Central Act

The Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961

This Act was repealed on 21 November 2025 by the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (37 of 2020), s.143; it may still apply to matters that began before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

1. Short title, extent, commencement and application.- (1) This Act may be called the Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961. (2) It extends to the whole of India 2[***]. (3) It shall come into force on such date, not being later than the 31st day of March, 1962, as the central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different States: 3[Provided that it shall come into force in the state of Jammu and Kashmir on the commencement of the Central Labour Laws (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act 1970 (51 of 1970]. (4) It applies to every motor transport undertaking employing five or more motor transport workers : Provided that the state Government may, after giving not less than two months’ notice of its intention so to do, by notification in the Official Gazette, apply all or any of the provisions of this Act to any motor transport undertaking employing less than five motor transport workers.