(1) Apart from compulsory levies, reimbursement of the value of any facilities provided in conformity with the provisions of Section 66 (3) and any deposits which may be stipulated in collective agreements or individual contracts, no deductions from wages shall be permissible save in the following circumstances :
• (a) Where there is a court order of attachment;
• (b) in application of the provisions of Section 21 of this law ;
• (c) by voluntary assignment to which the worker has subscribed in person and notified for verification to the Inspector of Labour of his place of residence in the case of repayment of cash advances made by the employer to the worker, and before the president of the competent court in other cases ;
• (d) where a friendly society providing for payment of contributions by the workers has been instituted within the framework of the laws and regulations in force.
(2) Payment on account in relation to work in progress shall not be considered as advances.
(3) Any stipulation in a collective agreement or individual contract authorizing other levies shall be null and void.
(4) Any sum withheld from a worker in violation of the above provisions shall bear interest payable to him at the statutory rate from the date at which it should have been paid and may be claimed by him until the right is barred by limitation ; effluxion of the limitation period shall be suspended during currency of the contract of employment.
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In force from 14-08-1992
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