Section 19
Time-limit for payment of bonus. – 2 [All amounts] payable to an employee by way of bonus under this Act shall be paid in cash by his employer --
19. Time-limit for payment of bonus. – 2 [All amounts] payable to an employee by way of bonus under this Act shall be paid in cash by his employer --
(a) where there is a dispute regarding payment of bonus pending before any authority under section 22, within a month from the date on which the award becomes enforceable or the settlement comes into operation, in respect of such dispute;
(b) in any other case, within a period of eight months from the close of the accounting year: