Section 1
Short title, extent and commencement.
About this Act
An Act to consolidate and amend the law regulating labour in factories.
(1) This Act may be called the Factories Act, 1948.
1[(2) It extends to the whole of India 2 ***.]
(3) It shall come into force on the 1st day of April 1949.
1[(2) It extends to the whole of India 2 ***.]
(3) It shall come into force on the 1st day of April 1949.
Notes
1. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for sub-section (2).
2. The words "except the state of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 51 of 1970, s. 2 and the Schedule (w.e.f. 1-9-1971).
2. The words "except the state of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 51 of 1970, s. 2 and the Schedule (w.e.f. 1-9-1971).