(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.
Official text
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In force from 14 August 1992
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