(1)

All registers and other records required to be maintained under the Act and rules, shall be maintained complete and uptodate, and, unless otherwise provided for, shall be kept at an office or the nearest convenient building within the precincts of the workplace or at a place within a radius of three kilometres.

(2)

[ Such registers shall be maintained legibly in English and Hindi or in the language understood by the majority of the persons employed in the establishment.]

(3)

All the registers and other records shall be preserved in original for a period of three calendar years from the date of last entry therein.

(4)

All the registers, records and notices maintained under the Act, or rules shall be produced on demand before the Inspector 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 the wage-period indicating also in precise terms the wage-period to which the "nil " entry relates, in the respective registers maintained in Forms XX, XXI and XXII respectively.