Section 42: Central Advisory Board and State Advisory Boards

What the provision requires

Provides for Central and State Advisory Boards, their balanced representation, women representation and advisory functions on wages and women's employment.

Implementation control: Track advice, constitution notifications and meeting materials; recognise that the earlier Central Advisory Board Rules were superseded by the 2026 Central Rules.

Provision-level reading sequence

• Read each subsection, clause, proviso and explanation in the official text.
• Apply section 2 definitions before testing the obligation or exception.
• Identify the appropriate Government and the applicable Central or State rule.
• Check commencement, section-specific notifications and saved predecessor-law instruments.
• Document the factual test and the evidence supporting the conclusion.

Evidence pack

• constitution notification
• nomination and meeting records
• advice/recommendation file

Compliance consequence

Apply the specific claims, recovery, adjudication, penalty and appeal provisions; do not infer a penalty solely from the section heading.

Remedy path: identify the claims authority, appellate authority, adjudicating officer, Inspector-cum-Facilitator or criminal court applicable to the issue.