1. Short t itle, extent and commencement .
(1)This Act may be called the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.
2[(2) It extends to the whole of India:
3* * * * *](3)It shall come into force o n the first day of April, 1947. 2. Definitions .-In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context, -
(a)“appropriate Government ” means - (i)in relation to any industrial dispute concerning 4*** any industry carried on by or under
the author ity of the Central Government, 5*** or by a railway company 6[or concerning any such
controlled industry as may be specified in this beh alf by the Central Government] 7*** or in
relation to an industri al dispute concerning 8[9[10[11[a Dock Labour Board established under section 5A of the Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1948 (9 of 194 8), or 12[the
Industrial Finance Corporation of India Limited formed and registered under the Companies Act,
1956 (1 of 1956) ], or the Employees ’ State Insurance Corporation established under section 3 of
the Employees ’ State Insurance Act, 1948 (34 of 1948), or the Board of Trustees constituted
under section 3A of the Coal Mines Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1948
(46 of 1948), o r the Central Board of Trustees and the State Boards of Trustees constituted under
section 5A and section 5B, respectively, of the Employees ’ Provident Fund and Miscellaneous
Provisions Act, 1952 (19 of 1952), 13***, or the Life Insurance Corporation of In dia established
under section 3 of the Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956 (31 of 1956), or 14[the Oil and
Natural Gas Corporation Limited registered under the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956) ], or the
1. This Act has been extended to Goa, Daman and Diu by Reg. 12 of 1962 , s. 3 and the schedule (w.e.f. 19 -12-1962) ; to
Pondicherry by Reg. 7 of 1963 (w.e.f. 1 -10-1963); and Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands by Reg. 8 of 1965, s. 3 and
the Schedule.
3. Omitted by Act 51 of 1970, s. 2 and the Schedule (w.e.f. 1 -9-1971).
4. Certain words omitted by Act 36 of 1964, s. 2 (w.e.f. 19 -12-1964).
5. The words “by the Federal Railway Authority” omi tted by the A.O. 1948.