Agricultural Workers (Weekly Half-Holidays) Act, 1952
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Offences. |
9.—(1) Where an agricultural employer contravenes section 3 of this Act, he shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding ten pounds. | |
(2) Where proceedings are brought against an employer under this section— | ||
(a) if there is a conviction, the Court may order the employer to pay to the worker a sum equal to the appropriate amount in relation to the day as respects which the offence was charged, and | ||
(b) whether there is or is not a conviction, the Court may, if satisfied that the employer has contravened section 3 of this Act in relation to the worker in respect of any other day within the twenty-four months immediately preceding the date on which the proceedings were brought, order the employer to pay to the worker a sum equal to the appropriate amount in relation to that day. | ||
(3) In this and the next section, a reference to the appropriate amount in relation to a day shall be construed as a reference to the minimum amount which the employer might have paid to the worker pursuant to section 8 of this Act in relation to that day less such (if any) amount as he has paid to the worker for the time during which the worker was improperly permitted to work on that day. |