Section 16 — Single application in respect of claims from unpaid group.

16. Single application in respect of claims from unpaid group.—(1) Employed persons are said to 

belong to the same unpaid group if they are borne on the same establishment and if 
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[deductions have 

been made from their wages in contravention of this Act for the same cause and during the same wage 

period or periods or if] their wages for the same wage-period or periods have remained unpaid after the 

day fixed by section 5. 

(2) A single application may be presented under section 15 on behalf or in respect of any number of 

employed persons belonging to the same unpaid group, and in such case 
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[every person on whose behalf 

such application is presented may be awarded maximum compensation to the extent specified in sub-

section (3) of section 15]. 

(3) The authority may deal with any number of separate pending applications, presented under section 

15 in respect of persons belonging to the same unpaid group, as a single application presented under       

sub-section (2) of this section, and the provisions of that sub-section shall apply accordingly.