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(1) Where the appropriate Government is satisfied in relation to any
industrial establishment or undertaking or any class of industrial establishments or undertakings that
adequate provisions exist to fulfil the objects of any provision of this Code, it may, by notification,
exempt, conditionally or unconditionally such establishment or undertaking or, class of establishments
or undertakings from that provision of this Code.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), where the appropriate Government is
satisfied in relation to any new industrial establishment or new undertaking or class of new industrial
establishments or new undertakings that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, it may, by
notification, exempt, conditionally or unconditionally, any such new establishment or new undertaking
or class of new establishments or new undertakings from all or any of the provisions of this Code for
such period from the date of establishment of such new industrial establishment or new undertaking or
class of new establishments or new undertakings, as the case may be, as may be specified in the
notification:
Provided that any notification issued by a State Government under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
(14 of 1947), prior to the commencement of this Code, to achieve the purpose as is specified in this subsection in the State, shall remain in force after such commencement for its remaining period as if the
provisions of this Code have not been brought into force to the extent they defeat any purpose to be
achieved by such notification issued by that State Government.
Explanation.---For the purposes of this sub-section, the expression "new industrial establishment or
new undertaking or class of new industrial establishments or new undertakings" means such industrial
establishment or undertaking or class of industrial establishments or undertakings which are established
within a period as may be specified in the notification.