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The Apprentices Act, 1961
Enactment Date: 12-12-1961
Act Year: 1961
Ministry: Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Enforcement Date: 01-03-1962
Labour Laws
Short Title
The Apprentices Act, 1961
Long Title
An Act to provide for the regulation and control of training of apprentices and for matters connected therewith.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 12-12-1961
Act Year: 1961
Ministry: Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Enforcement Date : 01-03-1962
Section 31
Crime: Contravening any provision of the act for which no punishment is provided.
Section 30(2)(h)
Crime: Failing to carry out the terms and conditions of a contract of apprenticeship.
Section 30(2)(g)
Crime: Engaging as an apprentice a person who is not qualified for being so engaged.
Section 30(2)(f)
Crime: Requiring an apprentice to take part in any output bonus or incentive scheme.
Section 30(2)(e)
Crime: Making payment to an apprentice on the basis of piecework.
Section 30(2)(d)
Crime: Employing an apprentice on any work which is not connected with their training.
Section 30(2)(c)
Crime: Requiring an apprentice to work overtime without the approval of the Apprenticeship Adviser.
Section 30(2)(b)
Crime: Refusing or wilfully neglecting to afford any reasonable facility for making any entry, inspection, examination or inquiry authorised by or under the Act.
Section 30(2)(a)(iii)
Crime: Refusing to answer any question necessary for obtaining any information required to be furnished.
Section 30(2)(a)(iii)
Crime: Giving a false answer to any question necessary for obtaining any information required to be furnished.
Section 30(2)(a)(ii)
Crime: Knowingly furnishing or causing to be furnished any false information or return.
Section 30(2)(a)(i)
Crime: Refusing or neglecting to furnish required information or return.
Section 30(1A)
Crime: Failing to reply to the notice seeking clarification on the reason for shortfall in number of apprentices engaged as per the requirement.
Section 30(1A)
Crime: Giving unsatisfactory reasons for shortfall in number of apprentices engaged as per the requirement.
The Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966
Enactment Date: 30-11-1966
Act Year: 1966
Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment
Enforcement Date: 10-02-1970
Labour Laws
Short Title
The Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966
Long Title
An Act to provide for the welfare of the workers in beedi and cigar establishments and to regulate the conditions of their work and for matters connected therewith.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 30-11-1966
Act Year: 1966
Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment
Enforcement Date : 10-02-1970
Section 33(2)(a)
Crime: Failing to reinstate any employee in accordance with the order of the appellate authority.
Section 33(1) r/w Section 31(2)(b)
Crime: Failing to pay wages or compensation in accordance with any order of the appellate authority.
Section 33(1)
Crime: Contravening any of the provisions of this Act or of any rule made thereunder.
Section 32
Crime: Obstructing the Chief Inspector or an Inspector in the exercise of any powers conferred on him.
Section 32
Crime: Failing to produce any register or document kept on demand by the Chief Inspector or an Inspector.
Section 32
Crime: Concealing or preventing any employee in an industrial premises from appearing before or being examined by the Chief Inspector or an Inspector.
The Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976
Enactment Date: 09-02-1976
Act Year: 1976
Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment
Enforcement Date: 25-10-1975
Labour Laws
Short Title
The Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976
Long Title
An Act to provide for the abolition of bonded labour system with a view to preventing the economic and physical exploitation of the weaker sections of the people and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 09-02-1976
Act Year: 1976
Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment
Enforcement Date : 25-10-1975
Section 9
Crime: Creditor accepting any payment against any bonded debt which has been extinguished or deemed to have been extinguished or fully satisfied by virtue this Act.
Section 19
Crime: Omitting or failing to restore any property to the possession of any bonded labourer within a period of thirty days from the commencement of this Act, when required to do so.
Section 18
Crime: Enforcing any custom, tradition, contract, agreement or other instrument, by virtue of which any person their family member or dependant is required to render any service under the bonded labour system.
Section 17
Crime: Advancing any bonded debt.
Section 16
Crime: Compelling any person to render any bonded labour.
The Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996
Enactment Date: 19-08-1996
Act Year: 1996
Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment
Enforcement Date: 01-03-1996
Labour Laws
Short Title
The Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996
Long Title
An Act to regulate the employment and conditions of service of building and other construction workers and to provide for their safety, health and welfare measures and for other matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 19-08-1996
Act Year: 1996
Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment
Enforcement Date : 01-03-1996
Section 49(2)
Crime: Wilfully refusing to produce on the demand of an Inspector any register or other document kept in pursuance of this Act.
