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Section 23: Proportion of office-bearers to be connected with industry.

The Industrial Relations Code, 2020Central Act · Act 35 of 2020

(1) Not less than one-half of the total number of the office-bearers of every registered Trade Union in an unorganised sector shall be persons actually engaged or employed in an establishment or industry with which the Trade Union is connected:

Provided that the appropriate Government may, by special or general order, declare that the provisions of this section shall not apply to any Trade Union or class of Trade Unions specified in the order.

Explanation.--- For the purposes of this sub-section, "unorganised sector" means any sector which the appropriate Government may, by notification, specify.

(2) Save as otherwise provided in sub-section (1), all office-bearers of a registered Trade Union, except not more than one-third of the total number of the office-bearers or five, whichever is less, shall be persons actually engaged or employed in the establishment or industry with which the Trade Union is connected.

Explanation.--- For the purposes of this sub-section, an employee who has retired or has been retrenched shall not be construed as outsider for the purpose of holding an office in a Trade Union.

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ActThe Industrial Relations Code, 2020
Section23
Marginal noteProportion of office-bearers to be connected with industry.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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