The Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 applies to (a) every factory; and (b) every other establishment in which __________ persons are employed on any day during an accounting year. The appropriate Government may, by notificatio

CS Executive · Industrial, Labour & General Laws · PYQS · December 2014
The Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 applies to (a) every factory; and (b) every other establishment in which __________ persons are employed on any day during an accounting year. The appropriate Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette specify any establishment or class of establishment (including an establishment being a factory within the meaning of sub-clause (ii) of clause (m) of Section 2 of the Factories Act, 1948) employing such number of persons as may be specified in the notification; so, however, that the number of persons so specified shall in no case be less than __________.
(A) Ten or more; twenty
(B) Twenty or more; ten
(C) Twenty or less than twenty; two
(D) Less than twenty; twenty.

Answer & Explanation:

Correct Answer: Option (B)

Correct answer: (B) Twenty or more; ten. This answer applies to the historical law and assessment-year context of this December 2014 paper; later amendments may differ.

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