Section 49(2)
Crime: Preventing or doing anything likely to prevent any person from appearing before, or being examined by, an Inspector acting in pursuance of their duties.
Section 49(1)
Crime: Obstructing an Inspector in the discharge of their duties under this Act.
Section 49(1)
Crime: Refusing or wilfully neglecting to afford the Inspector any reasonable facility for making any inspection, examination, inquiry or investigation authorised in relation to an establishment.
Section 48 r/w Section 46
Crime: Employer, failing to give notice to the Inspector of the commencement of the building or other construction work 30 days prior to the commencement.
Section 47(1) r/w Section 40
Crime: Contravening any rule made by the appropriate Government for the safety and health of building workers in the course of their employment.
The Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986
Enactment Date: 23-12-1986
Act Year: 1986
Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment
Enforcement Date: 26-05-1993
Labour Laws
Short Title
The Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986
Long Title
An Act to prohibit the engagement of children in all occupations and to prohibit the engagement of adolescents in hazardous occupations and processes and the matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 23-12-1986
Act Year: 1986
Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment
Enforcement Date : 26-05-1993
Section 14(3)(d)
Crime: Failing to comply with or contravening any other provisions of the Act or the rules made under the Act.
Section 14(2A)
Crime: Guardian or parent permitting a child or adolescent to work in any occupation or processes for commercial purposes or hazardous occupations and processes after being convicted once.
Section 14(1A) r/w Section 3A
Crime: Employing any adolescent or permitting any adolescent to work in hazardous occupations and processes such as in mines, with inflammable substances or explosives or hazardous processes
Section 14(1) r/w Section 3
Crime: Employing or permitting a child to work in any occupation or process, except when the child is helping their family or family enterprise in a non-hazardous and non-commercial occupation or is working as an artist in an audio-visual entertainment industry
The Cine-workers and Cinema Theatre Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1981
Enactment Date: 24-12-1981
Act Year: 1981
Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment
Enforcement Date: 01-10-1984
Labour Laws
Short Title
The Cine-workers and Cinema Theatre Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1981
Long Title
An Act to provide for the regulation of the conditions of employment of certain cine-workers and cinema theatre workers and for matters connected therewith.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 24-12-1981
Act Year: 1981
Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment
Enforcement Date : 01-10-1984
Section 17 r/w Section 3(3)
Crime: Failing to forward a copy of the the agreement between cine-worker and producer, if cine-worker or person is entitled to benefits of provident fund to the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner
Section 17 r/w Section 3(2)
Crime: Failing to adhere to the requirements of the agreement between cine-worker and producer such as it not being in prescribed form, not specifying name and particulars of the employee, not specifying the nature of assignment of employee, hours of work, wages, mode of payment, contribution to provident funds, obligations of contractor if employee has been employed via contractor
Section 17 r/w Section 3(1)(b)
Crime: Employing a person as a cine-worker or in production of any feature film without registering the agreement between cine-worker or person and producer with the competent authority
Section 17 r/w Section 3(1)(a)
Crime: Employing a person as a cine-worker or in production of any feature film without an agreement in writing by the producer of such film, or where where a person is employed through a contractor, by the producer and contractor
The Coal Mines Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1948
Enactment Date: 03-09-1948
Act Year: 1948
Ministry: Ministry of Coal
Enforcement Date: 03-09-1948
Labour Laws
Short Title
The Coal Mines Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1948
Long Title
An Act to make provisions for the framing of a Provident Fund Scheme, a Pension Scheme, a Deposit linked Insurance Scheme and a Bonus Scheme for persons employed in Coal Mines.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 03-09-1948
Act Year: 1948
Ministry: Ministry of Coal
Enforcement Date : 03-09-1948
Section 9(1)
Crime: Contravening any provisions or scheme under the Act.
The Code on Social Security, 2020
Enactment Date: 28-09-2020
Act Year: 2020
Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment
Labour Laws
Short Title
The Code on Social Security, 2020
Long Title
An Act to amend and consolidate the laws relating to social security with the goal to extend social security to all employees and workers either in the organised or unorganised or any other sectors and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 28-09-2020
Act Year: 2020
Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment
Enforcement Date :
Section 133(iv) r/w Section 133(q)
Crime: Employer failing to pay any administrative or inspection charges payable under any of the schemes framed under employees' provident fund.
