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劳工法翻译第一部分 Labour Act Chapter 198 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 1990 An Act to repeal and replace the Labour Code Act and consolidate the law relating to labour 1st August 1971 Part I General provisions as to protection of wages, contracts of employment and terms and conditions of employment Protection of wages 1. (1) Subject to this section- (a) the wages of a worker shall in all contracts be made payable in legal tender and not otherwise; and (b) if in any contract the whole or any part of the wages of a worker is made payable in any other manner the contract shall be illegal, null and void. (2) An employer may provide food, a dwelling place or any other allowance or privilege as a part of a workers remuneration if the food, dwelling place, allowance or privilege is prescribed by law, by a collective agreement or by an arbitration award because it is customary or desirable in view of the nature of the industry or occupation in which the worker is engaged; but in no case shall an employer give to any worker any intoxicating liquor or noxious drug by way of remuneration. (3) Except where otherwise expressly permitted by this Act, wages payable in money shall be paid only in legal tender or, with the prior consent in writing of the worker concerned, by cheque or postal order and payment or purported payment in any other form shall be illegal, null and void. 2. No employer shall impose in any contract for the employment of any worker any terms as to the place at which, or the manner in which, or the person with whom any wages paid to the worker are to be expended; and every contract between an employer and a worker containing any such terms shall be illegal, null and void. 3. Wages shall not be paid to a worker