(1) The amount of contribution (that is to say, the employers contribution as well as the employees contribution in pursuance of any scheme and the employers contribution in pursuance of the Insurance Scheme) and any charge for meeting the cost of administering the fund paid or payable by an employer in respect of an employee employed by or through a contractor may be recovered by such employer from the contractor, either by deduction from any amount payable to the contractor under any contract or as a debt payable by the contractor.
(2) A contractor from whom the amounts mentioned in sub-section (1) may be recovered in respect of any employee employed by or through him may recover from such employee, the employees contribution under any scheme by deduction from the wages payable to such employee.
(3) Notwithstanding any contract to the contrary, no contractor shall be entitled to deduct the employers contribution or the charges referred to in sub-section (1) from the wages payable to an employee employed by or through him or otherwise to recover such contribution or charges from such employee.
