Rule 46. Timely Payment of Wages

Where the employees are employed in an establishment through contractor, then, the company or firm or association or any other person who is the proprietor of the establishment shall pay to the contractor the amount payable to him or it, as the case may be, before the date of payment of wages so that payment of wages to the employees shall be made positively in accordance with the provisions of section17.

Explanation: For the purpose of this rule, the expression firm shall have the meaning as assigned to it in the Indian Partnership Act, 1932 (Central Act No. 9 of 1932).