OBJECT AND SCOPE of Payment of Wages Act, 1936 :

The main object of the Act is to eliminate all malpractices by laying down the time and mode of payment of wages as well as securing that the workers are paid their wages at regular intervals, without any unauthorised deductions. In order to enlarge its scope and provide for more effective enforcement the Act empowering the Government to enhance the ceiling by notification in future. The Act extends to the whole of India.