s 23 Payment on termination by employee
23.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the total salary due to an employee who terminates his or her contract of service with his or her employer under section 11, or after giving due notice to the employer as required under section 10, must be paid to the employee on the day on which the contract of service is terminated. (2) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the total salary due to an employee who terminates his or her contract of service without giving prior notice to his or her employer as required under section 10, or, if notice has already been given under that section, but the employee terminates his or her contract of service without waiting for the expiry of the notice, must be paid to the employee before the expiry of the 7th day after the day on which the employee terminates his or her contract of service. (3) The employer may, subject to any order made by a court or the Commissioner to the contrary, deduct from the salary due to the employee such sum as the employee is liable to pay in lieu of prior notice under section 11(1).