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 * Provided that—
 * (i) except with the approval in writing of the Commissioner, no such deductions shall be made by way of discount, interest or any similar charge in consideration of such advance or over-payment; and
 * (ii) the total of such deductions in any one wage period shall not exceed one quarter of the wages payable to the employee in respect of that wage period;
 * (f) deductions, with the written consent of an employee, for the recovery of any loan made by the employer to the employee;
 * (g) deductions made at the request in writing of the employee in respect of contributions to be paid by him through the employer for the purpose of any medical benefit scheme, superannuation scheme, provident fund or thrift scheme lawfully established for the benefit of the employee or his dependants;
 * (h) deductions which are required or authorized under any enactment to be made from the wages of an employee;
 * (i) other deductions made at the request in writing of the employee and with the approval of the Commissioner, which may be signified in respect of any particular case in writing or in general by notice in the Gazette.

(3) Except with the approval in writing of the Commissioner, the total of all deductions, excluding deductions in respect of absence from work, made under this section from the wages of an employee in any one wage period shall not exceed one half of the wages payable to the employee in respect of the wage period.

(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing an employer from paying to an employee at any time before the due date the amount of wages and other remuneration proportionate to work done and adjusting any amount so paid against the total amount payable at the end of the wage period. PART V. INFORMATION RESPECTING WAGES.

22. (1) Every employer shall inform each person before such person enters his employment, in a manner intelligible to him, of the conditions with regard to wages under which he is to be employed.