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The Payment of Wages (Gujarat Provision for Uniform Application and Amendment) Act, 1961

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This Act amends the Payment of Wages Act of 1936 to ensure its uniform application across the entire state of Gujarat. It extends the law to previously excluded areas like Saurashtra and Kutch. The legislation updates rules on how wages must be paid, specifically requiring payment in current coin or currency notes while setting conditions for large bonus payments. It also modifies procedures for appeals and the authority of inspectors and trade unions to file claims, streamlining the enforcement of wage payment rights for workers in the region.

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  1. 1. Short title
  2. 2. Extension of certain enactments amending Act IV of 1936 to whole State
  3. 3. Amendment of section 6 of Act IV of
  4. 4. Amendment of section 7 of Act IV of
  5. 5. Amendment of section 15 of Act IV of
  6. 6. Amendment of section 17 of Act IV of
  7. 9. LXX of Section 17A as inserted in the principal Act by section 3 of the Payment of Wages (Bombay Amendment) Act, 1954, shall be renumbered as section 17B of the principal Act.
  8. I. SCHEDULE

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