Central Act

The Minimum Wages Act, 1948

This Act was repealed on 21 November 2025 by the Code on Wages, 2019 (29 of 2019), s.69(1); it may still apply to matters that began before then.

22D. Payment of undisbursed amounts due to employees.- All amounts payable by an employer to an employee as the amount of minimum wages of the employee under this Act or otherwise due to the employee under this Act or any rule or order made thereunder shall, if such amounts could not or cannot be paid to the employee on account of his death before payment or on account of his whereabouts not being known, be deposited with the prescribed authority who shall deal with the money so deposited in such manner as may be prescribed.