Section 12 — Deductions for recovery of advances.

12. Deductions for recovery of advances.—Deductions under clause (f) of sub-section (2) of         

section 7 shall be subject to the following conditions, namely:— 

(a) recovery of an advance of money given before employment began shall be made from the first 

payment of wages in respect of a complete wage-period, but no recovery shall be made of such 

advances given for travelling-expenses; 

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[(aa) recovery of an advance of money given after employment began shall be subject to such 

conditions as 
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[appropriate Government] may impose;] 

(b) recovery of advances of wages not already earned shall be subject to any rules made by 
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[appropriate Government] regulating the extent to which such advances may be given and the 

installments by which they may be recovered.