(1) All registers and other records required to be maintained under the Act and Rules, shall be maintained complete and upto-date, and, unless otherwise provided for, shall be kept at an office of the nearest convenient building within the precincts of the work place of at a place, if any, specified by the Inspectors oil tile specific request made by the contractor in this behalf.
(2)All the registers shall be maintained legibly in English or Hindi.
(3)All the registers and other records shall be preserved in original for a period of 3 calendar years from the date of last entry made therein.
(4)All the registers, records and notices maintained tinder the Act or Rules shall be produced on demand before the Inspector or Deputry Chief Labour commissioner (Central) or any other authority under the Act or any person authorised in that behalf by the Central Government.
(5)Where no deduction or fine has been imposed or no overtime has been worked during any wage period, a ‘Nil’ entry shall be made across the body of the register at the end of every wage period indicating also in precise terms the wage period to which the ‘Nil’ entry relates in the respective register maintained in From XIX and XX and XXI respectively.
