Trade Unions Act, 1926 · Chapter III: Rights and Liabilities of Registered Trade Unions
Section 22: Proportion of office-bearers to be connected with the industry
The Trade Unions Act, 1926 was repealed and replaced by the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 from 21 November 2025.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.
Not less than one-half of the total number of the [office-bearers] of every registered Trade Union shall be persons actually engaged or employed in an industry with which the Trade Union is connected:
Provided that the [appropriate Government] may, by special or general order, declare that the provisions of this section shall not apply to any Trade Union or class of Trade Unions specified in the order.
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.