Section 1
Short title, commencement and application.
The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020
About this Act
An Act to consolidate and amend the laws regulating the occupational safety, health and working conditions of the persons employed in an establishment and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
(1) This Act may be called the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Code and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Code shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision. MINISTRY OF LA W AND JUSTICE (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 29th September, 2020/Asvina 7, 1942 (Saka) The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 28th September, 2020 and is hereby published for general information:—
(3) It shall not apply to the offices of the Central Government, offices of the State Government and any ship of war of any nationality:
Provided that the Code shall apply in case of contract labour employed through contractor in the offices of the Central Government or in the offices of the State Government, where, the Central Government or, as the case may be, the State Government is the principal employer.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Code and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Code shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision. MINISTRY OF LA W AND JUSTICE (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 29th September, 2020/Asvina 7, 1942 (Saka) The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 28th September, 2020 and is hereby published for general information:—
(3) It shall not apply to the offices of the Central Government, offices of the State Government and any ship of war of any nationality:
Provided that the Code shall apply in case of contract labour employed through contractor in the offices of the Central Government or in the offices of the State Government, where, the Central Government or, as the case may be, the State Government is the principal employer.
Notes
21st November, 2025, vide notification of the Central Government dated 21st November, 2025, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).