Rule 18. Conditions regarding recovery of advance under section 23

The recovery of–

(i) advances of money given to an employee after the employment begins under clause (b) of section 23 of the Code; or

(ii) advances of wages to an employee not already earned under clause (c) of section 23 of the Code, as the case may be, shall be made by the employer from the wages of the concerned employee in installments determined by the employer, so as any or all installments in a wage period shall not exceed fifty percent of the wages of the employee subject to the ceiling specified in rule 12 in that wage period and the particulars of such recovery shall be recorded in the register maintained in Form-IV.