Conditions of Employment Act, 1936

Separation of parts of industrial undertakings.

58.—(1) The Minister may by order, if and whenever he so thinks fit on the application of an employer carrying on an industrial undertaking, declare that any one or more of the departments, branches, or other parts of such undertaking shall, for all the purposes or any specified purposes of this Act, be deemed to be separate industrial undertakings, and that this Act shall apply and have effect in relation to such undertaking accordingly.

(2) The Minister may by order, whenever he so thinks fit, revoke or amend an order previously made by him under this section, including an order made under this sub-section.

(3) Whenever and so long as an order made under this section is in force in respect of an industrial undertaking, this Act shall apply and have effect in relation to such undertaking subject to and in accordance with such order.