Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946 · The industrial employment (standing orders) act, 1946
Section 9: Posting of standing orders
The Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946 was repealed and replaced by the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 from 21 November 2025.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.
The text of the standing orders as finally certified under this Act shall be prominently posted by the employer in English and in the language understood by the majority of his workmen on special boards to be maintained for the purpose at or near the entrance through which the majority of the workmen enter the industrial establishment and in all departments thereof where the workmen are employed.
State amendments to this section
Karnataka Amendment of section 9.—In section 9 of the principal Act, after the words “finally certified”, the words “or adopted” shall be inserted. [Vide Karnataka Act 12 of 2014, s. 7] Maharashtra Amendment of section 9 of Act XX of 1946.—In section 9 of the said Act,—
(a) after the words "standing orders", insert the words "or model standing orders together with all the amendments";
(b) in the marginal note, after the words "standing orders", insert the words "and model standing orders together with all certified amendments" [Vide Bombay Act XXI of 1958, s. 13]
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.