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OSHWC Code — all 143 sections
Every section has its own detailed control page, Central Rule/Form concordance and State-jurisdiction warning.
Chapter I — Preliminary
Chapter II — Registration
Chapter III — Duties of employer and employees, etc.
Section 6Duties of employerSection 7Duties and responsibilities of owner, agent and manager in relation to mineSection 8Duties of designers, manufacturers, importers or suppliersSection 9Duties of architect, project engineer and designerSection 10Notice of certain accidentSection 11Notice of certain dangerous occurrencesSection 12Notice of certain diseasesSection 13Duties of employeeSection 14Rights of employeeSection 15Duty not to interfere with or misuse things
Chapter IV — Occupational safety and health
Section 16National Occupational Safety and Health Advisory BoardSection 17State Occupational Safety and Health Advisory BoardSection 18Occupational safety and health standardsSection 19Research related activitiesSection 20Safety and occupational health surveysSection 21Collection of statistics and portal for inter-State migrant workersSection 22Safety Committee and safety officers
Chapter V — Health, safety and working conditions
Chapter VI — Welfare provisions
Chapter VII — Hours of work and annual leave with wages
Section 25Daily and weekly working hours, leave, etc.Section 26Weekly and compensatory holidaysSection 27Extra wages for overtimeSection 28Night shiftsSection 29Prohibition of overlapping shiftsSection 30Restriction on double employment in factory and mineSection 31Notice of periods of workSection 32Annual leave with wages, etc.
Chapter VIII — Maintenance of registers, records and returns
Chapter IX — Inspector-cum-Facilitators and other authority
Section 34Appointment of Inspector-cum-FacilitatorsSection 35Powers of Inspector-cum-FacilitatorsSection 36Powers and duties of District MagistrateSection 37Third party audit and certificationSection 38Special powers of Inspector-cum-Facilitator in respect of factory, mines, dock work and building or other construction workSection 39Secrecy of information by Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator or Inspector-cum-Facilitator, etc.Section 40Facilities to be afforded to Inspector-cum-FacilitatorSection 41Powers of special officer to enter, measure, etc., in relation to mineSection 42Medical officer
Chapter X — Employment of women
Chapter XI — Special provisions for contract labour, migrants and sectors
Section 45Applicability of this PartSection 46Appointment of designated authoritySection 47Licensing of contractorsSection 48Procedure for issue or renewal of licenceSection 49No fees or commission or any cost to workersSection 50Information regarding work order to be given to the appropriate GovernmentSection 51Revocation, suspension and amendment of licenceSection 52AppealSection 53Liability of principal employer for welfare facilitiesSection 54Effect of employing contract labour from a non-licenced contractorSection 55Responsibility for payment of wagesSection 56Experience certificateSection 57Prohibition of employment of contract labourSection 58Power to exempt in special casesSection 59Applicability of Part IISection 60Facilities to inter-State migrant workersSection 61Journey allowanceSection 62Benefits of public distribution system, etc.Section 63Toll free helplineSection 64Study of inter-State migrant workersSection 65Past liabilitiesSection 66Prohibition of employment of audio-visual worker without agreementSection 67ManagersSection 68Code not to apply in certain casesSection 69Exemption from provision regarding employmentSection 70Employment of persons below eighteen years of ageSection 71Exemption to certain personsSection 72Establishment, maintenance of rescue services and vocational trainingSection 73Decision of question whether a mine is covered under this CodeSection 74Licence to industrial premises and personSection 75AppealsSection 76Permission to work by employees outside industrial premisesSection 77Part not to apply to self-employed persons in private dwelling housesSection 78Prohibition of employment of certain persons in certain building or other construction workSection 79Approval and licensing of factoriesSection 80Liability of owner of premises in certain circumstancesSection 81Power to apply Code to certain premisesSection 82Dangerous operationsSection 83Constitution of site appraisal committeeSection 84Compulsory disclosure of information by occupierSection 85Specific responsibility of the occupier in relation to hazardous processesSection 86National Board to inquire into certain situationsSection 87Emergency standardsSection 88Permissible limits of exposure of chemicals and toxic substancesSection 89Right of workers to warn about imminent dangerSection 90Appeal against the order of Inspector-cum-Facilitator in case of factorySection 91Power to make rules to exemptSection 92Facilities for workers in plantationSection 93Safety
Chapter XII — Offences and penalties
Section 94General penalty for offencesSection 95Punishment for causing obstruction to Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator or Inspector-cum-Facilitator, etc.Section 96Penalty for non-maintenance of register, records and non-filing of returns, etc.Section 97Punishment for contravention of certain provisionsSection 98Punishment for falsification of records, etc.Section 99Penalty for omission to furnish plans, etc.Section 100Punishment for disclosure of informationSection 101Punishment for wrongfully disclosing results of analysisSection 102Punishment for contravention of provisions of duties relating to hazardous processesSection 103Punishment for contravention of provisions of duties relating to safety provisions resulting in an accidentSection 104Special provision for contravention of order under section 38Section 105Failure to appoint manager in mineSection 106Offences by employeesSection 107Prosecution of owner, agent or manager of mineSection 108Exemption of owner, agent or manager of mine or occupier of factory from liability in certain casesSection 109Offences by companies, etc.Section 110Limitation of prosecution and cognizance of offencesSection 111Power of officers of appropriate Government to impose penalty in certain casesSection 112Jurisdiction of court for entertaining proceedings, etc., for offenceSection 113Power of court to make ordersSection 114Composition of certain offences
Chapter XIII — Social Security Fund
Chapter XIV — Miscellaneous
Section 116Delegation of powersSection 117Onus as to ageSection 118Onus of proving limits of what is practicable, etc.Section 119Common licence for contractor, factories and to industrial premises, etc.Section 120Effect of law and agreements inconsistent with CodeSection 121Power of appropriate Government to direct inquiry in certain casesSection 122Publication of reportsSection 123Powers of Central Government to give directionsSection 124General restriction on disclosure of informationSection 125Jurisdiction of civil courts barredSection 126Protection of action taken in good faithSection 127Power to exempt in special casesSection 128Power to exempt during public emergencySection 129Power to exempt public institutionSection 130Persons required to give notice, etc., legally bound to do soSection 131Power of Central Government to amend ScheduleSection 132Power to remove difficultiesSection 133Power of appropriate Government to make rulesSection 134Power of Central Government to make rulesSection 135Power of State Government to make rulesSection 136Power of Central Government to make regulations in relation to mines and dock workSection 137Prior publication of rules, etc.Section 138Power to make regulation without previous publicationSection 139Bye-lawsSection 140Powers to regulate general safety and healthSection 141Laying of regulations, rules, byelaws, etc., before ParliamentSection 142Laying of rules made by State GovernmentSection 143Repeal and Savings