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Notes (iii) deduction for damage to or loss of goods expressly entrusted to the employed person for
custody, or for loss of money for which he is required to account where such damage or
loss is directly attributable to his neglect or default;
(iv) deduction for house accommodation supplied by the employer of by Govt. of any housing
board set up under any law for the time being in force (whether the Govt. or the board is
the employer or not) or any other authority engaged in the business of subsidizing house-
accommodation which may be specified in this behalf by the State Govt. by notification in
the Official Gazette.
(v) Deduction for such amenities and services supplied by the employer as the state Government
or any officer specified by it in this behalf may, by general or special order, authorize;
6.6.2 Fines

The following rules apply to deductions by way of fines:
1. The fine shall be imposed on any employed person only for acts and omissions which has
received approval of the State Government or of the prescribed authority, and has been
specified by notice under Sub-section (2).

2. A notice specifying such acts and omissions shall be exhibited in the prescribed manner on
the premises which the employment is carried on or in the case of persons employed upon
a railway (otherwise than in a factory), at the prescribed place or places.
3. The fine shall not be imposed on any employed person unless he has been given an
opportunity of showing cause against the fine.
4. The total amount of fine which may be imposed in any one wage-period on any employed
person shall not exceed an amount equal to three percent of the wages payable to him in
respect of that wage-period.
5. No fine shall be imposed on any employed person who is under the age of fifteen years.
6. No fine shall be imposed on any employed person shall be recovered from him by
instalments or after the expiry of sixty days from the day on which it was imposed.
7. Every fine shall be deemed to have been imposed on the day of the Act or omission in
respect of which it was imposed.
8. All fines and all realization thereof shall be recorded in a register to be kept by the person
responsible for the payment of wages under Section 3 in such from as may be prescribed;
and all such realizations shall be applied only to such purposes beneficial the persons
employed in the factory or establishment as are approved by the prescribed authority.

Notes Fines can be imposed on an employed person in respect of acts and omissions
which are specified with the previous approval of the appropriate Government by notice
exhibited in the factory. No fine can be imposed for an act or omission which is not
contained in the notice and any such fine would be an unauthorised deduction. Secondly,
before a fine can be imposed, an opportunity of showing cause against the fine should
be given to the employed person and the procedure prescribed for the imposition of fine
must be followed. Thirdly, the total amount of fine in one wage period must not exceed
an amount equal to half anna in the rupee of wages payable to him in respect of the wage
period. The fine imposed must be recovered in one lump sum. It cannot be recovered
in instalments nor can it be recovered after sixty days from the day on which the act or
omission in question was committed. All fines are to be applied only for such purposes
beneficial to the staff as may be approved by the prescribed authority.

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