Section 69. Repeal and savings

In force (fully from 21 Nov 2025)Chapter IX — Miscellaneous

Official text

(1) The Payment of Wages Act, 1936, the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 and the Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 are hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the enactments so repealed including any notification, nomination, appointment, order or direction made thereunder or any amount of wages provided in any provision of such enactments for any purpose shall be deemed to have been done or taken or provided for such purpose under the corresponding provisions of this Code and shall be in force to the extent they are not contrary to the provisions of this Code till they are repealed under the corresponding provisions of this Code or by the notification to that effect by the Central Government.
(3) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (2), the provisions of section 6 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 shall apply to the repeal of such enactments.

Source: The Code on Wages, 2019, Act No. 29 of 2019 — Gazette of India, p. 29 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 29 · official download · all sources

Acts cited in the margin: 4 of 1936 · 11 of 1948 · 21 of 1965 · 25 of 1976 · 10 of 1897

Commencement In force (fully from 21 Nov 2025)

Notification wording (2)

S.O. 4604(E), in force from 18 Dec 2020: “section 69 [to the extent it relates to sections 7 and 9 (to the extent they relate to the Central Government) and section 8 of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (11 of 1948)]”
S.O. 5322(E), in force from 21 Nov 2025: “section 69, except the provisions of the Code mentioned at serial number 3 of S.O. 4604 (E), dated the 18th December, 2020”