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REGISTERED NO. DL-(N)04/0007/2003-26
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-16022026-270186
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 3]
NEW DELHI, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2026/MAGHA 27, 1947 (Saka)
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MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the 16th February, 2026/Magha 27, 1947 (Saka)
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the
16th February, 2026 and is hereby published for general information:—
THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS CODE (AMENDMENT)
ACT, 2026
No. 1 OF 2026
[16th February, 2026.]
An Act to amend the Industrial Relations Code, 2020.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventy-seventh Year of the Republic of
India as follows:—
1. (1) This Act may be called the Industrial Relations Code (Amendment)
Act, 2026.
Short title and
commencement.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force from the 21st day of
November, 2025.
Amendment of
Act 35 of 2020.
2. In the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, in section 104, for sub-section (1),
the following sub-sections shall be substituted, namely:—
"(1) The following enactments shall stand repealed on and from the date
appointed in the notification issued under sub-section (3) of section 1,
namely:-
(a) the Trade Unions Act, 1926;
16 of 1926.
(b) the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946; and
20 of 1946.
(c) the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.
14 of 1947.
(1A) Notwithstanding such repeal under sub-section (1), the
functioning of the Tribunals and statutory authorities functioning under the
Acts so repealed shall continue to function till such Tribunals and
other statutory authorities becomes functional under this Code."
DR. RAJIV MANI,
Secretary to the Govt. of India.