The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020
Administered Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment
Section
Section 141 Laying of regulations, rules, byelaws, etc., before Parliament.
Every rule, regulation, standard and bye-laws notified or made by the Central Government under this Code shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is notified or made, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule, regulation, standard or bye-law or both Houses agree that the rule, regulation, standard or bye-law should not be made, the rule, regulation, standard or bye-law shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule, regulation, standard or bye-law, as the case may be.
Section 142 Laying of rules made by State Government.
Every rule made by the State Government under this Code shall be laid, as soon as may be, after it is made, before the State Legislature.
Section 143 Repeal and Savings. 38 docs
(1) The following enactments shall stand repealed on and from the dates the notification referred to in sub-section (2) of section 1 is issued, namely:---
(a) The Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948);
(b) The Plantations Labour Act, 1951 (69 of 1951);
(c) The Mines Act, 1952 (35 of 1952);
(d) The Working Journalists and other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955 (45 of 1955);
(e) The Working Journalists (Fixation of Rates of Wages) Act, 1958 (29 of 1958);
(f) The Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961 (27 of 1961);
(g) The Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966 (32 of 1966);
(h) The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 (37 of 1970);
(i) The Sales Promotion Employees (Conditions of Service) Act, 1976 (11 of 1976);
(j) The Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979 (30 of 1979);
(k) The Cine-Workers and Cinema Theatre Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1981 (50 of 1981);
(l) The Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act, 1986 (54 of 1986);
(m) The Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 (27 of 1996).
(2) Every Chief Inspector, Additional Chief Inspector, Joint Chief Inspector, Deputy Chief Inspector, Inspector and every other officer appointed for the purposes under any of the provisions of the enactments repealed by this Code, shall be deemed to have been appointed under this Code for such purposes under this Code.
(3) Notwithstanding repeal under sub-section (1), anything done or any action taken under the enactments so repealed (including any rule, regulation, bye-laws, notification, nomination, appointment, order or direction made there under) shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the corresponding provisions of this Code and shall remain in force to the extent they are not contrary to the provisions of this Code till they are repealed by the Central Government.
(4) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (2), provisions of section 6 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897) shall apply to the repeal of such enactments.
(a) The Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948);
(b) The Plantations Labour Act, 1951 (69 of 1951);
(c) The Mines Act, 1952 (35 of 1952);
(d) The Working Journalists and other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955 (45 of 1955);
(e) The Working Journalists (Fixation of Rates of Wages) Act, 1958 (29 of 1958);
(f) The Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961 (27 of 1961);
(g) The Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966 (32 of 1966);
(h) The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 (37 of 1970);
(i) The Sales Promotion Employees (Conditions of Service) Act, 1976 (11 of 1976);
(j) The Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979 (30 of 1979);
(k) The Cine-Workers and Cinema Theatre Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1981 (50 of 1981);
(l) The Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act, 1986 (54 of 1986);
(m) The Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 (27 of 1996).
(2) Every Chief Inspector, Additional Chief Inspector, Joint Chief Inspector, Deputy Chief Inspector, Inspector and every other officer appointed for the purposes under any of the provisions of the enactments repealed by this Code, shall be deemed to have been appointed under this Code for such purposes under this Code.
(3) Notwithstanding repeal under sub-section (1), anything done or any action taken under the enactments so repealed (including any rule, regulation, bye-laws, notification, nomination, appointment, order or direction made there under) shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the corresponding provisions of this Code and shall remain in force to the extent they are not contrary to the provisions of this Code till they are repealed by the Central Government.
(4) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (2), provisions of section 6 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897) shall apply to the repeal of such enactments.