Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement

The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 was repealed and replaced by the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 from 21 November 2025. It still applies to matters and proceedings from before that date, as the repealing law provides.

In plain words

This is the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. It applies to the whole of India and came into force on the first day of April, 1947.

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Official text

(1) This Act may be called the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. [(2) It extends to the whole of India: * * * * *]

(3) It shall come into force on the first day of April, 1947.

Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the text of the Act as it stood before its repeal. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.

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