Bombay Industrial Relations Act (extended to Gujarat), 1946
(1) This Act extends to the [whole of the State of Maharashtra]. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the [State] Government may by notification in the Official Gazette specify : [ Provided that, on the commencement of the Bombay Industrial Relations (Extension and Amendment) Act, 1964 (Mah. XXII of 1965), this Act shall come into force in those areas of the Vidarbha area of the State in which immediately before such commencement the Central Provinces and Berar Industrial Disputes Settlement Act, 1947 (C. P. and Berar XXIII of 1947), was in force.] (3) In the areas in which the Bombay Industrial Disputes Act, 1938 (Bom. XXV of 1938), was in force immediately before the commencement of this Act, this Act shall apply to the industries to which the said Act applied : [ Provided that this Act shall cease to apply with effect from the date on which the Bombay Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act, 1949 (Bom. LV of 1949), comes into force, to the Imperial Bank of India and any banking company as defined in section 5 of the Banking Companies Act, 1949 (X of 1949), having branches or other establishments in more than one [State].] (4) The [State] Government may by notification in the Official Gazette apply all or any of the provisions of this Act to all or any other industries, whether generally or any local area as may be specified in such notification : [ Provided that on the commencement of the Bombay Industrial Relations (Extension and Amendment) Act, 1964 (Mah. XXII of 1965), all the provisions of this Act shall apply to those