Mode of payment of wages

All wages shall be paid in current coin or currency notes or by cheque or by crediting the wages in the bank account of the employee or by the electronic mode: Provided that the appropriate Government may, by notification, specify the industrial or other establishment, the employer of which shall pay to every person employed in such industrial or other establishment, the wages only by cheque or by crediting the wages in his bank account. (b) recovery of advance of money given to an employee after the employment began shall be subject to such conditions as may be prescribed; (c) recovery of advances of wages to an employee not already earned shall be subject to such conditions as may be prescribed.