3. Section 4 of the Wages Boards Ordinance (in this Par referred to as the" principal enactment") , is hereby amended by the repeal of subsection (2) of that section and the substitution therefor, of the following subsections:
| "(2) On conviction of an employer under subsection
(1) of an offence in respect of any worker, the court may in addition to any other sentence, order the employer to pay-
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(a) where a worker has not been paid the amount will bought properly to have been paid to that worker such sum as may be found by the court to represent the difference between Such amount and the amount: actually paid and the surcharge referred to in subsection (2A); or
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(b) Where no portion of the wages due to that worker] has been paid, such sum as may be found by the court to represent Such wages and the surcharge referred to in subsection (2A). | | |
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| (2A) The surcharge payable on any sum referred to in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of subsection (2) shall be calculated as follows:
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(a) where such sum is in arrear for a period exceeding one month but not exceeding three months a surcharge of twenty per centum of such sum ;
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(b) where such sum is in arrear for a period exceeding three months but not exceeding six months, surcharge of thirty per centum such sum;
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(c) where such sum is in arrear for a period exceeding six months but not exceeding twelve months, ." surcharge 01 forty per centum of such sum ;,
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(d) where such sum is in arrear for a period exceeding twelve months. a surcharge of fifty per centum of such sum.
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts