Section 112: Jurisdiction of court for entertaining proceedings, etc., for offence
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Section 112 — Governs jurisdiction of court for entertaining proceedings, etc., for offence and the rights, duties, powers or procedure expressly stated in this section. Key operative text: For the purposes of conferring jurisdiction on any court in relation to an offence under this Code or the rules, regulation or bye-laws made there under in connection with an establishment, the place where the establishment is…
All provisions were brought into force from 21 November 2025 under S.O. 5321(E), subject to the Central/State appropriate-Government split and provision-specific appointments/notifications.
Provision / India Code ↗ · Official Act PDF ↗ · 2026 Central Rules ↗
Finin2min analysis — what the section actually does
Operative clauses
- For the purposes of conferring jurisdiction on any court in relation to an offence under this Code or the rules, regulation or bye-laws made there under in connection with an establishment, the place where the establishment is for the time being situated, shall be deemed to be the place where such offence has been committed.
Provisos, explanations & qualifications
- No proviso/explanation was separately extracted from this section text.
Thresholds and timelines in the text
- No explicit day/month/year/hour/percentage/rupee expression was detected in this section text.
Actors expressly appearing in the text
No standard actor label extracted; identify the legal subject from the full text.
Full statutory text — Section 112
112. Jurisdiction of court for entertaining proceedings, etc., for offence.—For the purposes of conferring jurisdiction on any court in relation to an offence under this Code or the rules, regulation or bye-laws made there under in connection with an establishment, the place where the establishment is for the time being situated, shall be deemed to be the place where such offence has been committed.
How to apply this provision
- Primary statutory test — For the purposes of conferring jurisdiction on any court in relation to an offence under this Code or the rules, regulation or bye-laws made there under in connection with an establishment, the place where the establishment is for the time being situated, shall be deemed to be the place where such offence has been committed.
- Central Rule mapping — 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182. Read the mapped provision together with this text rather than treating the concordance as a substitute for it.
Rules, forms and cross-references
Forms mapped
No prescribed form is directly mapped in the current concordance.
Other sections cited in this text
Related Labour Hub resources
A direct concordance is not exhaustive. Central/State jurisdiction, schemes, authority appointments, saved instruments and later notifications may change the practical route without changing the section wording.
Worked example
When an event triggers jurisdiction of court for entertaining proceedings, etc., for offence, record the trigger date, competent authority, prescribed rule/form, filing or decision step, service/acknowledgement and final outcome. A statutory point to test is: “For the purposes of conferring jurisdiction on any court in relation to an offence under this Code or the rules, regulation or bye-laws made there under in connection with an establishment, the place where the establishment is for the time being situated, shall be deemed to be th” Read the mapped Central Rule(s) 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182.
Illustration only; it is not statutory text or a substitute for applying the actual facts, jurisdiction, current rule/scheme and official instrument.
Q&A — Section 112
What does Section 112 of the OSHWC Code cover?
Section 112 — Governs jurisdiction of court for entertaining proceedings, etc., for offence and the rights, duties, powers or procedure expressly stated in this section. Key operative text: For the purposes of conferring jurisdiction on any court in relation to an offence under this Code or the rules, regulation or bye-laws made there under in connection with an establishment, the place where the establishment is…
What is the main legal requirement or power in Section 112?
The first operative clause identified from the official text is: “For the purposes of conferring jurisdiction on any court in relation to an offence under this Code or the rules, regulation or bye-laws made there under in connection with an establishment, the place where the establishment is for the time being situated, shall be deemed to be the place where such offence has been committed.” Read it with the remaining subsections and any proviso below.
Does Section 112 contain a proviso or explanation?
No standalone proviso or explanation was extracted from this section text. Check the full text below for clause-level qualifications.
What time limit, percentage or amount appears in Section 112?
No explicit day/month/year/hour/percentage/rupee expression was detected in the official section text.
Which 2026 Central Rules are linked to Section 112?
The current concordance maps Section 112 to Central Rule(s) 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182.
Is Section 112 currently operative?
All provisions were brought into force from 21 November 2025 under S.O. 5321(E), subject to the Central/State appropriate-Government split and provision-specific appointments/notifications.
Source & verification trail
Act: Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 — official India Code PDF ↗
Central Rules: Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules, 2026 — G.S.R. 345(E), 8 May 2026 ↗
Official library: Ministry of Labour & Employment — Labour Codes ↗
Source check: 20 August 2026. Individual professional interpretation should be re-reviewed when the section, rules, notification, scheme, State overlay or controlling judgment changes.