Section 26 — Rule-making power.

26. Rule-making power.—(1) 
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[Appropriate Government] may make rules to regulate the procedure 

to be followed by the authorities and Courts referred to in sections 15 and 17. 

(2) 
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[Appropriate Government] may, 

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*** by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for the 

purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Act. 

(3) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, rules made under  

sub-section (2) may— 

(a) require the maintenance of such records, registers, returns and notices as are necessary for the 

enforcement of the Act 
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[, prescribe the form thereof and the particulars to be entered in such registers 

or records]; 

(b) require the display in a conspicuous place or premises where employment is carried on of 

notices specifying rates of wages payable to persons employed on such premises; 

(c) provide for the regular inspection of the weights, measures and weighing machines used by 

employers in checking or ascertaining the wages of persons employed by them; 

(d) prescribe the manner of giving notice of the days on which wages will be paid; 

(e) prescribe the authority competent to approve under sub-section (1) of section 8 acts and 

omissions in respect of which fines may be imposed; 

                                                           
1. Subs. by Act 38 of 1982, s. 12, for “employed in a factory” (w.e.f. 15-10-1982). 

2. Subs. by s. 12, ibid., for “displayed in such factory” (w.e.f. 15-10-1982). 

3. Subs. by s. 12, ibid., for “in the factory” (w.e.f. 15-10-1982). 

4. Ins. by s. 13, ibid. (w.e.f. 15-10-1982). 

5. Subs. by Act 41 of 2005, s. 3, for “the State Government” (w.e.f. 9-11-2005). 

6. The words “subject to the control of the Governor-General in Council,” omitted by the A.O. 1937. 

7. Subs. by Act 53 of 1964, s. 22, for “and prescribed the form thereof” (w.e.f. 1-2-1965). 



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(f) prescribe the procedure for the imposition of fines under section 8 and for the making of the 

deductions referred to in section 10; 

(g) prescribe the conditions subject to which deduction may be made under the proviso to sub-

section (2) of section 9; 

(h) prescribe the authority competent to approve the purposes on which the proceeds of fines shall 

be expended; 

(i) prescribe the extent to which advances may be made and the installments by which they may 

be recovered with reference to clause (b) of section 12; 

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[(ia) prescribe the extent to which loans may be granted and the rate of interest payable thereon 

with reference to section 12A; 

(ib) prescribe the powers of Inspectors for the purposes of this Act;] 

(j) regulate the scales of costs which may be allowed in proceedings under this Act; 

(k) prescribe the amount of court-fees payable in respect of any proceedings under this Act; 
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(l) prescribe the abstracts to be contained in the notices required by section 25; 
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[(la) prescribe the form and manner in which nominations may be made for the purposes of sub-

section (1) of section 25A, the cancellation or variation of any such nomination, or the making of any 

fresh nomination in the event of the nominee predeceasing the person making nomination, and other 

matters connected with such nominations; 

(lb) specify the authority with whom amounts required to be deposited under clause (b) of sub-

section (1) of section 25A shall be deposited, and the manner in which such authority shall deal with 

the amounts deposited with it under that clause;] 

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[(m) provide for any other matter which is to be or may be prescribed.] 

(4) In making any rule under this section 
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[appropriate Government] may provide that a contravention 

of the rule shall be punishable with fine 
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[which shall not be less than seven hundred fifty rupees but 

which may extend to one thousand five hundred rupees]. 

(5) All rules made under this section shall be subject to the condition of previous publication, and the 

date to be specified under clause (3) of section 23 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), shall 

not be less than three months from the date on which the draft of the proposed rules was published. 

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[(6) Every rule made by the Central Government under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be 

after it is made before each House of Parliament while it is in session for a total period of thirty days 

which may be comprised in one session or in 
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[two or more successive sessions,] and if, before the expiry 

of the session 
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[immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid] both Houses agree 

in making any modification in the rule, or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule 

shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, 

that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously 

done under that rule.] 

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[(7) All rules made under this section by the State Government shall, as soon as possible after they 

are made, be laid before the State Legislature.] 

                                                           
1. Ins. by Act 53 of 1964, s. 22 (w.e.f. 1-2-1965). 

2. The word “and” omitted by Act 53 of 1964, s. 22 (w.e.f. 1-2-1965). 

3. The word “and” omitted by Act 38 of 1982, s. 14 (w.e.f. 15-10-1982). 

4. Ins. by s. 14, ibid. (w.e.f. 15-10-1982). 

5. Subs. by Act 41 of 2005, s. 3, for “the State Government” (w.e.f. 9-11-2005). 

6. Subs. by s. 11, ibid., for “which may extend to two hundred rupees” (w.e.f. 9-11-2005). 

7. Subs. by Act 38 of 1982, s. 14, for “two successive sessions” (w.e.f. 15-10-1982). 

8. Subs. by s. 14, ibid., for “in which it is so laid or the session immediately following” (w.e.f. 15-10-1982). 

9. Ins. by Act 41 of 2005, s. 11 (w.e.f. 9-11-2005).