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A State notifies revised minimum wages on 1 March after considering a committee's recommendation. The notification is silent on its commencement. Another employer, Meera Textiles, also asks when the State must next review these rates. Which statement is correct?

Where the notification is silent, it takes effect on expiry of three months from its issue, and the appropriate Government must ordinarily review or revise the minimum rates at intervals not exceeding five years.

  1. AIt comes into force on 1 March; review is due within ten years
  2. BIt comes into force on expiry of three months from issue; review or revision is ordinarily at intervals not exceeding five yearsCorrect
  3. CIt comes into force on expiry of two months from issue; review is due every three years
  4. DIt comes into force on expiry of six months from issue; review is due every five years

Explanation

Section 8(3) provides that unless the notification otherwise provides, it takes effect on expiry of three months from its date of issue. Section 8(4) requires review or revision ordinarily at an interval not exceeding five years. Two months applies only to the proposal consideration date.

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