Act Number: 29

Act Name: The Code on Wages, 2019

Year: 2019

Enactment Date: 2019-08-08

Long Title: An Act to amend and consolidate the laws relating to wages and bonus and matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment

Department:

Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement.
    (1) This Act may be called the Code on Wages, 2019.
     (2) It extends to the whole of India.
     (3) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette 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.
Notes:
1.18th December, 2020,--Sub-section (1), (2), (3), (10) and (11) of section 42 (to the extent relate to the central Advisory Board); clauses (s) and (t) of sub-section (2) of section 67 (to the extent they relate to the Central advisory Board); section 69 [to the extent it relates to section 7 and 9 (to the extent relate to the Central Government) and section 8 of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (11 of 1948)], vide notification No. S.O. 4604(E), dated 18th December, 2020, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).
Scroll to Top