Rule 54: Manner of composition of offences

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Effective 8 May 2026Source review: 16 July 2026Sections: 53, 56

Rule identity

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

Chapter: CHAPTER VIII — FORMS, REGISTERS AND WAGE SLIP

Act references detected: section 53, section 56

Forms referenced: Form VI

Operational reading

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Enabling and linked Code sections

Section 53

Power of officers of appropriate Government to impose penalty in certain cases

Open section analysis and compliance consequence.

Section 56

Composition of offences

Open section analysis and compliance consequence.

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.

54. Manner of composition of oﬀences:––(1) An accused person desirous of composition of oﬀence under sub-section (1) of section 56 may make an application in Form VI electronically or manually to the Gazetted Officer notified under said sub-section. (2) The Gazetted Oﬃcer referred to in sub-rule (1) shall on receipt of such application, satisfy as to whether the oﬀence is compoundable or not under the Code and, if the oﬀence is compoundable and the accused person agrees for the composition, compound the oﬀence for a sum of ﬁfty per cent of the maximum ﬁne provided for such oﬀence under the Code, to be paid by the accused within thirty days of the order of composition issued by such officer. (3) The compounding oﬃcer shall issue a composition certiﬁcate in Part-B of Form-VI within ten days of receipt of the composition amount, to such person from whom such amount has been received in compliance of the composition notice. (4) In case where a person so noticed fails to deposit the composition amount within the time specified by the compounding oﬃcer, prosecution shall be instituted before the competent court against such person for such oﬀence in respect of which the compounding notice was issued. (5) Where the oﬀence has been compounded under sub-rule (2) after the institution of the prosecution, the oﬃcer shall send a copy of such order for intimation to the oﬃcer referred to in sub- section (1) of section 53 for action under sub-section (6) of section 56.

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Implementation control

Translate Rule 54 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

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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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