Explanation:

According to Section 5  [Save as otherwise provided in sub-section (2), all payments] of wages shall be made on a working day. State Amendments Andaman and Nicobar Islands.—In section 5, for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:— “(1) The wages of every person employed upon or in any railway, factory or industrial establishment shall be paid before the expiry of a such number of days after the last day of the wage period in respect of which the wages are payable as the State Government may be general or special order, specify and a different number of days may be specified for different areas; so, however, that the number of days so specified shall not exceed the wage-period next following the wage-period in respect of which the wages are payable.”