Vidhi Codex

section 40

Repeal and savings

The Madhya Pradesh Code on Empowerment Workplace (Shram Shakti Samhita) Act, 2026
Labour202640 sections
Read full ActSections
Statutory text
  1. (1) On and from the commencement of this Code, the following State enactments shall stand repealed—
    • (a) The Madhya Pradesh Adjustment and Liquidation of Industrial Workers Debt Act, 1936 (No. 5 of 1936);
    • (b) The Madhya Pradesh Shops and Establishments Act, 1958 (No. 25 of 1958);
    • (c) The Madhya Pradesh Industrial Relations Act, 1960 (No. 27 of 1960);
    • (d) The Madhya Pradesh Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1961 (No. 26 of 1961);
  2. (2) Notwithstanding the repeal under sub-section (1), any notification, order, rule, scheme, registration, identity card, appointment, direction, assessment, demand, recovery proceeding, award, settlement or instrument issued, made or taken under the enactments so repealed, shall, in so far as it is not inconsistent with this Code, be deemed to have been issued, made or taken under the corresponding provisions of this Code and shall continue in force, until superseded by anything done or any action taken under this Code.
  3. (3) For the avoidance of doubt,–
    • (a) any right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued or incurred under the enactments so repealed, shall not be affected by such repeal;
    • (b) any penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred in respect of any offence committed against any of the repealed enactments shall not be affected;
    • (c) any investigation, inquiry or legal proceeding pending or existing at the commencement of this Code shall not be affected and may be instituted, continued and disposed of, as if the repealed enactment had not been repealed;
    • (d) all standing orders in force, immediately before the commencement of this Code, shall continue, as standing orders under this Code, until modified or superseded;
    • (e) all funds constituted under the repealed enactments and all amounts standing to their credit, shall stand transferred to and vest in the corresponding funds under this Code, subject to committed liabilities;
    • (f) all registrations and identity cards issued under the enactments so repealed shall continue until re-verification under this Code; and
    • (g) all welfare schemes in force, immediately before the commencement of this Code, shall continue, until modified merged or replaced by schemes framed under this Code.
  4. (4) Unless the context otherwise requires the provisions of Section 6 of the Madhya Pradesh General Clauses Act, 1957 (No. 3 of 1958) shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the repeal of the enactments referred to in sub-section (1).
  5. (5) Any word or expression used but not defined in this Code, if defined in any enactment repealed by this Code, shall have the meaning assigned to it in such repealed enactment.

Study data processing for this section.

PDF: pending for this language.