Notified wages

(1) The Government may regulate the wages payable to the workers under this Act in the manner prescribed by notifying in the Official Gazette and the rate of wages so notified may be different for different areas: Provided that if, the notified wages in respect of any goods or article including machinery have not been prescribed by the Government, the Government or the officers specifically authorised by the Government in that behalf may, after necessary inquiry and subject to the general guidelines as may be prescribed, fix the wages on the spot in respect of any loading and unloading work and the wages so fixed shall be deemed to be the notified wages. (2) No worker employed or engaged in the loading and unloading work connected with or related to the purposes specified in this Act shall demand wages in excess of the notified wages by threat or compulsion or any other mode which may constitute an offence under any law for the time being in force. (3) No employer shall engage any worker for loading or unloading work connected with or related to the purposes specified in this Act for the wages less than the notified wages.