Wages Attachment Act 1898 (SA)

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SECUNDO

A.D. 1898.

No. 697.

An Act relating to Workmen's Wages.

[Assented to, December z3vd, 1898.1

B" it Enacted by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Parliament of South Australia, as follows:

1, This Act may be cited as " The Wages Attachment Act, 1898," Short title and

and shall come into operation on the first day of January, one r omrnencement.

thousand eight llundretl and ninety-nine.

2, ilftcr the comlnenccment of this Act 110 order shall be issued NO ordw to be made

by any Conrt, Judge, or Justice for the attachment of the wages of for attachment.

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:my clerk, servant, laborer, or workman.

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3, For the purposes of this Act the word " wages includes Mctaning of wagcau

wages, salary, or pajrncnt by piece-work, and any inoncy or thing an" "wO"man."

had or contracted to be paid, delivered, or given us a recompense, reward, remuneration, or consideration for any service, work, or laboy rendered or dune, or to be rendered or done. IVorkman" means any person in any manner engaged or crnploped in manual labor or in work of any kind, and whether his remuneration is to bc according to time, or by piece-work, o r at a fixed price, or otherwise.

4. The protection afforded by this Act shall not apply to any K O ~ mtroqmtise.

debt duc or amount owing a t the commencement of the said Act.

In the name and on behalf of IIer Majesty, I hereby assent to

this Hill. S. J. WAY, Lieutenant-G overnor.

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Adelaide: Bp authority, C. E. BRISTOW, Goyernment Printer, North Tcrraee.