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                       MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
                                  (Legislative Department)
                              New Delhi, the 16th February, 2026/Magha 27, 1947 (Saka)

The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the
     16th February, 2026 and is hereby published for general information:—
                                                                        Bill No. 33-F of 2026
            THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS CODE (AMENDMENT)
                              ACT, 2026CODE (AMENDMENT)
           THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
                             BILL, 2026
                                      No. 1 of 2026
                       (AS PASSED BY THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT)
                                                A                                     [16th February, 2026.]
                                             BILL
         An Act to amend the Industrial Relations Code, 2020.
                      to amend the Industrial Relations Code, 2020.
      BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventy-seventh Year of the Republic of
India as follows:—
      1. (1) This Act may be called the Industrial Relations Code (Amendment)                     Short title and
Act, 2026.                                                                                        commencement.

    (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force from the 21st day of
November, 2025.
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Amendment of                  2. In the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, in section 104, for sub-section (1),
Act 35 of 2020.
                        the following sub-sections shall be substituted, namely:—
                                  “(1) The following enactments shall stand repealed on and from the date
                             appointed in the notification issued under sub-section (3) of section 1,
                             namely:—
                                          (a) the Trade Unions Act, 1926;                                             16 of 1926.

                                          (b) the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946; and              20 of 1946.

                                          (c) the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.                                      14 of 1947.

                                   (1A) Notwithstanding such repeal under sub-section (1), the
                             functioning of the Tribunals and statutory authorities functioning under the
                             Acts so repealed shall continue to function till such Tribunals and
                             other statutory authorities becomes functional under this Code.”.



                                                              ———

                                                                                             DR. RAJIV MANI,
                                                                                   Secretary to the Govt. of India.
                             The above Bill has been passed by the Houses of Parliament.



                        Dated the                                                                  Chairman.

                                                              ———



                             I assent to this Bill.



                        Dated the                                                                   President.




                  UPLOADED BY THE MANAGER, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PRESS, MINTO ROAD, NEW DELHI–110002
                           AND PUBLISHED BY THE CONTROLLER OF PUBLICATIONS, DELHI–110054.
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                                                                                                                      MOHAN Date:   2026.02.16
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