Industrial Disputes Act, 1947

Section - 1 - Short title, extent and commencement

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Section - 2 - Definitions

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Section - 2A - Dismissal, etc., of an individual workman to be deemed to be an industrial dispute

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Section - 3 - Works Committee

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Section - 4 - Conciliation officers

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Section - 5 - Boards of Conciliation

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Section - 6 - Courts of Inquiry

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Section - 7 - Labour Courts

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Section - 7A - Tribunals

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Section - 7B - National Tribunals

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Section - 7C - Disqualifications for the Presiding Officers of Labour Courts, Tribunals and National Tribunals

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Section - 7D - Qualifications, terms and conditions of service of Presiding Officer

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Section - 8 - Filling of vacancies

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Section - 9 - Finality of orders constituting Boards, etc

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Section - 9A - Notice of change

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Section - 9B - Power of Government to exempt

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Section - 9C - Setting up of Grievance Redressal Machinery

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Section - 10 - Reference of disputes to Boards, Courts or Tribunals

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Section - 10A - Voluntary reference of disputes to arbitration

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Section - 11 - Procedure and powers of conciliation officers, Boards, Courts and Tribunals and National Tribunals

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Section - 11A - Powers of Labour Courts, Tribunals and National Tribunals to give appro­priate relief in case of discharge or dismissal of workmen

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Section - 12 - Duties of conciliation officers

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Section - 13 - Duties of Board

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Section - 14 - Duties of Courts

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Section - 15 - Duties of Labour Courts, Tribunals and National Tribunals

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Section - 16 - Form of report or award

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Section - 17 - Publication of reports and awards

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Section - 17A - Commencement of the award

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Section - 17B - Payment of full wages to workman pending proceedings in higher courts

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Section - 18 - Persons on whom settlements and awards are binding

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Section - 19 - Period of operation of settlements and awards

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Section - 20 - Commencement and conclusion of proceedings

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Section - 21 - Certain matters to be kept confidential

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Section - 22 - Prohibition of strikes and lock-outs

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Section - 23 - General prohibition of strikes and lock-outs

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Section - 24 - Illegal strikes and lock-outs

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Section - 25 - Prohibition of financial aid to illegal strikes and lock-outs

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Section - 25A - Application of sections 25C to 25E

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Section - 25B - Definition of continuous service

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Section - 25C - Right of workmen laid off for compensation

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Section - 25D - Duty of an employer to maintain muster rolls of workmen

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Section - 25E - Workmen not entitled to compensation in certain cases

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Section - 25F - Conditions precedent to retrenchment of workmen

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Section - 25FF - Compensation to workmen in case of transfer of undertakings

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Section - 25FFA - Sixty days' notice to be given of intention to close down any undertaking

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Section - 25FFF - Compensation to workmen in case of closing down of undertakings

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Section - 25G - Procedure for retrenchment

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Section - 25H - Re-employment of retrenched workmen

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Section - 25I - Recovery of moneys due from employers under this Chapter

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Section - 25J - Effect of-laws Inconsistent with this Chapter

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Section - 25K - Application of Chapter V-B

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Section - 25L - Definitions

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Section - 25M - Prohibition of lay-off

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Section - 25N - Conditions precedent to retrenchment of workmen

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Section - 25O - Procedure for closing down an undertaking

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Section - 25P - Special provision as to restarting of undertakings closed down before com­mencement of the Industrial Disputes (Amendment) Act, 1976

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Section - 25Q - Penalty for lay-off and retrenchment without previous permission

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Section - 25R - Penalty for closure

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Section - 25S - Certain provisions of Chapter V-A to apply to an industrial establishment to which this Chapter applies

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Section - 25T - Prohibition of unfair labour practice

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Section - 25U - Penalty for committing unfair labour practices

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Section - 26 - Penalty for illegal strikes and lock-outs

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Section - 27 - Penalty for instigation, etc

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Section - 28 - Penalty for giving financial aid to Illegal strikes and lock-outs

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Section - 29 - Penalty for breach of settlement or award

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Section - 30 - Penalty for disclosing confidential information

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Section - 30A - Penalty for closure without notice

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Section - 31 - Penalty for other offences

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Section - 32 - Offence by companies, etc

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Section - 33 - Conditions of service, etc., to remain unchanged under certain circum­stances during pendency of proceedings

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Section - 33A - Special provision for adjudication as to whether conditions of service, etc., changed during pendency of proceedings

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Section - 33B - Power to transfer certain proceedings

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Section - 33C - Recovery of money due from an employer

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Section - 34 - Cognizance of offences

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Section - 35 - Protection of persons

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Section - 36 - Representation of parties

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Section - 36A - Power to remove difficulties

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Section - 36B - Power to exempt

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Section - 37 - Protection of action taken under the Act

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Section - 38 - Power to make rules

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Section - 39 - Delegation of powers

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Section - 40 - Power to amend Schedules

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SCH I - SCH I

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SCH II - MATTERS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF LABOUR COURTS

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SCH III - MATTERS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNALS

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SCH IV - CONDITIONS OF SERVICE FOR CHANGE OF WHICH NOTICE IS TO BE GIVEN

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SCH V - UNFAIR LABOUR PRACTICES

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