Central Act

118A

Section 118A. Restriction on disclosure of information.

THE FACTORIES ACT, 1948

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This Act was repealed on 21 November 2025 by the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (37 of 2020), s.143(1); it may still apply to matters that began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.

4[118A. Restriction on disclosure of information.—(1) Every Inspector shall treat as confidential the source of any complaint brought to his notice on the breach of any provision of this Act. (2) No inspector shall, while making an inspection under this Act, disclose to the occupier, manager or his representative that the inspection is made in pursuance of the receipt of a complaint: Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall apply to any case in which the person who has made the complaint has consented to disclose his name. ]