18. Procedure for deduction for damage or loss.––

(1) Any employer intending to make deduction for damages or loss under sub-section (1) of section 21 from the wages of an employee, shall give the employee an opportunity to submit explanation within a period of seven days, showing cause, the value

of the damage caused or loss of goods expressly entrusted to the employee.

(2) On establishment of the charges, deductions shall be made from the wages of the employee in accordance with sub-section (3) of section 18.

(3) In case no reply is received from the employee concerned within seven days, the employer shall make such deduction from the wage of the employee concerned and the same shall be intimated to the employee within fifteen days of the date of such deduction.