(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the total amount of deductions which may be made under su… — THE PAYMENT OF WAGES ACT, 1936

[(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the total amount of deductions which may be made under sub -section (2) in any wage-period from the wages of any employed person shall not exceed—

3 [(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the total amount of deductions which may be made under sub -section (2) in any wage-period from the wages of any employed person shall not exceed— (i) in cases where such deductions are wholly or partly made for payments to co-operative societies under clause (j) of sub-section (2), seventy-five percent . of such wages, and (ii) in any other case, fifty percent . of such wages: Provided that where the total deductions authorised under sub -section (2) exceed seventy-five percent . or, as the case may be, fifty percent . of the wages, the excess may be recovered in such manner as may be prescribed. (4) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as precluding the employer from recovering from the wages of the employed person or otherwise any amount payable by such person under any law for the time being in force other than 4 [the Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989)].] STATE AMENDMENT Kerala Amendment of section 7 . — In section 7 of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 (Central Act 4 of 1936), in sub -section (2), after clause (o), the following clause shall be inserted, namely.— "(p) deductions for repayment to the State Government of the amount of financial and granted under the Kerala Financial And (to the Discharged or Dismissed Labour) Rules, 1958" [Vide Kerala Act 34 of 1969, sec. 2.] (w.e.f. 8-10-1969). Karnataka Amendment of section 7 . — In section 7 of the principal Act in sub-section (2), after clause (p), the following clauses shall be added namely:— "(q) deductions to recover from a person re-employed after the termination of his former employment any amount paid to him from a provident fund or as a gratuity on such termination: Provided that such recovery shall not exceed 20 per cent of total earnings. Re-employment in this context means employment under the same employer; (r) deduction specially authorised by the State Government for purposes beneficial to the employed person". [Vide Karnataka Act 2 of 1977, s. 3].

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