Factories Act, 1948

Section - 1 - Short title, extent and commencement

FACTORIES ACT, 1948

[63 OF 1948]

An Act to consolidate and amend the law regulating labour in factories.

WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law regulating labour in factories;

It is hereby enacted as follows :—

CHAPTER I

PRELIMINARY

Short title, extent and commencement.

1. (1) This Act may be called the Factories Act, 1948.

[(2) It extends to the whole of India [***]].

(3) It shall come into force on the 1st day of April, 1949.