Section 133(iv) r/w Section 133(p), Section 143
Crime: Failing or making default in complying with any condition subject to which exemption was granted
Section 133(iv) r/w Section 133(o)
Crime: Dishonestly making a false return, report, statement, or information
Section 133(iv) r/w Section 133(n)
Crime: Obstructing an executive officer exercising his functions for the purpose of employment information and monitoring
Section 133(iv) r/w Section 133(m)
Crime: Being guilty of any contravention or non-compliance with any requriments of this Code, rules or regulations or schemes made, of which no special penalty is provided
Section 133(iv) r/w Section 133(j)
Crime: Failing to send a statement required to be sent for employees' compensation to a competent authority
Section 133(iv) r/w Section 133(h)
Crime: Failing to pay any amount of compensation to an employee
Section 133(iv) r/w Section 133(e)
Crime: Failing or refusing to submit any return, report, statement or any other information required under this Code, rules, regulations, schemes
Section 133(iv) r/w Section 133(c)
Crime: Reducing the wages or any privileges or benefits admissible to an employee in contravention of the provisions of this Code
Section 133(iv) r/w Section 133(b)
Crime: Deducting whole or any part of employer's contribution from the wages of an employee
Section 133(iii) r/w Section 133(l)
Crime: Failing to pay cess for building workers
Section 133(iii) r/w Section 133(k)
Crime: Failing to produce any register or document on demand of Inspector-cum-facilitator
Section 133(iii) r/w Section 133(i)
Crime: Failing to provide any maternity benefit to which a woman is entitled
Section 133(iii) r/w Section 133(f)
Crime: Obstructing any Inspector-cum-Facilitator or staff of Central Board or Corporation or other Social Security Organisation or competent authority in discharge of his duties
Section 133(iii) r/w Section 133(d)
Crime: Dismissing, discharging, reducing in rank, or penalising a woman employee in contravention of any provisions, rurles, regulations, or schemes relating to maternity benefit or employees state insurance corporation
Section 133(ii) r/w Section 133(g)
Crime: Failing to pay any amount of gratuity to any employee which one is entitled to recieve
Section 133(i)(b) r/w Section 133(a)
Crime: An employer failing to pay any contribution which he is liable to pay under this Code, rules, regulations, or schemes
Section 133(i)(a) r/w Section 133(a)
Crime: An employer failing to pay any contribution which they are liable to pay under this Code, rules, regulations, or schemes which they had deducted from the employee's wages
The Code on Wages, 2019
Enactment Date: 08-08-2019
Act Year: 2019
Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment
Labour Laws
Short Title
The Code on Wages, 2019
Long Title
An Act to amend and consolidate the laws relating to wages and bonus and matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 08-08-2019
Act Year: 2019
Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment
Enforcement Date :
Section 56(7) r/w Section 56(1)
Crime: Failing to comply with an order imposing fine, made by an officer authorised to compound offences under the Act.
Section 54(2)
Crime: Failing to maintain or failing to maintain properly records in the establishment
Section 54(1)(c), 54(1)(d)
Crime: Contravening any provision of this Code or rule or order made or issued
Section 54(1)(a), 54(1)(b)
Crime: Employee paying any employee less amount than the amount due
The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970
Enactment Date: 05-09-1970
Act Year: 1970
Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment
Enforcement Date: 10-02-1971
Labour Laws
Short Title
The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970
Long Title
An Act to regulate the employment of contract labour in certain establishments and to provide for its abolition in certain circumstances and for matters connected therewith.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 05-09-1970
Act Year: 1970
Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment
Enforcement Date : 10-02-1971
Section 23.
Crime: Contravening any condition of a license granted under this Act
Section 23
Crime: Contravening any provision of this Act or rules which prohibits, regulates, restricts the employment of contract labour
Section 22(2)
Crime: Wilfully refusing to produce on demand of an inspector any register or document
Section 22(2)
Crime: Preventing to prevent or doing anything to prevent any person from appearing before or being examined by an inspector.
Section 22(1)
Crime: Obstructing an inspector or refusing or wilfully neglecting to afford the inspector any reasonable facility for making any inspection, examination, inquiry or investigation in relation to an establishment or contractor
Section 24
Crime: Contravening any of the provisions of this Act or any rule made thereunder for which no punishment is otherwise provided.
The Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act, 1986
Enactment Date: 07-12-1986
Act Year: 1986
Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment
Enforcement Date: 15-04-1987
Labour Laws
Short Title
The Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act, 1986
Long Title
An Act to provide for the safety, health and welfare of dock workers and for matters connected therewith.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 07-12-1986
Act Year: 1986
Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment
Enforcement Date : 15-04-1987
Section 7(3)
Crime: As a Chief Inspector or Inspector, disclosing confidential information such as copies and extracts of registers and records relating to dock work, the source of a complaint relating to a defect, etc.
Section 19
Crime: Contravening any of the provisions of this Act for which no punishment is otherwise provided.
Section 16(2)
Crime: Failing to comply with an order within the specified time limit, to take measures specified for remedying matters related to an offence for which one is convicted.
Section 14(3)
Crime: Contravenes any provision of this Act or the regulations imposing any duty or liability on dock workers.
Section 14(2)(b)
Crime: Contravening a regulation that one has a duty to comply with, resulting in an accident which incapacitates a dock worker from earning his full wages for more than a fortnight.
Section 14(2)(a)
Crime: Contravening a regulation that one has a duty to comply with, resulting in any fatal accident to a dock worker.
Section 14(1)(c)
Crime: Omitting to restore any fencing, gangway, gear, ladder, life-saving means or appliance, light, mark, stage or other thing after removing it in case of necessity, when such necessity ends.
Section 14(1)(b)
Crime: Removing any fencing, gangway, gear, ladder, life-saving means or appliance, light, mark, stage or other thing required to be provided by regulations, except in a situation of due authorisation or necessity.
Section 14(1)(a)
Crime: Wilfully obstructing an Inspector in the exercise of any power conferred by or under this Act.
Section 14(1)(a)
Crime: Failing to produce by demand any register or other documents kept in pursuance of the regulations or otherwise in connection with any dock work, upon demand by an Inspector.
Section 14(1)(a)
Crime: Concealing or preventing any person from appearing before, or being examined by an Inspector.
Section 11(c)
Crime: Wilfully neglecting as a dock worker to make use of any appliance, convenience or other thing provided in connection with any dock work for securing the health, safety and welfare of dock workers.
Section 11(b)
Crime: As a dock worker, wilfully and without reasonable cause doing anything likely to endanger self or others.
Section 11(a)
Crime: Wilfully interfering with, or misusing, any appliance, convenience or other thing provided in connection with any dock work for the purpose of securing the health, safety and welfare of dock workers.
The Employees Compensation Act, 1923
Enactment Date: 05-03-1923
Act Year: 1923
Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment
Enforcement Date: 01-07-1924
Labour Laws
Short Title
The Employees Compensation Act, 1923
Long Title
An Act to provide for the payment by certain classes of employers to their workmen of compensation for injury by accident.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 05-03-1923
Act Year: 1923
Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment
Enforcement Date : 01-07-1924
Section 18A(e) r/w Section 17A
Crime: Failing to inform the employee of their rights to compensation, immediately at the time of employment.
Section 18A(d) r/w Section 16
Crime: Failing to make a return which is required by State Government notification, specifying the number of injuries for which compensation was paid in the last year, the amount of compensation, and other particulars as may be specified.
Section 18A(c) r/w Section 10B
Crime: Failing to send a report to an authority when required by notice to send such report with the circumstances of an accident on one's premises which resulted in death or serious bodily injury.
Section 18A(b) r/w Section 10A(1)
Crime: Failing to comply with the Commissioner's notice requiring a statement with the circumstances attending an employee's death and whether compensation is liable to be paid on account of such death.
Section 18A(a) r/w Section 10(3)
Crime: Failing to maintain a notice-book which is required by State Governments to be maintained by any prescribed class of employers, and to be made readily accessible at all reasonable times to injured employees on the premises.
The Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952
Enactment Date: 04-03-1952
Act Year: 1952
Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment
Enforcement Date: 04-03-1952
Labour Laws
Short Title
The Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952
Long Title
An Act to provide for the institution of provident funds pension fund and deposit-linked insurance fund for employees in factories and other establishments.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 04-03-1952
Act Year: 1952
Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment
Enforcement Date : 04-03-1952
Section 14C(2)
Crime: Employer failing to comply with the order of the court which required him to pay amount of contribution or transfer accumulation.
Section 14(2A)
Crime: Contravening or failing to comply with any provisions of the Act subject to which exemption was granted, where no penalty is provided otherwise.
Section 14(1B) r/w Section17(3A)(a)
Crime: Employer running an establishment exempted from the operation of the Insurance Scheme, failing to pay inspection charges as directed.
