Contents of the OSH Code

The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020

Section 138. Power to make regulation without previous publication

In force since 21 Nov 2025Chapter XIV — Miscellaneous

Official text

Notwithstanding anything contained in section 137, regulations under section136 may be made without previous publication and without reference to the National Occupational Safety Health Advisory Board constituted under sub-section (1) of section 16, if the Central Government is satisfied that for the prevention of apprehended danger or the speedy remedy of conditions likely to cause danger and to avoid delay it is necessary to dispense with from such publication and reference.

Source: The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, Act No. 37 of 2020 — Gazette of India, p. 74 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 74 · official download · all sources

Commencement In force since 21 Nov 2025

Notification wording (1)
  • S.O. 5321(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”