Power of appropriate government to make rules
(1) The appropriate government may subject
to the condition of previous publication by notification in the Official
Gazette make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the
foregoing power such rules may –
(a) prescribe the term
of office of the members the procedure to be followed in the conduct of
business the method of voting the manner of filling up casual vacancies in
membership and the quorum necessary for the transaction of business of the
committees sub-committees and the Advisory Board;
(b) prescribe the method of summoning witnesses production of documents
relevant to the subject-matter of the enquiry before the committees
sub-committees and the Advisory Board;
(c) prescribe the mode
of computation of the cash value of wages in kind and of concessions in respect
of supplies of essential commodities at concession rates;
(d) prescribe the time and conditions of payment of and the deductions
permissible from wages;
(e) provide for giving
adequate publicity to the minimum rates of wages fixed under this Act;
(f) provide for a day
of rest in every period of seven days and for the particulars to be entered in
such registers and records;
(g) prescribe the
number of hours of work which shall constitute a normal working day;
(h) prescribe the cases
and circumstance in which an employee employed for a period of less than the
requisite number of hours constituting a normal working day shall not be
entitled to receive wages for a full normal working day;
(i) prescribe the form of registers and records to be maintained and the
particulars to be entered in such registers and records;
(j) provide for the
issue of wage book and wage slips and prescribe the manner of making and
authenticating entries in wage books and wage slips;
(k) prescribe the powers of Inspectors for purposes of this Act;
(l) regulate the scale
of costs that may be allowed in proceedings under section 20 and
(m) prescribe the
amount of court-fees payable in respect of proceedings under section 20; and
(n) provide for any
other matter which is to be or may be prescribed.