Section 14(1B) r/w Section 6C(4)
Crime: Employer failing to pay further sums of money as Central Government may direct into Deposit-linked Insurance Fund in connection with administration of the Insurance Scheme.
Section 14(1B) r/w Section 6C(2)
Crime: Employer failing to pay into Deposit-linked Insurance Fund for every employee.
Section 14(1A)(b) r/w Section 6
Crime: Employer failing to pay contribution to the provident fund.
Section 14(1A)(a) r/w Section 6
Crime: Employer failing to pay contribution to the provident fund when the same has been deducted from the empoyees' wages.
Section 14(1A) r/w Section 17(3)(a)
Crime: Employer failing to pay inspection charges relating to provident fund, pension and gratuity as directed by the Central Government.
Section 14(1A) r/w Para 38 of EPF Scheme
Crime: Employer failing to pay administrative charges relating to provident fund, pension and gratuity as directed by the Central Government.
Section 14(1)
Crime: Knowingly making or causing to be made any false statement or false representation to avoid any payment to be made by oneself, or enable the same for any other person.
The Employees State Insurance Act, 1948
Enactment Date: 19-04-1948
Act Year: 1948
Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment
Labour Laws
Short Title
The Employees State Insurance Act, 1948
Long Title
An Act to provide for certain benefits to employees in case of sickness, maternity and employment injury and to make provision for certain other matters in relation thereto.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 19-04-1948
Act Year: 1948
Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment
Enforcement Date :
Section 85C(2)
Crime: Employer failing to comply with order of Court when convicted of failure to pay any contribution under this Act.
Section 85(g)
Crime: Contravening or not complying with this Act, or rules or regulations under it, where no special penalty is provided.
Section 85(f)
Crime: Obstructing any Inspector or other official of the Corporation in the discharge of their duties
Section 85(e)
Crime: Failing or refusing to submit any return required by regulations.
Section 85(e)
Crime: Making a false return.
Section 85(d) r/w Section 73
Crime: Dismissing, discharging, reducing or otherwise punishing an employee during sickness or maternity benefit, or certified unfitness for work.
Section 85(c) r/w Section 72
Crime: Reducing wages or privileges or benefits due to an employee because of the employer's liability to pay contributions.
Section 85(b)
Crime: Deducting whole or any part of employer's contribution from the wages of an employee.
Section 85(a)(i)(b)
Crime: Failing to pay any contribution which one is liable to pay, which has not been deducted from the employee's wages.
Section 85(a)(i)(a)
Crime: Failing to pay any contribution they are liable to pay, which has been deducted from the employee's wages.
Section 84.
Crime: Knowingly making or causing to be made any false statement or false representation for purpose of causing any increase in payment or benefit, or unauthorised benefit, or for avoiding any payment to be made by oneself or any other person.
The Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act, 1959
Enactment Date: 02-09-1959
Act Year: 1959
Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment
Enforcement Date: 01-05-1960
Labour Laws
Short Title
The Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act, 1959
Long Title
An Act to provide for the compulsory notification of vacancies to employment exchanges.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 02-09-1959
Act Year: 1959
Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment
Enforcement Date : 01-05-1960
Section 7(2)(b)
Crime: Impeding the right of access to relevant records or documents or right of entry to the authorised officer of Government.
Section 7(2)(a)(iii)
Crime: Refusing to answer or giving a false answer to any question necessary for obtaining any information required to be furnished.
Section 7(2)(a)(ii)
Crime: Furnishing or causing to be furnished any information or return known to be false
Section 7(2)(a)(i)
Crime: Refusing or neglecting to furnish any information or return required.
Section 7(1) r/w Section 4(1), Section 4(2)
Crime: Employer failing to notify employment exchanges.
The Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993
Enactment Date: 05-06-1993
Act Year: 1993
Ministry: Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Department: Department of Social Justice and Empowerment
Enforcement Date: 26-01-1997
Labour Laws
Short Title
The Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993
Long Title
An Act to provide for the prohibition of employment of manual scavengers as well as construction or continuance of dry latrines and for the regulation of construction and maintenance of water-seal latrines and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 05-06-1993
Act Year: 1993
Ministry: Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Department: Department of Social Justice and Empowerment
Enforcement Date : 26-01-1997
Section 14.
Crime: Failing to comply with or contravening any provisions of this Act or rules.
Section 14.
Crime: Failing to comply with any orders, or directions issued.