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Section–Rule–Form–Notification concordance

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SectionSubjectRulesFormsNotifications
1Short title, extent and commencement
2Definitions3,4Icertifying-officer
3Works Committee5
4Grievance Redressal Committee6,7,8
5Registrar of Trade Unions
6Criteria for registration
7Provisions to be contained in constitution or rules of Trade Union
8Application for registration, alteration of name and procedure thereof
9Registration of Trade Union and cancellation thereof
10Appeal against non-registration or cancellation of registration
11Communication to Trade Union and change in its registration particulars
12Incorporation of a registered Trade Union
13Certain Acts not to apply to registered Trade Unions
14Recognition of negotiating union or negotiating council9
15Objects of general fund, composition of separate fund and membership fee of Trade Union
16Immunity from civil suit in certain cases
17Criminal conspiracy in furtherance of objects of Trade Union
18Enforceability of agreements
19Right to inspect books of Trade Union
20Rights of minor to membership of Trade Union
21Disqualification of office-bearers of Trade Unions
22Adjudication of disputes of Trade Unions
23Proportion of office-bearers to be connected with industry
24Change of name, amalgamation, notice of change and its effect
25Dissolution
26Annual returns
27Recognition of Trade Unions at Central and State level
28Application of this Chapter
29Making of model standing orders by Central Government and temporary application10model-standing-orders
30Preparation of draft standing orders by employer and procedure for certification11,12,13,14
31Certifying officers and appellate authority to have powers of civil court
32Appeals15appellate-authority-standing-orders
33Date of operation of standing orders and its availability16
34Register of standing orders17III
35Duration and modification of standing orders18
36Oral evidence in contradiction of standing orders not admissible
37Interpretation, etc., of standing orders
38Time limit for completing disciplinary proceedings and liability to pay subsistence allowance
39Power to exempt
40Notice of change19IV
41Power of appropriate Government to exempt
42Voluntary reference of disputes to arbitration20,21,22V
43Conciliation officersconciliation-officers
44Industrial Tribunal
45Finality of constitution of Tribunal
46National Industrial Tribunal
47Decision of Tribunal or National Industrial Tribunal
48Disqualifications for members of Tribunal and National Industrial Tribunal
49Procedure and powers of arbitrator, conciliation officer, Tribunal and National Industrial Tribunal45
50Powers of Tribunal and National Industrial Tribunal to give appropriate relief in case of discharge or dismissal of worker
51Transfer of pending cases
52Adjustment of services of presiding officers under repealed Act
53Conciliation and adjudication of dispute23
54Reference to and functions of National Industrial Tribunal
55Form of award, its communication and commencement
56Payment of full wages to worker pending proceedings in higher Courts
57Persons on whom settlements and awards are binding
58Period of operation of settlements and awards
59Recovery of money due from employer24,48,49,50VII,VIII,IX,Xrecovery-certificate
60Commencement and conclusion of proceedings
61Certain matters to be kept confidential
62Prohibition of strikes and lock-outs25,26XI,XII
63Illegal strikes and lock-outs
64Prohibition of financial aid to illegal strikes or lock-outs
65Application of sections 67 to 69
66Definition of continuous service
67Rights of workers laid-off for compensation, etc
68Duty of an employer to maintain muster rolls of workers
69Workers not entitled for compensation in certain cases
70Conditions precedent to retrenchment of workers27retrenchment-notice-authority
71Procedure for retrenchment
72Re-employment of retrenched worker28
73Compensation to workers in case of transfer of establishment
74Sixty days’ notice to be given of intention to close down any undertaking29
75Compensation to workers in case of closing down of undertakings
76Effect of laws inconsistent with this Chapter
77Application of this Chapter
78Prohibition of lay-off30,31,32
79Conditions precedent to retrenchment of workers to which Chapter X applies33,34
80Procedure for closing down an industrial establishment35,36
81Duty of an employer to maintain muster rolls of workers
82Certain provisions of Chapter IX to apply to industrial establishment to which this
83Worker re-skilling fund37reskilling-fund
84Prohibition of unfair labour practice
85Power of officers of appropriate Government to impose penalty in certain cases44penalty-officers
86Penalties44
87Cognizance of offencescourt-complaints
88Offences by companies
89Composition of offences38,44XVcompounding-officers
90Conditions of service, etc., to remain unchanged under certain circumstances during pendency of proceedings39
91Special provision for adjudication as to whether conditions of service, etc., changed during pendency of proceedings40XVI
92Power to transfer certain proceedings
93Protection of persons
94Representation of parties41,42,43
95Removal of doubts in interpretation of award or settlement
96Power to exempt
97Jurisdiction of civil courts barred
98Protection of action taken in good faith
99Power of appropriate Government to make rules
100Delegation of powersdelegation-section-100
101Power to amend Schedules
102Amendment of Act 7 of 2017
103Power to remove difficulties
104Repeal and savings