Industrial Disputes Act, 1947

The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947

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Act ID:	194714
Act Number:	14
Enactment Date:	1947-03-11
Act Year:	1947
Short Title:	The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
Long Title:	An Act to make provision for the investigation and settlement of industrial disputes, and for certain other purposes.
Ministry:	Ministry of Labour and Employment
Enforcement Date:	01-04-1947


Schedule 1. THE FIRST SCHEDULE. Order Appendix Forms
Schedule 2. THE SECOND SCHEDULE. Order Appendix Forms
Schedule 3. THE THIRD SCHEDULE. Order Appendix Forms
Schedule 4. THE FOURTH SCHEDULE. Order Appendix Forms
Schedule 5. THE FIFTH SCHEDULE. Order Appendix Forms

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CHAPTER I

PRELIMINARY

CHAPER II

AUTHORITIES UNDER THIS ACT

CHAPTER IIA

NOTICE OF CHANGE

CHAPTER IIB

REFERENCE OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL DISPUTES TO GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENT AUTHORITIES

CHAPTER III

REFERENCE OF DISPUTES TO BOARDS, COURTS OR TRIBUNALS

CHAPTER IV

PROCEDURE, POWERS AND DUTIES OF AUTHORITIES

CHAPTER V

STRIKES AND LOCK-OUTS

CHAPTER VA

LAY-OFF AND RETRENCHMENT

CHAPTER VB

SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO LAY-OFF, RETRENCHMENT AND CLOSURE IN CERTAIN ESTABLISHMENTS

CHAPTER VC

UNFAIR LABOUR PRACTICES

CHAPTER VI

PENALTIES

CHAPTER VII

MISCELLANEOUS


Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement. Show Related Subordinates
Section 2. Definitions.
Section 2A. Dismissal, etc., of an individual workman to be deemed to be an industrial dispute.
Section 3. Works Committee.
Section 4. Conciliation officers.
Section 5. Board of Conciliation.
Section 6. Courts of Inquiry.
Section 7. Labour Courts.
Section 7A. Tribunals.
Section 7B. National Tribunals.
Section 7C. Disqualifications for the presiding officers of Labour Courts, Tribunals and National Tribunals.
Section 7D. Qualifications, terms and conditions of service of Presiding Officer.
Section 8. Filling of vacancies.
Section 9. Finality of orders constituting Boards, etc.
Section 9A. Notice of change.
Section 9B. Power of Government to exempt.
Section 9C. Setting up of Grievance Settlement Authorities and reference of certain individual disputes to such authorities.
Section 10. Reference of disputes to Boards, Courts or Tribunals.
Section 10A. Voluntary reference of disputes to arbitration.
Section 11. Procedure and powers of conciliation officers, Boards, Courts and Tribunals.
Section 11A. Powers of Labour Courts, Tribunals and National Tribunals to give appropriate relief in case of discharge or dismissal of workmen.
Section 12. Duties of conciliation officers.
Section 13. Duties of Board.
Section 14. Duties of Courts.
Section 15. Duties of Labour Courts, Tribunals and National Tribunals.
Section 16. Form of report or award.
Section 17. Publication of reports and awards.
Section 17A. Commencement of the award.
Section 17B. Payment offull wages to workman pending proceedings in higher courts.
Section 18. Persons on whom settlements and awards are binding.
Section 19. Period of operation of settlements and awards.
Section 20. Commencement and conclusion of proceedings.
Section 21. Certain matters to be kept confidential.
Section 22. Prohibition of strikes and lock-outs.
Section 23. General prohibition of strikes and lock-outs.
Section 24. Illegal strikes and lock-outs.
Section 25. Prohibition of financial aid to illegal strikes and lock-outs.
Section 25A. Application of sections 25C to 25E.
Section 25B. Definition of continuous service.
Section 25C. Right of workmen laid-off for compensation.
Section 25D. Duty of an employer to maintain muster rolls of workmen.
Section 25E. Workmen not entitled to compensation in certain cases.
Section 25F. Conditions precedent to retrenchment of workmen.
Section 25FF. Compensation to workmen in case of transfer of undertakings.
Section 25FFA. Sixty days' notice to be given of intention to close down any undertaking.
Section 25FFF. Compensation to workmen in case of closing down of undertakings.
Section 25G. Procedure for retrenchment.
Section 25H. Re-employment of retrenched workmen.
Section 25-I. Repealed..
Section 25J. Effect of laws inconsistent with this Chapter.
Section 25K. Application of Chapter VB.
Section 25L. Definitions.
Section 25M. Prohibition of lay-off.
Section 25N. Conditions precedent to retrenchment of workmen.
Section 25-O. Procedure for closing down an undertaking.
Section 25P. Special provision as to restarting of undertakings closed down before commencement of the Industrial Disputes (Amendment) Act, 1976.
Section 25Q. Penalty for lay-off and retrenchment without previous permission.
Section 25R. Penalty for closure.
Section 25S. Certain provisions of Chapter VA to apply to an industrial establishment to which this Chapter applies.
Section 25T. Prohibition of unfair labour practice.
Section 25U. Penalty for committing unfair labour practices.
Section 26. Penalty for illegal strikes and lock-outs.
Section 27. Penalty for instigation, etc.
Section 28. Penalty for giving financial aid to illegal strikes and lock-outs.
Section 29. Penalty for breach of settlement or award.
Section 30. Penalty for disclosing confidential information.
Section 30A. Penalty for closure without notice.
Section 31. Penalty for other offences.
Section 32. Offence by companies, etc.
Section 33. Conditions of service, etc., to remain unchanged under certain circumstances during pendency of proceedings.
Section 33A. Special provision for adjudication as to whether conditions of service, etc., changed during pendency of proceedings.
Section 33B. Power to transfer certain proceedings.
Section 33C. Recovery of money due from an employer.
Section 34. Cognizance of offences.
Section 35. Protection of persons.
Section 36. Representation of parties.
Section 36A. Power to remove difficulties.
Section 36B. Power to exempt.
Section 37. Protection of action taken under the Act.
Section 38. Power to make rules.
Section 39. Delegation of powers.
Section 40. Power to amend Schedules.


