Payment of Wages Act, 1936 — section 5

5. Time of payment of wages..—(1) The wages of every person employed upon or in

(a)any railway, factory or industrial establishment upon or in which less than one thousand persons are employed, shall be paid before the expiry of the seventh day,

(b)any other railway, factory or industrial establishment, shall be paid before the expiry of the tenth day, after the last day of the wage-period in respect of which the wages are payable.

(2)Where the employment of any person is terminated by or on behalf of the employer, the wages earned by him shall be paid before the expiry of the second working day from the day on which his employment is terminated.

(3)The 1[Provincial Government] may, by general or special order, exempt, to such extent and subject to such conditions as may be specified in the order, the person responsible for the pay ment of wages to persons employed upon any railway (otherwise than in a factory) from the operation of this section in respect of the wages of any such persons or class of such persons.

(4)All payments of wages shall be made on a working-day. 6. Wages to be paid in current coin or currency notes. All wages shall be paid in current coin or currency notes or in both.