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Minimum wages (Indian Labour) (Amendment) Act 2000

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Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

Changes to the law on minimum wages

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s 1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Minimum Wages (Indian

Labour) (Amendment) Act, No. 25 of 2000.

s 2Amendment of section 4 of Chapter 135,

Section 4 of the Minimum Wages (Indian Labour)

Ordinance (hereinafter referred to as “the principal enactment”) is hereby amended by the substitution, for the words “below the age of ten years”, of the words “below the age of fourteen years”.

s 3Amendment of section 1] of the principal enactment

Section 11 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :—

(1)

in subsection (1) of that section, by the substitution, in paragraph (5) of that subsection, for the words

“below the age of ten years”, of the words “below the age of fourteen years” ; and

(2)

in subsection (2) of that section, by the substitution, for the words “below the age of ten years”, of the words “below the age of fourteen years”.

s 4Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency

Inthe event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.