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| (1) The employer of a worker in any trade set out in section 3 shall maintain and keep in the premises in which that trade is carried on, a record in respect of the workers employed in that trade, showing
| | (a) the name of each worker employed; | | |
| | (b) the class of work performed by each such worker; | | |
| | (c) the amount paid to each such worker in accordance with the provisions of this Act. | | |
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| (2) Every person who, as an employer, maintains or has, maintained under subsection (1), any record, shall preserve such record for a period of six years and shall, when required to do so by the competent authority, produce such record for inspection and furnish a true copy of such record or permit such copy to be made. |
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| (3) Any employer who fails to maintain and keep such record as is required to be maintained and kept by him under subsection (1), shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction before a Magistrate, to a fine not exceeding five hundred rupees, or to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding three months, or to both such fine and imprisonment. |
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