Section 59
Payment of salary through bank
(1)
Nothing in section 55 or 57 shall render illegal any payment of salary by an employer to an employee in accordance with the employee’s written approval in either of the following ways —
(a)
payment into an account at a bank in Brunei Darussalam holding a licence granted under the Banking Act (Chapter 95), a licence being an account in the name of the employee or an account in the name of the employee jointly with one or more other persons;
(b)
payment by cheque made payable to or to the order of the employee.
(2)
Where the salary or part thereof has been paid in either of the ways set out in subsection (1), section 58 shall not operate to give a right of recovery of so much of the salary as have been so paid.
(3)
The employee may at any time withdraw his approval under subsection (1) by notice in writing given to the employer.
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(4)
Such notice shall take effect 14 days from the date on which it was served on the employer.
(5)
The approval of the employee to the mode of payment of his salary under subsection (1) shall not be unreasonably withheld, or if granted and notwithstanding subsection (3) shall not be unreasonably withdrawn, by the employee.
(6)
Any dispute as to whether an employee has unreasonably withheld or withdrawn his approval to the mode of payment of his salary under subsection (1) shall be referred to the Commissioner, whose decision is final.