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The Payment of Bonus Act, 1965, 21 of 1965 (Rep., Act 29 of 2019)

33 sections · As amended up to 2026-08

Sections

  1. 0Section 0
  2. 1Where any money is due to an employee by way of bonus from his employer under a settlement or an. aw
  3. 2In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,
  4. 3Where an employee has not worked for all the working days in any accounting year, the minimum bonus
  5. 4(1) Where any dispute of the nature specified in section 22 between an employer, being a banking c
  6. 6Every employer shall prepare and maintain such registers, records and other documents in such form and in such manner as may be prescribed
  7. 7(1) The appropriate Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint such persons
  8. 12Where the salary or wage of an employee exceeds seven hundred and fifty rupees per mensem, the bonus
  9. 13Where an employee has not worked for all the working days in any accounting year, the minimum bonus
  10. 14For the purposes of section 13, an employee shall be deemed to have worked in an establishment in any accounting year also on the days on which
  11. 15(I) Where for any accounting year the allocable surplus exceeds the amount of maximum bonus payable
  12. 16Section 16
  13. 17Where in any accounting year
  14. 18Where in any accounting year, an employee is found guilty of misconduct causing financial loss to th
  15. 19All amounts payable to an employee by way of bonus under this Act shall be paid in cash by his employer
  16. 20(1) If in any accounting year an establishment in public sector sells any goods produced or manufa
  17. 21Where any money is due to an employee by way of bonus from his employer under a settlement or an. aw
  18. 22Where any dispute arises between an employer and his employees with respect to the bonus payable und
  19. 23(1) Where, during the course of proceedings before any arbitrator or Tribunal under the Industrial
  20. 24(1) Where any dispute of the nature specified in section 22 between an employer, being a banking c
  21. 25(1) Where any dispute of the nature specified In section 22 between an employer, not being a corpo
  22. 26Every employer shall prepare and maintain such registers, records and other documents in such form and in such manner as may be prescribed
  23. 27(1) The appropriate Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint such persons
  24. 28If any person
  25. 29(1) If the person committing an offence under this Act is a company, every person who, at the time t
  26. 30Section 30
  27. 31No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Government or any officer of th
  28. 32Nothing in this Act shall apply to
  29. 33Where, immediately before the 29th May, 1965, any industrial dispute regarding payment of bonus rela
  30. 34(I) Save as otherwise provided in this section, the provisions of this Act srnll have effect notwith
  31. 35Section 35
  32. 38(1) The Central Government may make rules for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Act
  33. 39Save as otherwise expressly provided, the provisions of this Act shall be in addition to and not in