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NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2025/KARTIKA 23, 1947
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 14th November, 2025
S.O. 5188(E). — In exercise of the powers conferred by section 87 of the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966
(31 of 1966), the Central Government hereby extends the Contract Labour (Regulation And Abolition) (Punjab
Amendment) Act, 2020 (Punjab Act 13 of 2020) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), as in force in the State of
Punjab to the Union territory of Chandigarh, on the date of publication of this notification, subject to the following
modifications, namely:-
2. In the said Act, —
(i) in section 2, for the words "State of Punjab", the words "Union territory of Chandigarh" shall be
substituted;
(ii) section 3 shall be omitted.
[F. No. U-11036/6/2025-UTL]
PRAVEEN KUMAR RAI, Jt. Secy.
ANNEXURE
PART I
GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB
DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS, PUNJAB
NOTIFICATION
The 1st October, 2020
No.16-Leg./2020.- The following Act of the Legislature of the
State of Punjab received the assent of the Governor of Punjab on the
22nd day of September, 2020, is hereby published for general
information:-
THE CONTRACT LABOUR (REGULATION AND ABOLITION)
(PUNJAB AMENDMENT) ACT, 2020
(Punjab Act No. 13 of 2020)
AN
ACT
further to amend the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970, in i
application to the State of Punjab.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Punjab in the Seventy- first Year of th
Republic of India as follows:-
1. (1) This Act may be called the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition)
(Punjab Amendment) Act, 2020.
Short title and
commencement.
(2) It shall come into force and with effect from the date of its publication in
the Official Gazette.
2. In the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970, in its application to the
State of Punjab, in section 1, in sub-section (4), in clauses (a), (b) and the proviso
thereunder, for the word "twenty", the word "fifty" shall be substituted.
Amendment of
section 1 of Central
Act 37 of 1970.
3. (1) The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) (Punjab Amendment)
Ordinance, 2020, published in the Punjab Government Gazette (Extraordinary)
dated the 11th August, 2020, is hereby repealed.
Repeal and saving.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the
principal Act, as amended by the Ordinance referred to in sub-section (1),
shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the Principal Act, as amended
by this Act.
S. K. AGGARWAL,
Secretary to Government of Punjab
Department of Legal and Legislative Affairs.
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 14th November, 2025.
S.O. 5189(E). In exercise of the powers conferred by section 87 of the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966
(31 of 1966), the Central Government hereby extends the Industrial Disputes (Punjab Amendment) Act, 2020
(Punjab Act No. 14 of 2020) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), as in force in the State of Punjab to the Union
Territory of Chandigarh, on the date of publication of this notification, subject to the following modifications,
namely:-
2. In the said Act, —
(i) section 2 shall be omitted;
(ii) in Section 3, after the words "Principal Act", the words "in its application the Union territory of
Chandigarh" shall be inserted;
(iii) section 4 shall be omitted;
(iv) section 5 shall be omitted;
(v) section 6 shall be omitted;
(vi) section 7 shall be omitted.
[F. No. U-11036/6/2025-UTL]
PRAVEEN KUMAR RAI, Jt. Secy.
ANNEXURE
PART I
GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB
DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS, PUNJAB
NOTIFICATION
The 1st October, 2020
No.17-Leg./2020.- The following Act of the Legislature of the State of
Punjab received the assent of the Governor of Punjab on the 23rd day of September,
2020, is hereby published for general information:-
THE INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES (PUNJAB AMENDMENT) ACT, 2020
(Punjab Act No. 14 of 2020)
AN
ACT
further to amend the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, in its application to the
State of Punjab.
BE it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Punjab in the Seventy-first
Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. (1) This Act may be called the Industrial Disputes (Punjab Amendment) Act, 2020.
Short title and
commencement.
(2) It shall come into force and with effect from the date of its publication
in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in
its application to the State of Punjab, in section 2A, after sub- section (3), the following
sub-section (4) shall be added, namely:-
Amendment of
section 2A of
Central Act 14
of 1947
"(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (1), (2) and (3),
no such dispute or difference between that workman and his employer
connected with, or arising out of, such discharge, dismissal, retrenchment or
termination shall be deemed to be an industrial dispute if such dispute is not
raised in conciliation proceeding within a period of three years from the date
of such discharge, dismissal, retrenchment or termination:
Provided that an authority, as may be specified by the State
Government, may consider to extend the said period of three years when the
applicant workman satisfies the authority that he had sufficient cause for not
raising the dispute within the period of three years."
3. In the principal Act, for section 25K, the following section shall be substituted,
namely:-
"25 Κ.
Application of
Chapter VB.
(1). The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to an industrial
establishment (not being an establishment of a seasonal
character or in which work is performed only intermittently)
in which not less than three hundred workmen were employed
on an average per working day for the preceding twelve
months.
Substitution
of section 25K
of Central Act
14 of 1947.
(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), the State Government may, if
satisfied that maintenance of industrial peace or prevention of victimization of
workmen so requires, by notification in the Official Gazette apply the provisions of this
Chapter to an industrial establishment (not being an establishment of a seasonal
character or in which work is performed only intermittently), in which less than three
hundred workmen but not less than one hundred workmen, as may be specified in the
notification, were employed on an average per working day for the preceding twelve
months.
(3) If a question arises whether an industrial establishment is of a seasonal character
or whether work is performed therein only intermittently, the decision of the
appropriate Government thereon shall be final.”.
4. In the principal Act, in section 25 N,-
(i) in sub-section (1), in clause (a), the signs and words ", or the workman has
been paid in lieu of such notice, wages for the period of the notice" shall
be omitted; and
Amendment of
section 25N of
Central Act 14
of 1947.
(ii) in sub-section (9), after the words "six months", the following words shall be
added, namely:-
"and an amount equivalent to his three months average pay".
5. In the principal Act, in section 25-O, in sub-section (8), after the words "six
months", the following words shall be added, namely:-
"and an amount equivalent to his three months average pay".
Amendment of
section 25-O
of Central Act
14 of 1947.
6. In the principal Act, in Fifth Schedule, in part II, after paragraph 5, the following
Explanation shall be added, namely:-
Amendment of
Fifth Schedule
of Central Act
14 of 1947.
"Explanation.- For the purpose of this paragraph, 'go slow' means any such
activity by any number of persons, employed in an industry, acting in
combination or with common understanding, to slow down or to delay the
process of production or work purposely whether called by work to rule or
by any other name, so as the fixed or average or normal level of production or
work or output of workman or workmen of the establishment is not
achieved:
Provided that all necessary ingredients or inputs for standard quality
production or work are made available in time and in sufficient quantity.".
7. (1) The Industrial Disputes (Punjab Amendment) Ordinance, 2020, published in
the Punjab Government Gazette (Extraordinary) dated the 11th August, 2020, is
hereby repealed.
Repeal and
saving.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the
principal Act, as amended by the Ordinance referred to in sub-section (1), shall be
deemed to have been done or taken under the principal Act, as amended by this Act.
S.K. AGGARWAL
Secretary to the Government of Punjab
Department of Legal and Legislative Affairs.
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