6. Application of certain Acts to sales promotion employees.- (1) The provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923, as in force for the time being, shall apply to, or in relation to sales promotion employees as they apply to, or in relation to, workmen within the meaning of that Act. (2) The provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947), as in force for the time being, shall apply to, or in relation to, sales promotion employees as they apply to, or in relation to, workmen, within the meaning of that Act and for the purpose of any proceeding under that Act in relation to an industrial dispute, a sale promotion employee shall be deemed to include a sale promotion employee who has been dismissed, discharged or retrenched in connection with, or as a consequence of, that dispute or whose dismissal, discharge, or retrenchment had led to that dispute. (3) The provisions of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (11 of 1948), as in force for the time being, shall apply to, or in relation to , sales promotion employees as they apply to, or in relation to, employees within the meaning of that Act. (4) The provisions of the Maternity Benefit Act, 191 (53 of 1961), as in force for the time being, shall apply to, or in relation to, sales promotion employees, being women, as they apply to, or in relation to, women employed, whether directly or through any agency, for wages in any establishment within the meaning of that Act. (5) The provisions of the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 (21 of 1965), as in force for the time being, shall apply to, or in relation to, sales promotion employees as they apply to, or in relation to, employees within the meaning of that Act. (6) The provisions of the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 (39 of 1972), as in force for the time being, shall apply to, or in relation to, sales promotion employees as they apply to, or in relation to, employees within the meaning of that Act. (7) notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing sub-sections,- (a) in the application of any Act referred to in any of the said sub-sections to sales promotion employees, the wages of a sales promotion employee for the purposes of such Act, shall be deemed to be his wages as computed in accordance with the provisions of this Act; (b) where an Act referred to in any of the said sub-sections provides for a ceiling limit as to wages so as to exclude from the purview of the application of such Act, persons whose wages exceed such ceiling limit, such Act shall not apply to any sales promotion employee whose wages as computed in accordance with the provisions of this Act exceed such ceiling limit.
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