Payment of Wages Act, 1936 — section 12

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 traveling-expenses;

(b)recovery of advances of wages not already earned shall be subject to any rules made by the 1[Provincial Government] regulating the extent to which such advances may be given and the installments by which they may be recovered. 1 Subs. by A. O., 1937, for “L.G.”. 2 Explanation ins. by the Payment of Wages (Amdt.) Act, 1937 (22 of 1937), s. 2. 3 The words “the G. G. in C. or” omitted by A. O., 1937.