Section 128
Power to exempt during public emergency.
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.
In case of a public emergency or disaster or pandemic in whole of India or part thereof, the appropriate Government may, by notification, exempt any workplace or work activity or class thereof from all or any of the provisions of this Code for such period and subject to such conditions as it may think fit:
Provided that no such notification shall be made for a period exceeding one year at a time.
Explanation.—For the purposes of this section “public emergency” means a grave emergency whereby the security of India or any part of the territory thereof is threatened, whether by war or external aggression or internal disturbance.
Provided that no such notification shall be made for a period exceeding one year at a time.
Explanation.—For the purposes of this section “public emergency” means a grave emergency whereby the security of India or any part of the territory thereof is threatened, whether by war or external aggression or internal disturbance.