Sec. 22 outlines penalties for employers who pay employees less than the minimum wage or contravene other rules. Employers can be imprisoned for up to 6 months or fined up to 500 rupees, or both. The court must consider any compensation already awarded when fining employers. Section 22-A allows fines of up to 500 rupees for contravening any provision without another specified penalty. Employers can be excused if they show due diligence and another person committed the offense without their knowledge or consent.

2. Sec. 22
Any employer who:
 Pays to employees less than the minimum rate of
wages fixed for that employee’s class of work, or less
than the amount due to him under the provision of
his Act, or
 Contravenes any rule or order made under section
13, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term
which may extend to six months or with fine which
may extend to five hundred rupees or with both [Sec.
22].

3.  In imposing any fine for an offence under
section 22, court shall take into consideration
the amount of any compensation already
awarded against the accused in any proceedings
taken under section20. [Provision to Sec. 22]
 Further, any employer who contravenes any
provision of this Act or of any rule of order made
there under, shall if no other penalty is provider
for such contravention by this Act, be punishable
with fine which may extend to Rs. 500 [Sec.22-A]

4. Where an employer is charged with an offence against
this Act, he shall be excused from liability if he can show
that some other persons was responsible for the offence
and that:
a. he has used due diligence to enforce the
execution of this Act; and
b. the said other person committed the offence in
question without his knowledge, consent or
connivance.