Contents of the Industrial Relations Code

The Industrial Relations Code, 2020

Section 31. Certifying officer and appellate authority to have powers of civil court

In force since 21 Nov 2025Chapter IV — Standing Orders

Official text

(1) Every certifying officer and the appellate authority referred to in section 32 shall have all the powers of a civil court for the purposes of receiving evidence, administering oath, enforcing the attendance of witnesses, and compelling the discovery and production of documents, and shall be deemed to be a civil court within the meaning of sections 345 and 346 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

(2) Clerical or arithmetical mistakes in any order passed by a certifying officer, or errors arising therein from any accidental slip or omission may, at any time, be corrected by that officer or successor in office of such officer.

Source: The Industrial Relations Code, 2020, Act No. 35 of 2020 — Gazette of India, p. 19 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 19 · official download · all sources

Acts cited in the margin: 2 of 1974

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”