The Factories (Arunachal Pradesh Amendment) Act, 2020

1. (1) This Act may be called the Factories (Arunachal Pradesh Amendment) Act, 2020. (2) Itshall be deemed to come into force 14th July, 2020

In section 2 of the Factories Act, 1948 (Central Act 63 of 1948), as in force in the State of Arunachal Pradesh (hereinafter referred to as the ‘principal Act’), in clause (m),— (i) in sub-clause (i), for the words “ten or more workers”, the words “twenty or more workers” shall be substituted; (ii) in sub-clause (ii), for the words “twenty or more workers”, the words “forty or more workers” shall be substituted

After section 5 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:- “5A. Where the State Government is satisfied in the public interest that it is necessary to create more economic activities and employment opportunities, it may, by notification in the Official Gazette, exempt, subject to such conditions as it may think fit, any new factory or class or description of new factories which are established and whose commercial production start, from all or any of the provisions of this Act for a period of one thousand days from the date on which such commercial production start. Explanation : For the purposes of this section, the expression “new factory or class or description of new factories” means such factory or class or description of factories which are established and whose commercial production start within a period of one thousands days after the commencement of the Factories (Arunachal Pradesh Amendment) Act, 2020

In section 85 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), in clause (i), for the words “ten” and “twenty”, the words “twenty” and “forty” shall be respectively substituted.