Amendment of section 17 of Act IV of

In section 17 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1)—

1. (1) for clause (b), the following shall be substituted, namely:— "(b) by an employed person, or any legal practitioner or any official of a registered trade union authorised in writing to act on his behalf, or a representative union registered as such under the Bombay Industrial Relations Act, 1946, or any Inspector under this Act, or any other person authorised by an authority to make an application under sub-section
2. (2) of section 15, and in the case of the death of the employed person by his legal representative, as the case may be if the total amount of wages claimed to have been withheld from the employed person, or from the unpaid group to which the employed person belonged, exceeds fifty rupees, or ";
3. (2) after the first proviso, the following shall be added, namely:— " Provided further that, when the order or direction appealed against was made by any person who holds or has held office of or above the rank of a District Judge or a judicial member of the Industrial Court constituted under the Bombay Industrial Relations Act, 1946, or the presiding officer of a Tribunal constituted under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, an appeal under this section shall lie to the High Court.". 7. Amendment of section 17A of Act IV of 1936 inserted by Act LXVIII of In section 17A inserted in the principal Act, by section 8 of the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 1957, in sub-section (1), for the words "any official of a registered trade union authorised in writing to act on his behalf" the words "any other person or a representative union competent to present such appeal," shall be substituted. 8. Renumbering of section 17A of Act IV of 1936 inserted by Bom.