Section 22. Penalties and procedure

(2) Any employer who fails to maintain a register or record required to be maintained under section 18 shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees. (5) No Court shall take cognizance of an offence— (a) under sub-section (1), unless complaint thereof is made within one month of the grant of sanction under sub-section (3); (b) under sub-section (2), unless complaint thereof is made within six months of the date on which the offence is alleged to have been committed. (3) No Court shall take cognizance of a complaint against any person for Minimum Wages [ACT XI] an offence under sub-section (1), unless an application in respect of the facts constituting the offence has been presented under section 20 and has been granted wholly or in part, and the Authority granting such application has sanctioned the mailing of the complaint. (4) No Court shall take cognizance of an offence under sub-section (2) except on a complaint made by, or with the sanction of, an Inspector. 22. Penalties and procedure.—(1) Any employer who pays to any employee less than the minimum rates of wages fixed for that employee's class of work, or less than the amount due to him under the provisions of this Act, or infringes any order or rules made under section 13 shall be punishable with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both. Provided that in imposing any fine for an offence under this sub-section, the Court shall take into consideration the amount of any compensation already awarded against the accused in any proceedings taken under section 20.