Application of payment of Wages Act, 1936 to workers.

(1) Notwithstanding anything in the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 (hereinafter referred to in this section as “the said Act”), the Government may, by notification, direct that all or any of the provisions of the said Act or the rules made thereunder shall apply to all or any class of unprotected workers employed in any scheduled employment to which this Act applies with the modification that in relation to unprotected workers, employer shall mean where a Board makes payment of wages to any such worker, the Board, and in any other case, the employer as defined in this Act and on such application of the provisions of the said Act, an Inspector appointed under this Act shall be deemed to be the Inspector for the purpose of the enforcement of such provisions of the said Act within the local limits of his jurisdiction. (2) The Government may, only if the Advisory Committee so advises, by a like notification, cancel or vary any notification issued under sub-section (1).