THE INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES (ARUNACHAL PRADESH AMENDMENT) ACT, 2020

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    "title": "THE INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES (ARUNACHAL PRADESH AMENDMENT) ACT, 2020",
    "short_title": "The Industrial Disputes (Arunachal Pradesh Amendment) Act, 2020",
    "act_number": "11",
    "act_year": 2021,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Arunachal Pradesh",
    "law_status": "valid",
    "enactment_date": "2021-08-24",
    "description": "The Industrial Disputes (Arunachal Pradesh Amendment) Act, 2020",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "Preamble",
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            "content": "An Act further, to amend the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (Central Act 14 of 1947), as in force\r\nin the State of Arunachal Pradesh.\r\nBE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Arunachal Pradesh in the Seventy-first\r\nYear of the Republic of India, as follows :-",
            "footnote": "Central Act 14 of 1947",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1: Short title and commencement:",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": " (1) This Act may be called the Industrial Disputes\r\n(Arunachal Pradesh Amendment) Act. 2020",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 10
        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(2)",
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            "content": "(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from 14th July 2020.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2: Amendment of Section 2A:",
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            "content": "In section 2A of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (Central\r\nAct 14 of 1947), as in force in the State of Arunachal Pradesh (hereinafter referred to as\r\nthe \"principal Act\")\r\n(1) In sub-section (3) for the words \"three years\", the words \"one year\" shall be\r\nsubstituted\r\n(ii) After sub-section (3) the following sub-section shall be inserted namely",
            "footnote": "Central Act 14 of 1947",
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        },
        {
            "number": "2A",
            "title": "Section 2A(4)",
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            "content": "\"(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (1), (2) and (3), no such\ndispute or difference between that workman and his employer connected with, or\narising out of, such discharge, dismissal, retrenchment or termination shall be\ndeemed to be an industrial dispute if such dispute is not raised before conciliation\nofficer within a period of one year from the date of such discharge, dismissal,\nretrenchment or termination.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "2A",
            "title": "Proviso to Section 2A(4)",
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            "content": "Provided that an authority as may be specified by the State Government may\ncondone the delay beyond such period of one year if the applicant workman\nsatisfies the Authority that he had sufficient cause for not raising the dispute\nwithin the period of the one year\"",
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        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "Section 3: Amendment of section 25F",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "In section 25F of the principal Act, in sub-clause (b) for\r\nthe expression \"fifteen days\", the expression \"forty five days\" shall be substituted.",
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            "sort_order": 60
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        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "Section 4. Substitution of section 25K",
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            "content": "For section 25K of the principal Act, the following section\r\nshall be substituted, namely :-\r\n\r\n'25K. Application of Chapter V-B : (1) The provisions of this chapter shall apply to an\r\nindustrial establishment (not being an establishment of a seasonal character or in which\r\nwork is performed only intermittently) to which not less than three hundred workmen were\r\nemployed on an average per working day for the preceding twelve months.\r\n\r\n(2) Without prejudice lo the provisions of sub-section (.j ), the State Government may, if\r\nsatisfied that maintenance€ of industrial peace or prevention of victimization of workmen\r\nso requires, by notification in the Official gazette apply the provisions of this Chapter\r\nto an industrial establishment (not being an establishment of a seasonal character or\r\nin which work is performed only intermittently) in which such number of workmen\r\nwhich may be less than three hundred but not less than one hundred, as may be\r\nspecified in the notification, were employed on an average per working day for the\r\npreceding twelve months.\r\n\r\n(3) If a question arises whether an industrial establishment is of a seasonal character or\r\nwhether work is performed therein only intermittently the decision of the State\r\nGovernment thereon shall be final'",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 70
