Limitations on attachment or seizure of wages

(1) Notwithstanding any other law, the remuneration of a worker is liable to attachment or seizure in execution only within the following limits– (a) up to one-half in respect of maintenance (b) up to one-third in respect of all other debts of any kind and however contracted. (2) The proportions prescribed in sub-section (1), shall not be applicable cumulatively on the ground that there are several debts or several creditors, the maximum proportion in all cases remaining fifty per centum of the remuneration. The sums attached or seized shall be divided among the claimants in proportion to their established claims.