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Industrial Disputes Act, 1947

Central
Act number
14 of 1947
Enacted
11 Mar 1947

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80 sections

  1. Section 1Short title, extent and commencement
  2. Section 2Definitions
  3. Section 2ADismissal, etc., of an individual workman to be deemed to be an industrial dispute
  4. Section 3Works Committee
  5. Section 4Conciliation officers
  6. Section 5Board of Conciliation
  7. Section 6Courts of Inquiry
  8. Section 7Labour Courts
  9. Section 7ATribunals
  10. Section 7BNational Tribunals
  11. Section 7CDisqualifications for the presiding officers of Labour Courts, Tribunals and National Tribunals
  12. Section 7DQualifications, terms and conditions of service of Presiding Officer
  13. Section 8Filling of vacancies
  14. Section 9Finality of orders constituting Boards, etc
  15. Section 9ANotice of change
  16. Section 9BPower of Government to exempt
  17. Section 9CSetting up of Grievance Redressal Machinery
  18. Section 10Reference of disputes to Boards, Courts or Tribunals
  19. Section 10AVoluntary reference of disputes to arbitration
  20. Section 11Procedure and powers of conciliation officers, Boards, Courts and Tribunals
  21. Section 11APowers of Labour Courts, Tribunals and National Tribunals to give appropriate relief in case of discharge or dismissal of workmen
  22. Section 12Duties of conciliation officers
  23. Section 13Duties of Board
  24. Section 14Duties of Courts
  25. Section 15Duties of Labour Courts, Tribunals and National Tribunals
  26. Section 16Form of report or award
  27. Section 17Publication of reports and awards
  28. Section 17ACommencement of the award
  29. Section 17BPayment of full wages to workman pending proceedings in higher courts
  30. Section 18Persons on whom settlements and awards are binding
  31. Section 19Period of operation of settlements and awards
  32. Section 20Commencement and conclusion of proceedings
  33. Section 21Certain matters to be kept confidential
  34. Section 22Prohibition of strikes and lock-outs
  35. Section 23General prohibition of strikes and lock-outs
  36. Section 24Illegal strikes and lock-outs
  37. Section 25Prohibition of financial aid to illegal strikes and lock-outs
  38. Section 25AApplication of sections 25C to 25E
  39. Section 25BDefinition of continuous service
  40. Section 25CRight of workmen laid-off for compensation
  41. Section 25DDuty of an employer to maintain muster rolls of workmen
  42. Section 25EWorkmen not entitled to compensation in certain cases
  43. Section 25FConditions precedent to retrenchment of workmen
  44. Section 25FFCompensation to workmen in case of transfer of undertakings
  45. Section 25FFASixty days’ notice to be given of intention to close down any undertaking
  46. Section 25FFFCompensation to workmen in case of closing down of undertakings
  47. Section 25GProcedure for retrenchment
  48. Section 25HRe-employment of retrenched workmen
  49. Section 25JEffect of laws inconsistent with this Chapter
  50. Section 25KApplication of Chapter VB
  51. Section 25LDefinitions
  52. Section 25MProhibition of lay-off
  53. Section 25NConditions precedent to retrenchment of workmen
  54. Section 25PSpecial provision as to restarting of undertakings closed down before commencement of the Industrial Disputes (Amendment) Act, 1976
  55. Section 25QPenalty for lay-off and retrenchment without previous permission
  56. Section 25RPenalty for closure
  57. Section 25SCertain provisions of Chapter VA to apply to an industrial establishment to which this Chapter applies
  58. Section 25TProhibition of unfair labour practice
  59. Section 25UPenalty for committing unfair labour practices
  60. Section 26Penalty for illegal strikes and lock-outs
  61. Section 27Penalty for instigation, etc
  62. Section 28Penalty for giving financial aid to illegal strikes and lock-outs
  63. Section 29Penalty for breach of settlement or award
  64. Section 30Penalty for disclosing confidential information
  65. Section 30APenalty for closure without notice
  66. Section 31Penalty for other offences
  67. Section 32Offence by companies, etc
  68. Section 33Conditions of service, etc., to remain unchanged under certain circumstances during pendency of proceedings
  69. Section 33ASpecial provision for adjudication as to whether conditions of service, etc., changed during pendency of proceedings
  70. Section 33BPower to transfer certain proceedings
  71. Section 33CRecovery of money due from an employer
  72. Section 34Cognizance of offences
  73. Section 35Protection of persons
  74. Section 36Representation of parties
  75. Section 36APower to remove difficulties
  76. Section 36BPower to exempt
  77. Section 37Protection of action taken under the Act
  78. Section 38Power to make rules
  79. Section 39Delegation of powers
  80. Section 40Power to amend Schedules