Chapter III - Local Committee

Section 6: Constitution and jurisdiction of Local Committee

Requires a Local Committee in every district and routes complaints from workplaces with fewer than ten workers, and complaints against the employer, to that committee. Nodal officers receive and forward complaints within seven days.

Act No. 14 of 2013Authority: District Officer / Local Committee / nodal officerData reviewed on 17 July 2026

In 2 minutes

Threshold reading: section 6 sends complaints from a workplace with fewer than ten workers to the Local Committee. Therefore, ten workers is not within the “less than ten” route.

Statutory text

6. Constitution and jurisdiction of 1[Local Committee].—(1) Every District Officer shall constitute in the district concerned, a committee to be known as the “ 1[Local Committee]” to receive complaints of 1. Subs. by Act 23 of 2016, s. 3 and the Second Schedule, for “Local Complaints Committee” (w.e.f. 6-5-2016). sexual harassment from establishments where the 1[Internal Committee] has not been constituted due to having less than ten workers or if the complaint is against the employer himself. (2) The District Officer shall designate one nodal officer in every block, taluka and tehsil in rural or tribal area and ward or municipality in the urban area, to receive complaints and forward the same to the concerned 2[Local Committee] within a period of seven days. (3) The jurisdiction of the 2[Local Committee] shall extend to the areas of the district where it is constituted.

Source transcription: India Code consolidated Act PDF. Check the official source for a live matter.

Rule, authority, record and consequence map

Related Central Rule	Rule 4: Person familiar with issues relating to sexual harassment Rule 5: Fees or allowances for Chairperson and members of Local Committee Rule 6: Complaint of sexual harassment by another person
Primary authority	District Officer / Local Committee / nodal officer
Core record	LC and nodal-officer directory; complaint-forwarding record
Compliance consequence	Complaints may be misrouted; District Officer and State implementation obligations arise.

Practical example

A domestic worker, or a woman in an establishment with fewer than ten workers, files through the district Local Committee rather than an Internal Committee.

Finin2min Q&A

What should an employer or committee do first?

Create the record identified above, check the linked Rule and preserve a dated decision trail. Do not replace the statutory process with an informal HR discussion where the Act applies.

What needs jurisdiction-specific checking?

State rules and notifications, District Officer and Local Committee details, service rules, standing orders, appellate forum and any sector regulator requirements.

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