Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020
An Act to consolidate and amend the laws regulating the occupational safety, health and working conditions of the persons employed in an establishment and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Chapter I: Contract Labour
- 1 Short title, commencement and application
- 2 Definitions
- 45 Applicability of this Part
- 46 Appointment of designated authority
- 47 Licensing of contractors
- 48 Procedure for issue or renewal of licence
- 49 No fees or commission or any cost to workers
- 50 Information regarding work order to be given to the appropriate Government
- 51 Revocation, suspension and amendment of licence
- 52 Appeal
- 53 Liability of principal employer for welfare facilities
- 54 Effect of employing contract labour from a non-licenced contractor
- 55 Responsibility for payment of wages
- 56 Experience certificate
- 57 Prohibition of employment of contract labour
- 58 Power to exempt in special cases
Chapter II: Inter-State Migrant Workers
- 3 Registration of certain establishments
- 4 Appeal
- 5 Notice by employer of commencement and cessation of operation
- 59 Applicability of Part II
- 60 Facilities to inter-State migrant workers
- 61 Journey allowance
- 62 Benefits of public distribution system, etc
- 63 Toll free helpline
- 64 Study of inter-State migrant workers
- 65 Past liabilities
Chapter III: Audio-Visual Workers
- 6 Duties of employer
- 7 Duties and responsibilities of owner, agent and manager in relation to mine
- 8 Duties of designers, manufacturers, importers or suppliers
- 9 Duties of architect, project engineer and designer
- 10 Notice of certain accident
- 11 Notice of certain dangerous occurrences
- 12 Notice of certain diseases
- 13 Duties of employee
- 14 Rights of employee
- 15 Duty not to interfere with or misuse things
- 66 Prohibition of employment of audio-visual worker without agreement
Chapter IV: Mines
- 16 National Occupational Safety and Health Advisory Board
- 17 State Occupational Safety and Health Advisory Board
- 18 Occupational safety and health standards
- 19 Research related activities
- 20 Safety and occupational health surveys
- 21 Collection of statistics and portal for inter-State migrant workers
- 22 Safety Committee and safety officers
- 67 Managers
- 68 Code not to apply in certain cases
- 69 Exemption from provision regarding employment
- 70 Employment of persons below eighteen years of age
- 71 Exemption to certain persons
- 72 Establishment, maintenance of rescue services and vocational training
- 73 Decision of question whether a mine is covered under this Code
Chapter V: Beedi and Cigar Workers
Chapter VI: Building or Other Construction Workers
Chapter VII: Factories
- 25 Daily and weekly working hours, leave, etc
- 26 Weekly and compensatory holidays
- 27 Extra wages for overtime
- 28 Night shifts
- 29 Prohibition of overlapping shifts
- 30 Restriction on double employment in factory and mine
- 31 Notice of periods of work
- 32 Annual leave with wages, etc
- 79 Approval and licensing of factories
- 80 Liability of owner of premises in certain circumstances
- 81 Power to apply Code to certain premises
- 82 Dangerous operations
- 83 Constitution of site appraisal committee
- 84 Compulsory disclosure of information by occupier
- 85 Specific responsibility of the occupier in relation to hazardous processes
- 86 National Board to inquire into certain situations
- 87 Emergency standards
- 88 Permissible limits of exposure of chemicals and toxic substances
- 89 Right of workers to warn about imminent danger
- 90 Appeal against the order of Inspector-cum-Facilitator in case of factory
- 91 Power to make rules to exempt
Chapter VIII: Plantation
Chapter IX: Inspector-Cum-Facilitators and Other Authority
- 34 Appointment of Inspector-cum-Facilitators
- 35 Powers of Inspector-cum-Facilitators
- 36 Powers and duties of District Magistrate
- 37 Third party audit and certification
- 38 Special powers of Inspector-cum-Facilitator in respect of factory, mines, dock work and building or other construction work
- 39 Secrecy of information by Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator or Inspector-cum-Facilitator, etc
- 40 Facilities to be afforded to Inspector-cum-Facilitator
- 41 Powers of special officer to enter, measure, etc., in relation to mine
- 42 Medical officer
Chapter X: Special Provision Relating to Employment of Women
Chapter XII: Offences and Penalties
- 94 General penalty for offences
- 95 Punishment for causing obstruction to Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator or Inspector-cumFacilitator, etc
- 96 Penalty for non-maintenance of register, records and non-filing of returns, etc
- 97 Punishment for contravention of certain provisions
- 98 Punishment for falsification of records, etc
- 99 Penalty for omission to furnish plans, etc
- 100 Punishment for disclosure of information
- 101 Punishment for wrongfully disclosing results of analysis
- 102 Punishment for contravention of provisions of duties relating to hazardous processes
- 103 Punishment for contravention of provisions of duties relating to safety provisions resulting in an accident
- 104 Special provision for contravention of order under section 38
- 105 Failure to appoint manager in mine
- 106 Offences by employees
- 107 Prosecution of owner, agent or manager of mine
- 108 Exemption of owner, agent or manager of mine or occupier of factory from liability in certain cases
- 109 Offences by companies, etc
- 110 Limitation of prosecution and cognizance of offences
- 111 Power of officers of appropriate Government to impose penalty in certain cases
- 112 Jurisdiction of court for entertaining proceedings, etc., for offence
- 113 Power of court to make orders
- 114 Composition of certain offences
Chapter XIII: Social Security Fund
Chapter XIV: Miscellaneous
- 116 Delegation of powers
- 117 Onus as to age
- 118 Onus of proving limits of what is practicable, etc
- 119 Common licence for contractor, factories and to industrial premises, etc
- 120 Effect of law and agreements inconsistent with Code
- 121 Power of appropriate Government to direct inquiry in certain cases
- 122 Publication of reports
- 123 Powers of Central Government to give directions
- 124 General restriction on disclosure of information
- 125 Jurisdiction of civil courts barred
- 126 Protection of action taken in good faith
- 127 Power to exempt in special cases
- 128 Power to exempt during public emergency
- 129 Power to exempt public institution
- 130 Persons required to give notice, etc., legally bound to do so
- 131 Power of Central Government to amend Schedule
- 132 Power to remove difficulties
- 133 Power of appropriate Government to make rules
- 134 Power of Central Government to make rules
- 135 Power of State Government to make rules
- 136 Power of Central Government to make regulations in relation to mines and dock work
- 137 Prior publication of rules, etc
- 138 Power to make regulation without previous publication
- 139 Bye-laws
- 140 Powers to regulate general safety and health
- 141 Laying of regulations, rules, byelaws, etc., before Parliament
- 142 Laying of rules made by State Government
- 143 Repeal and Savings
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 14 October 2026. 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.