Rule 47: Manner of dealing with deposit of undisbursed dues

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 VII — PAYMENT OF DUES, CLAIMS, ETC

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

Forms referenced: None expressly detected

Operational reading

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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.

47. Manner of dealing with deposit of undisbursed dues:– The undisbursed amount in sub rule (1) of rule 46 (hereinafter in this rule referred to as “the amount”) shall remain with the concerned Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) and be invested in the Central or State Government Securities or deposited as a ﬁxed deposit in a scheduled bank. (2) The concerned Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) shall exhibit, as soon as may be possible, a notice containing such particulars as the Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) considers suﬃcient for information at least for ﬁfteen days on the notice board and also publish such notice in any two local newspapers of vernacular language commonly understood in the area in which undisbursed wages were earned and also in two local newspapers in vernacular language in the area of permanent residence of the employee. (3) Subject to the provisions of sub-rule (4), the concerned Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) shall release the amount to the nominee or to that person who has claimed such amount, as the case may be, in whose favour such Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) has decided, after giving the opportunity of being heard. (4) In case the undisbursed amount remains unclaimed for a period of seven years, the same shall be dealt as directed by the Central Government from time to time in this behalf. CHAPTER VIII FORMS, REGISTERS AND WAGE SLIP

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Implementation control

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Evidence checklist

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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

Ministry of Labour — Code on Wages (Central) Rules, 2026 ↗

India Code — Code on Wages, 2019 ↗

Ministry Labour Codes library ↗

Last official-source review: 16 July 2026.

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