(a) a bonafide error or a bonafide dispute as to the amount payable to the employee, or
(b) the existence of exceptional circumstances, such that the employer was unable, though exercising reasonable diligence to make prompt payment, or
(c) the failure of the employee to accept payment.
(a) if the authority is a Magistrate, by the authority as if it were a fine imposed by him as Magistrate; and
(b) if the authority is not a Magistrate, by any Magistrate to whom the authority makes an application in this behalf, as if it were a fine imposed by such Magistrate.
Explanation.
Section 43 • The Goa, Daman and Diu Shops and Establishments Act, 1973
43. Claims arising out of deductions from wages or delay in payment of wages, etc. and penalty for malicious or vexatious claims.
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