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Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
The Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions and Empoyment) Act, 1966
Act no. 32 of 19661966Repealed 21 November 2025All India (Central Act)
This Act was repealed on 21 November 2025 by the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (37 of 2020), s.143(1); it may still apply to matters that began before then.
1. Short title, extent and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966. (2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir. (3) It shall come into force in a State on such date1 as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed by the State Government for different areas and for different provisions of this Act.