Payment of Dues Claims etc Chapter VII: Draft Code on Wages (Central) Rules 2020 : Notification
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CHAPTER VII
PAYMENT OF DUES, CLAIMS, etc.
46. Payment under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 44.- Where any amount payable to an employee under the Code is due after his death or on account of his whereabouts not being known, and the amount could not be paid to the nominee of the employee until the expiry of three months from the date the amount had become payable, then, such amount shall be deposited by the employer with the Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) having jurisdiction, who shall disburse the amount to the person nominated by the employee after ascertaining his identity within two months of the date on which the amount was so deposited with him.
47. Deposit of the undisbursed dues under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 44.-
(1) Where any amount payable to an employee under this Code remains undisbursed because either no nomination has been made by such employee or for any other reason, such amounts could not be paid to the nominee of employee until the expiry of six months from the date the amount had become payable, all such amounts shall be deposited by the employer with the Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) having jurisdiction before the expiry of the fifteenth day after the last day of the said period of six months.
(2) The amount referred to in sub-rule (1) shall be deposited by the employer with the Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) having jurisdiction through bank transfer or through a crossed demand draft obtained from any scheduled bank in India drawn in favour of such Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central).
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48. Manner of dealing with the un-disbursed dues under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 44. —
(1) The amount referred to in sub rule (1) of rule 47 (hereinafter in this rule referred to as the amount) deposited with the Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) having jurisdiction shall remain with him and be invested in the Central or State Government Securities or deposited as a fixed deposit in a scheduled bank.
(2) The Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) having jurisdiction will exhibit, as soon as maybe possible, a notice containing such particulars regarding the amount as the Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) considers sufficient for information at least for fifteen days on the notice board and also publish such notice in any two newspapers being circulating in the language commonly understood in the area in which undisbursed wages were earned.
(3) Subject to the provision of sub-rule (4), the Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) having jurisdiction shall release the amount to the nominee or to that person who has claimed such amount,as the case may be,in whose favour such Deputy Labour Commissioner (Central) has decided,after giving the opportunity of being heard, the amount to be paid.
(4) If the undisbursed amount remains unclaimed for a period of seven years, the same shall be dealt within the manner as directed by the Central Government from time to time in this behalf.
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