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Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 · XIV

Section 130: Persons required to give notice, etc., legally bound to do so

Reviewed by Finin2min Editorial Desk · Last reviewed 30 August 2026

Section 130 — Sets the statutory notice requirement for persons required to give notice, etc., legally bound to do so, including the relevant trigger, recipient and timing conditions. Key operative text: Every person required to give any notice or to furnish any information to any authority in relation to the provisions of this Code shall be legally bound to do so within the meaning of section 176 of the Indian Penal Code (45…

Full official textSource checked: 20 August 20260 direct Central Rule link(s)
Current-law status

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.

Primary sources

Provision / India Code ↗ · Official Act PDF ↗ · 2026 Central Rules ↗

Finin2min analysis — what the section actually does

Operative clauses

  • Every person required to give any notice or to furnish any information to any authority in relation to the provisions of this Code shall be legally bound to do so within the meaning of section 176 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).

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

Authority / officer

Full statutory text — Section 130

Official English text transcribed from the current India Code consolidation; page headers/line breaks are normalised for web reading. The Gazette/India Code PDF remains authoritative for typography, amendment footnotes and schedules.
130. Persons required to give notice, etc., legally bound to do so.—Every person required to give
any notice or to furnish any information to any authority in relation to the provisions of this Code shall be
legally bound to do so within the meaning of section 176 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).

How to apply this provision

  1. Primary statutory test — Every person required to give any notice or to furnish any information to any authority in relation to the provisions of this Code shall be legally bound to do so within the meaning of section 176 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).
  2. Evidence file — retain facts and records proving the role/status of: Authority / officer.
Why this is section-specific: the operative-clause, exception, threshold and cross-reference panels above are extracted from Section 130 itself rather than a generic “trigger/control/evidence” template.

Rules, forms and cross-references

Direct 2026 Central Rule mapping

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

For an establishment affected by persons required to give notice, etc., legally bound to do so, the compliance owner should identify the applicable sector and authority, document the prescribed control/notice/record and retain inspection or training evidence. A text point to test is: “Every person required to give any notice or to furnish any information to any authority in relation to the provisions of this Code shall be legally bound to do so within the meaning of section 176 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).”

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 130

What does Section 130 of the OSHWC Code cover?

Section 130 — Sets the statutory notice requirement for persons required to give notice, etc., legally bound to do so, including the relevant trigger, recipient and timing conditions. Key operative text: Every person required to give any notice or to furnish any information to any authority in relation to the provisions of this Code shall be legally bound to do so within the meaning of section 176 of the Indian Penal Code (45…

What is the main legal requirement or power in Section 130?

The first operative clause identified from the official text is: “Every person required to give any notice or to furnish any information to any authority in relation to the provisions of this Code shall be legally bound to do so within the meaning of section 176 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).” Read it with the remaining subsections and any proviso below.

Does Section 130 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 130?

No explicit day/month/year/hour/percentage/rupee expression was detected in the official section text.

Which 2026 Central Rules are linked to Section 130?

No direct Central Rule is recorded in the current concordance. That does not exclude a relevant scheme, notification, State rule or enabling provision.

Is Section 130 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.

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