17. Responsibility for payment of wages.—(1) A contractor shall be responsible for payment of wages to each inter-State migrant workman employed by him and such wages shall be paid before the expiry of such period as may be prescribed. (2) Every principal employer shall nominate a representative duly authorised by him to be present at the time of disbursement of wages by the contractor and it shall be the duty of such representative to certify the amounts paid as wages in such manner as may be prescribed. (3) It shall be the duty of the contractor to ensure the disbursement of wages in the presence of the authorised representative of the principal employer. (4) In case the contractor fails to make payment of wages within the prescribed period or makes short payment, then the principal employer shall be liable to make payment of the wages in full or the unpaid balance due, as the case may be, to the inter-State migrant workman employed by the contractor and recover the amount so paid from the contractor either by deduction from any amount payable to the contractor under any contract or as a debt payable by the contractor.
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Section 1 · Short title, extent, commencement and application.Section 2 · Definitions.Section 3 · Appointment of registering officers.Section 4 · Registration of certain establishments.Section 5 · Revocation of registration in certain cases.Section 6 · Prohibition against employment of inter-State migrant workmen without registration.Section 7 · Appointment of licensing officers.Section 8 · Licensing of contractors.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 12 Oct 2026. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.