Schedule 1. THE FIRST SCHEDULE. Order Appendix Forms
Schedule 2. THE SECOND SCHEDULE. Order Appendix Forms
Schedule 3. THE THIRD SCHEDULE. Order Appendix Forms
Schedule 4. THE FOURTH SCHEDULE. Order Appendix Forms
Schedule 5. THE FIFTH SCHEDULE. Order Appendix Forms

Year	Description	Hindi Description	Files(Eng)	Files(Hindi)
01-01-2014	NOTIFICATION OF PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE FOR THE YEAR 2014
01-01-2015	NOTIFICATIONS OF PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICES FOR THE YEAR 2015
25-05-2015	FINAL NOTIFICATION Rule 56 A
18-01-2016	NOTIFICATIONS OF PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE FOR THE YEAR 2016
21-10-2016	COAL INDIA LTD. NOTIFICATION
01-01-2017	NOTIFICATIONS OF PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICES FOR THE YEAR 2017
25-01-2017	NOTIFICATION AMENDING ITEM 32 OF FIRST SCHEME OF ID ACT
25-01-2017	Insertion of item 32 in the first schedule of ID Act 1947
20-06-2017	NOTIFICATION AMENDING ITEM 29 OF FIRST SCHEDULE OF ID ACT
20-06-2017	Notification reg.amendment of item 29 of the First Sechedule
01-01-2018	NOTIFICATION OF PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE ISSUE DURING 2018
18-12-2018	Notification_Iron_and_Steel
18-12-2018	Notification_Defence_establishments
26-12-2018	Notification regarding services engaged in the Food Corporation of India to be a public utility service dated 26 Dec 2018
28-12-2018	Notification regarding addition of Chemical Fertilizer industry to the First Schedule to the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947) dated 28 Dec 2018
28-12-2018	NOTIFICATION AMENDING ITEM 33 OF FIRST SCHEDULE OF ID ACT
01-01-2019	NOTIFICATIONS OF PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE FOR THE YEAR 2019
01-02-2019	Transport(other than Railways) for carriage of passengers and goods(by land or water)
22-02-2019	Notification of certain Industrial Undertakings to be a public utility services under the act for a period of six months
22-02-2019	Notification of Bank Note Paper Mill India Private Limited, Mysore declared a public utility service for six months
10-06-2019	Notification dated 10.6.2019

Schedule 1. THE FIRST SCHEDULE.

Schedule 2. THE SECOND SCHEDULE.

Schedule 3. THE THIRD SCHEDULE.

Schedule 4. THE FOURTH SCHEDULE.

Schedule 5. THE FIFTH SCHEDULE.