        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "Section 5. Amendment of section 25N",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "In section 25N of the principal Act, in sub-section (9), for\r\nthe expression \"fifteen days\", the expression \"forty five days\" shall be substituted.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "Section 6. Amendment of section 25O:",
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            "content": "In section 25O of the principal Act, in sub-section (8), for\r\nthe expression \"fifteen days\", the expression \"forty five days\" shall be substituted.",
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            "number": "7",
            "title": "Section 7.Insertion of section 31A:",
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            "content": "After section 31 of the principal Act, the following section\r\nshall be inserted, namely :-\r\n\r\n31A. Compounding of offences: (1) Any offence punishable under sections 25Q, 25R,\r\n25-U, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30A and sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 31 may, either before or\r\nafter the institution of the prosecution, on an application by the alleged offender, be\r\ncompounded by such officer of authority as the State Government may, by notification in\r\nthe Official Gazette, specify in this behalf for such amount as specified in the Table below.\r\n\r\nTABLE\r\n\r\nSl No | Section | Composition amount\r\n(1) | (2) | (3)\r\n1. | 25Q | 25 days wages last drawn by each workman.\r\n2. | 25R | 60 days wages last drawn by each workman.\r\n3. | 25U | (i) By each workman 150 per day but not exceeding 3000 in aggregate.\r\n(ii) By employer 300 per day but not exceeding the amount in aggregate as shown below :\r\nNumber of workmen employed in the industry | Amount not exceeding\r\n1 to 50 | 7,000\r\n51 to 100 | 10,000\r\n101 to 500 | 15,000\r\nMore than 500 | 20,000\r\n4. | 26 | (i) In case of illegal strike. 150 per day by each workman but not exceeding 3000 in aggregate\r\n(ii) In case of illegal lock-out. 300 per day by an employer but not exceeding the amount in aggregate as shown below :\r\nNumber of workmen employed in the industry | Amount not exceeding\r\n1 to 50 | 7,000\r\n51 to 100 | 10,000\r\n101 to 500 | 15,000\r\nMore than 500 | 20,000\r\n5. | 27 and 28 | As per section 26 above for illegal strike and lockout\r\n6. | 29 | 200 per day in respect of each of the workman\r\n7. | 30A | 25 days wages last drawn by each workman\r\n8. | 31(1) | Number of workmen employed in the industry | For first offence | For the second offence | For third offence\r\n1 to 50 | 10,000 | 15,000 | 20,000\r\n51 to 100 | 15,000 | 20,000 | 25,000\r\n101 to 500 | 20,000 | ?25,000 | 30,000\r\nMore than 500 | 30,000 | 35,000 | 40,000\r\n9. | 31(2) | (i) For each workman, for the first offence 1000 for the second offence 2000 and for the third offence 3000\r\n(ii) For Employer :\r\n1 to 50 | 1500 | ?3000 | 6000\r\n51 to 100 | 3000 | 6000 | 10000\r\n101 to 500 | 4000 | 8000 | 15000\r\nMore than 500 | 5000 | 10000 | 20000\r\n\r\nProvided that the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette,\r\namend the composition amount specified in above Table:\r\n\r\nProvided further that the offence committed of the same nature shall be compoundable\r\nonly for the first three offences\r\n\r\nProvided also that such offences shall be compounded only after the alleged offender\r\nhas acted to the satisfaction of such officer or authority that such offence is not continued\r\nany further.\r\n\r\n(2) where an offence has been compounded under sub-section (1) no further proceedings\r\nshall be taken the offender in respect of such offence and the offender, if in custody,\r\nshall be discharged .\r\n\r\n\r\n",
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        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "Section 8.  Insertion of section 36C:",
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            "content": "8.After section 36B of the principal Act, the following section\r\nshall be inserted, namely :-\r\n\r\n\"36C. Power to exempt new industries: Where the State Government is satisfied in relation\r\nto any new industrial establishment of new undertaking or class of new public interest to\r\ndo so, it may, by notification in the Official Gazette, exempt, conditionally or unconditionally,\r\nany such new establishment or new undertaking or class of new establishments or new\r\nundertakings from all or any of the provisions of this Act for a period of one thousand days\r\nfrom date of establishment of such new industrial establishment or new undertaking or\r\nclass of new establishment or new undertakings, as the case may be.\r\n\r\nExplanation: For the purpose of this section. the expression \"new industrial establishment\r\nor new undertaking or class new industrial establishments or new undertakings\" means\r\nsuch industrial establishment or undertaking or class of industrial establishment or\r\nundertakings which are established within a period of one thousand days after the\r\ncommencement of The Industrial Disputes (Arunachal Pradesh Amendment) Ordinance,\r\n2020.",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "202111",
        "Act Number": "11",
        "Enactment Date": "2021-08-24",
        "Act Year": "2021",
        "Short Title": "The Industrial Disputes (Arunachal Pradesh Amendment) Act, 2020",
        "Department": "LAW, LEGISLATIVE AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Arunachal Pradesh"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:53:04"
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