(1) The provisions of the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946 (Central Act XX of 1946), shall apply to every industrial premises wherein fifty or more persons are employed or were employed on any one day of the preceding twelve months as if such industrial premises were an industria1 establishment to which that Act has been applied, by a notification under sub-section (3) of section 1 thereof, and as if the employee in the said premises was a workman within the meaning of that Act.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the Government may, after giving not less than two months notice of their intention so to do, by notification, apply all or any of the provisions of the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946 (Central Act XX of 1946), to any industrial premises wherein less than fifty persons are employed or were employed on any one day of the preceding twelve months as if such industrial premises were an industrial establishment to which that Act has been applied by a notification under sub-section (3) of section 1 thereof, and as if the employee in the said premises was a workman within the meaning of that Act.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 (Central Act 53 of 1961), the provisions of that Act shall apply to every industrial premises as if such industrial premises were an establishment to which that Act has been applied by a notification under subsection (1) of section 2 thereof:
Provided that the said Act shall, in its application to a domestic weaver, apply, subject to the following modifications, namely:-
(a) in section 5, in the Explanation to sub-section (1), the words "or one rupee a day, whichever is higher" shall be omitted; and
(b) sections 8 and 10 shall be omitted.