Preamble - THE INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES ACT, 1947
Chapter I Section1 - Short titile, extent and commencement
Section2 - Definitions
Section2A - Dismissal, etc., of an individual workman to be deemed to be an industrial dispute
Chapter II Section3 - Works Committee
Section4 - Conciliation officers
Section5 - Boards of Conciliation
Section6 - Courts of Inquiry
Section7 - Labour Courts
Section7A - Tribunals
Section7B - National Tribunals
Section7C - Disqualifications for the presiding officers of Labour Courts, Tribunals and National Tribunals
Section8 - Filling of vacancies
Section9 - Finality of orders constituting Boards, etc.
ChapterIIA - NOTICE OF CHANGE
Section9A - Notice of change
Section9B - Power of Government to exempt
Chapter III Section10 - Reference of disputes to Boards, Courts or Tribunals
Section10A - Voluntary reference of disputes to arbitration
Chapter IV Section11 - Procedure and power of conciliation officers, Boards, Courts and Tribunals
Section11A - Powers of Labour Courts, Tribunals and National Tribunals to give appropriate relief in case of discharge or dismissal of workmen
Section12 - Duties of conciliation officers
Section13 - Duties of Board
Section14 - Duties of Courts
Section15 - Duties of Labour Courts, Tribunals and National Tribunals
Section16 - Form of report or award
Section17 - Publication of reports and awards
Section17A - Commencement of the award
Section17B - Payment of full wages to workman pending proceedings in higher courts
Section18 - Persons on whom settlements and awards are binding
Section19 - Period of operation of settlements and awards
Section20 - Commencement and conclusion of proceedings
Section21 - Certain matters to be kept confidential
Chapter V Section22 - Prohibition of strikes and lock-outs
Section23 - General prohibition of strikes and lock-outs
Section24 - Illegal strikes and lock-outs
Section25 - Prohibition of financial aid to illegal strikes and lock-outs
ChapterVA - LAY-OFF AND RETRENCHMENT
Section25A - Application of sections 25C to 25E
Section25B - Definition of continuous service
Section25C - Right of workmen laid-off for compensation
Section25D - Duty of an employer to maintain muster rolls of workmen
Section25E - Workmen not entitled to compensation in certain cases
Section25F - Conditions precedent to retrenchment of workmen
Section25FF - Compensation to workmen in case of transfer of undertakings
Section25FFA - Sixty days' notice to be given of intention to close down any undertaking
Section25FFF - Compensation to workmen in case of closing down of undertakings
Section25G - Procedure for retrenchment
Section25H - Re-employment of retrenched workmen
Section25I - Recovery of moneys due from employers under this Chapter
Section25J - Effect of Laws inconsistent with this Chapter
ChapterVB - SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO LAY-OFF, RETRENCHMENT AND CLOSURE IN CERTAIN ESTABLISHMENTS
Section25K - Application of Chapter VB
Section25L - Definitions
Section25M - Prohibition of lay-off
Section25N - Conditions precedent to retrenchment of workmen
Section25O - Procedure for closing down an undertaking
Section25P - Special provision as to restarting undertakings closed down before commencement of the Industrial Disputes (Amendment) Act, 1976
Section25Q - Penalty for lay-off and retrenchment without previous permission
Section25R - Penalty for closure
Section25S - Certain provisions of Chapter VA to apply to industrial establishment to which this Chapter applies
ChapterVC - UNFAIR LABOUR PRACTICES
Section25T - Prohibition of unfair labour practice
Section25U - Penalty for committing unfair labour practices
Chapter VI Section26 - Penalty for illegal strikes and lock outs
Section27 - Penalty for instigation, etc.
Section28 - Penalty for giving financial aid to illegal strikes and lock outs
Section29 - Penalty for breach of settlement or award
Section30 - Penalty for disclosing confidential information
Section30A - Penalty for closure without notice
Section31 - Penalty for other offences
Chapter VII Section32 - Offence by companies, etc.
Section33 - Conditions of service, etc., to remain unchanged under certain circumstances during pendency of proceedings
Section33A - Special provision for adjudication as to whether conditions of service, etc., changed during pendency of proceeding
Section33B - Power to transfer certain proceedings
Section33C - Recovery of money due from an employer
Section34 - Cognizance of offences
Section35 - Protection of persons
Section36 - Representation of parties
Section36A - Power to remove difficulties
Section36B - Power to exempt
Section37 - Protection of action taken under the Act
Section38 - Power to make rules
Section39 - Delegation of powers
Section40 - Power to amend Schedules
ScheduleI - THE FIRST SCHEDULE
ScheduleII - THE SECOND SHEDULE
ScheduleIII - THE THIRD SCHEDULE
ScheduleIV - THE FOURTH SCHEDULE
ScheduleV - THE FIFTH SCHEDULE
Appendix1 - Extracts from the Industrial Disputes (Amendment) Act, 1982
Amending Act1 - INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES (AMENDMENT AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT, 1956