Section Text
(1) The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to an industrial
establishment (not being an establishment of a seasonal character or in which work is performed only
intermittently) in which not less than three hundred workers, or such higher number of workers as may
be notified by the appropriate Government, were employed on an average per working day in the
preceding twelve months.
(2) If a question arises whether an industrial establishment is of a seasonal character or whether work
is performed therein only intermittently, the decision of the appropriate Government thereon shall be
final.
(3) For the purposes of this Chapter, "industrial establishment" means---
(i) a factory as defined in clause (m) of section 2 of the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948);
(ii) a mine as defined in clause (j) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Mines Act, 1952
(35 of 1952); or
(iii) a plantation as defined in clause (f) of section 2 of the Plantations Labour Act, 1951
(69 of 1951).