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Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
Act no. 63 of 19481948Repealed 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This Act was repealed on 21 November 2025 by the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (37 of 2020), s.143(1); it may still apply to matters that began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 Factories Act, 1948. 2[(2) It extends to the whole of India 3***.] (3) It shall come into force on the 1st day of April 1949.