INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES ACT, 1947

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S.1 Short title, extent and commencement.

S.2 Definitions.

S.2(A) Dismissal etc., of an individual workman to be deemed to be an industrial dispute.

S.3 Works Committee.

S.4 Conciliation officers.

S.5 Boards of Conciliation.

S.6 Courts of Inquiry.

S.7 Labour Courts.

S.7(A) Tribunals.

S.7(B) National Tribunals.

S.7(C) Disqualifications for the Presiding Officers of Labour Courts, Tribunals and National Tribunals.

S.8 Filling of vacancies.

S.9 Finality of orders constituting Boards, etc.

S.9(A) Notice of change.

S.9(B) Power of Government to exempt.

S.9(C) Setting up of Grievance Settlement Authorities and reference of certain individual disputes to such Authorities.

S.10 Reference of disputes to Boards, Courts or Tribunals.

S.10(A) Voluntary reference of disputes to arbitration.

S.11 Procedure and. powers of conciliation officers, Boards, Courts and Tribunals.

S.11(A) Powers of Labour Courts, Tribunals or National Tribunals to give appropriate relief in case of discharge or dismissal of workmen.

S.11(B) Powers of Labour Courts in respect of criminal cases.

S.11(C) Appeal.

S.11(D) Powers of the Industrial Court hearing appeal under section 11-C.

S.12 Duties of conciliation officers.

S.13 Duties of Board.

S.14 Duties of Courts.

S.15 Duties of Labour Courts, Tribunals or National Tribunals.

S.16 Form of report or award.

S.17 Publication of reports and awards.

S.17(A) Commencement of the award.

S.17(B) Payment of full wages to workman pending proceedings in higher courts.

S.18 Persons on whom settlement and awards are binding.

S.19 Period of operation of settlements and awards.

S.20 Commencement and conclusion of proceedings.

S.21 Certain matters to be kept confidential

S.22 Prohibition of strikes and lock-outs.

S.23 General prohibition of strikes and lock-outs.

S.24 Illegal strikes and lock-outs.

S.25(A) Application of Sections 25-C to 25-E.

S.25(B) Definition of continuous service.

S.25(C) Right of workmen laid off for compensation.

S.25(E) Workmen not entitled to compensation in certain cases.

S.25 Conditions precedent to retrenchment of workmen.

S.25(F)(F) Compensation to workmen in case of transfer of undertaking.

S.25(FF)(A) Sixty days notice to be given of intention to close down any undertaking.

S.25(FFF) Compensation to workmen in case of closing down of undertakings.

S.25(G) Procedure for retrenchment.

S.25(H) Reemployment of retrenched workmen.

S.25(I) .

S.25(J) Effect of laws inconsistent with this Chapter.

S.25(K) Application of Chapter V-R-

S.25(L) Definitions.

S.25(M) Prohibition of lay-off.

S.25(N) Conditions precedent to retrenchment of workman.

S.25(O) Procedure for closing down an undertaking.

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

S.25(Q) Penalty for lay-off and retrenchment with previous permission.

S.25(R) Penalty for closure.

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

S.25(T) Prohibition of unfair labour practice.

S.25(U) Penalty for committing unfair labour practices.

S.26 Penalty for illegal strikes and lock-outs.

S.27 Penalty for instigation, etc.

S.28 Penalty for giving financial aid to illegal strikes and lock-outs.

S.29 Penalty for breach of settlement or award.

S.30 Penalty for disclosing confidential information.

S.30(a) Penalty for closure without notice.

S.31 Penalty for other offences.

S.32 Offence by companies, etc.

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

S.33(a) Special provision for adjudication as to whether conditions of service, etc., changed during pendency of proceedings.

S.33(b) Power to transfer certain proceedings.

S.33(c) Recovery of money due from an employer.

S.34 Cognizance of offences.

S.35 Protection of persons.

S.36 Representation of parties.

S.36(a) Power to remove difficulties.

S.36(b) Power to exempt.

S.37 Protection of action taken under the Act.

S.38 Power to make rules.