Act Number: 63

Act Name: The Factories Act, 1948

Year: 1948

Enactment Date: 1948-09-23

Long Title: An Act to consolidate and amend the law regulating labour in factories.

Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment

Department:

Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement.
    (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.
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).
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