නිල පරිවර්තනයවෙනස් නොකළ පාඨය, Department of Government Printing වෙතින්
Section 4 of the Wages Boards Ordinance
(Chapter 136) (hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby amended as follows:—
(1)
by the repeal of subsection (1) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following:—
“(1) Every employer who fails to comply with any provisions of this section of this Part shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine not less than five thousand rupees and not exceeding ten thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding one year or to both such fine and imprisonment.”;
(2)
in subsection (2A) of that section—
(a)
in paragraph (d) of that section by the substitution for the words “of such sum.”
of the words “of such sum;”;
(b)
by the addition immediately after paragraph (d) of that section of the following new paragraph:—
“(e)
where such sum is in arrears for a period exceeding twenty four months a surcharge of ten per centum thereafter for each period of twelve months.”.