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Appendix XII

(i)

deductions made at the request of the employee for the purpose of a superannuation scheme or provident fund or any other scheme which is lawfully established for the benefit of the benefit and is approved by the Commissioner;

(j) deductions made with the consent of the employee

and paid by the employer to any co-operative society registered under the provisions of any written law for the time being in force in respect of subscriptions, entrance fees, instalments of loans, interest and other dues payable by such employee to such society;

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(k) any other deductions which may be approved from

time to time by the Minister.

Section 32

The total amount of all deductions made from the salary of an employee by an employer in any one salary period other than deductions under paragraph (a), (f) or (j) of subsection (1) of section 27 of this Act shall not exceed fifty per cent of the! salary payable to the employee in respect of that period.

Section 33

(2) When, on the application of a person holding a mortgage, charge or lieu or of a person who has obtained a judgment or decree, the property of an employer is sold, or any money due to such employer is garnished, the court ordering the sale or garnishment shall not distribute the proceeds of such sale or such money to the person entitled thereto unless and until such court has ascertained and paia the salary due to all employees by the said employer and to all employees engaged by a contractor or subcontractor and working for the said employer:

Provided

And provided further that the amount so payable to each such employee shall not exceed five months' salary.

THAILAND

Labour Protection Law, 1972

Clause 31

If the employer is in default of payment of wage g overtime pay and holiday pay, he shall be liable to pay interest to the employee during his default at the rate of fifteen per cent per annum.

If the employer intentionally is in default of payment of the said money without reasonable cause, he shall be liable at the expiration of seven days from the due date, to pay additional money to the employee at the rate of fifteen per cent of the amount due payable avery seven days.

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