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Code on Wages (Central) Rules, 2026 · G.S.R. 343(E)

Rule 37: Summoning of witnesses and production of documents

Rule-wise repository containing the operative Gazette text, enabling-section map, forms, implementation controls and evidence requirements.

Effective 8 May 2026Source review: 16 July 2026Sections: verify enabling clause

Rule identity

Notification: G.S.R. 343(E), 8 May 2026

Chapter: CHAPTER VI — C ENTRAL A DVISORY BOARD

Act references detected: No express section number detected in extracted text

Forms referenced: None expressly detected

Operational reading

  • Read every sub-rule, clause, proviso and explanation in sequence.
  • Treat the full Gazette text below as the controlling rule text in this repository.
  • Check whether a State rule, sector-specific instrument or later notification governs the establishment.
  • Map the rule to payroll configuration, form, register, notice, authority and evidence.

Official rule text

Extracted from the English part of the Gazette PDF bundled with the production repository. Formatting is normalised; the signed Gazette PDF prevails.

37. Summoning of witnesses and production of documents:–– (1) The Chairperson may summon any person to appear as a witness if required in the course of the discharge of his duty and require any person to produce any document. (2) Every person who is summoned and appears as a witness before the Board shall be entitled to an allowance for expenses incurred in accordance with the scale for the time being in force for payment of such allowance to witnesses appearing before a civil court. B. T ERMS OF OFFICE OF MEMBERS OF B OARD

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Paragraph map

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Implementation control

Translate Rule 37 into a named owner, payroll/HR system control, prescribed form or register, due date, reviewer and retained evidence. Where the rule delegates criteria to a special or general order, verify that order rather than inventing a threshold.

Evidence checklist

  • current Gazette and later amendment check
  • applicable employee/establishment classification
  • calculation, register, form or notice required by the rule
  • approval and submission/payment evidence
  • exception and remediation log

Failure consequence

Failure can support a wage/bonus claim, an inspection observation, adjudication or prosecution depending on the linked Code provision. Apply sections 45, 49 and 51–56 as relevant.

Primary sources

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