1 [6. Wages to be paid in current coin or currency notes or by cheque or crediting in bank account.— All wages shall be paid in current coin or currency notes or by cheque or by crediting the wages in the bank account of the employee: Provided that the appropriate Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify the industrial or other establishment, the employer of which shall pay to every person employed in such industrial or other establishment, the wages only by cheque or by crediting the wages in his bank account.]
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Section 1 · Short title, extent, commencement and application.Section 2 · Definitions.Section 3 · Responsibility for payment of wages.Section 4 · Fixation of wage-periods.Section 5 · Time of payment of wages.Section 7 · Deductions which may be made from wages.Section 8 · Fines.Section 9 · Deductions for absence from duty.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 17 Oct 2026. Source metadata reports last modification: 2019-03-11. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.