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Appendix XII

Provided that the Director General shall not permit

any deduction other than a deduction to be made at the "request in writing of the employee in respect of -

(i)

(ii)

payments into any superannuation scheme, provident fund, employees' welfare scheme or thrift scheme established for the benefit of the employee;

a payment, or payments to a third party on behalf of the employee;

(iii) the rent of accommodation and the cost of services, at the employee's request

food and meals

and provided further that the Director General shall not permit any such deductions unless he is satisfied that the making of such payment or the provision of such accommodation, services, food or meals is for the benefit of the employees.

Section 24

(4)

The total of any amounts deducted under this section from the wages of an employee in respect of any one month shall not exceed fifty per centum of the wages earned by the employee during that month.

Section 28

No employer shall pay wages to employees in taverns or other similar establishments or in places of amusement or in shops or stores for the retail sale of merchandise except in the case of employees employed therein.

Section 31

Where by order of a Court made upon the application of

the any person holding a mortgage, charge, lieu or decree property of any person

liɛble under any of the provisions of this Ordinance to pay the wages due to any employee or to pay money due to any subcontractor for labour is sold, or any money due to the person liable is attached or garnished, the Court shall not authorise payment of the proceeds of the sale, or of the money so attached or garnished, to the secured creditor until the Court shall have ascertained and caused to be paid, out of such proceeds or money, the wages of such employee, or the money due to any sub-contractor for labour under a contract between him and the person liable, which the person liable was liable at the date of such sale, attachment or garnishment:

Provided further that -

(a) where the person liable is an employer the total

amount of the wages of any employee to which priority over the claim of a secured creditor is given by this section shall not exceed the amount due by the employer to the employee as wages for any two consecutive months' work

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