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(¢). It should not be possible to keep the decree alive for more
than three years in all I. .. i .e

(2) Debts should rank preferentially in order of their age Cae

{e) The possibility of appointing special courts for summary

liquidation proceedings should be considered is "us

{f) If the law cannot be applied to the poorer classes generally,

“¢ industrial workers ”’ would have to be defined, and, in the
first instance, it may be necessary to limit the operation of
the measure to scheduled industrial areas with power to
axtend it to other areas ws

If a monetary limit is required, the law may be applied only
to workmen in receipt of wages or salary of less than
Rs. 100 a month .. .

During the first three years of the operation of this law the
amount recoverable might be based on three instead of two
years’ income and expenditure, and the maximum period
during which decrees should remain effective may be four
years instead of three years ..

186. Apart from the legislation recommended above, the possibility
of reducing the period of limitation for debts and the period within which
a decree may be kept alive under the ordinary civil law should be examined

187. Besetting an industrial establishment for the recovery of
debts should be made a cognizable offence .. .. . ..

188. Recruiting advances—

{a) The recovery of any amount advanced to meet travelling

expenses to the place of employment should be made illegal,

(6) Other advances to the worker before actual employment
begins should be irrecoverable by law, except from the
first wage payment .. iv 3 . .

189. Periods of wage payment—

(a) Employers should adopt a system of weekly payment.

(b) In textile industries, railway and engineering workshops and
iron and steel works, the law should require the payment
of wages to the process operatives at intervals not exceed-
ing 16 days. The appropriate authority should have the
power to extend a similar provision to other industries or
classes of operatives either generally or in particular centres.
In this connection the case of railway workers outside
the workshops should be examined,

(¢) If any reduction is made in the period of wage payment,
no worker should forfeit any privilege or concession
which is attached to payment on a monthly basis ss

190. For industrial employees in factories the legal period of notice
should in no case exceed a week, whatever the period by which wages
are paid

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191. Payment of wages—

(a) Legislation should be enacted providing for the payment of
wages within 7 days from the expiry of the period in
which they have been earned in the ordinary case, and
as early as possible but not later than 2 days from the date
of discharge in the case of an operative who is discharged.