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Contents of the Industrial Relations Code

The Industrial Relations Code, 2020

Section 12. Incorporation of a registered Trade Union

In force since 21 Nov 2025Chapter III — Trade Unions

Official text

Every registered Trade Union shall be a body corporate by the name under which it is registered, and shall have perpetual succession and a common seal with power to acquire and hold both movable and immovable property and to contract, and shall by the said name sue and be sued.

Source: The Industrial Relations Code, 2020, Act No. 35 of 2020 — Gazette of India, p. 12 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 12 · official download · all sources

Commencement In force since 21 Nov 2025

Notification wording (1)
  • S.O. 5320(E), in force from 21 Nov 2025: “the Central Government hereby appoints the 21st day of November, 2025 as the date on which the provisions of the said Code, shall come into force”