22. Leave.—(1) Every person employed in an establishment shall be entitled—
(a) after every twelve months’ continuous employment, to privilege leave for a total period
of not less than fifteen days;
(i) Privilege leave to which an employee is entitled under clause (a) of sub-section (1) or
under any such law, contract, custom or usage, award, settlement or agreement as is referred to
in section 3, or any part of such leave, if not availed of by such employee, shall be added to the
privilege leave in respect of any succeeding period to which he is so entitled to, however, the total
period of such privilege leave which may be accumulated by such employee shall not at any one
time exceed three times the period of privilege leave to which he is entitled after every twelve
months’ employment under that clause or under such law, contract, custom or usage, award,
settlement or agreement.
(2) If an employee entitled to leave under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of this section is
discharged by his employer before he had been allowed the leave, or if, having applied for and
having been refused the leave, he quits his employment before he has been allowed the leave,
the employer shall pay him full wage for the period of leave due to him.