The1[State] Government may in respect of any industry-
(a) maintain in the prescribed manner a record of industrial matters covered by Schedules;
(b) require any employer or employers generally to maintain and submit copies of a record in such form as may be prescribed of-
(i) data relating to plant, premises and manufacture,
(ii) other industrial transactions and dealings,
which in the opinion of the1[State] Government are likely to affect the matters specified in clause (a).
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1. This word was substituted for the word "Provincial" by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950.