law: Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946
  1. Short title, extent and application
  (1) This Act may be called the Industrial Employment (Standing
  
  Orders) Act, 1946.
  (2) It extends to l[ the
  
  whole of  India .]
   2  [(3) It applies to every industrial establishment wherein
  
  one hundred or more workmen are employed, or were employed on any day of the
  
  preceding twelve months:
  PROVIDED that the appropriate government may, after
  
  giving not less than two months' notice of its intention so to do, by
  
  notification in the Official Gazette, apply the provisions of this Act to any
  
  industrial establishment employing such number of persons less than one hundred
  
  as may be specified in the notification.].
   3  [(4) Nothing in this Act shall apply to-
  (i) any industry to which the provisions of
  
  Chapter VII of the Bombay Industrial Relations Act, 1946 (11 of 1947) apply; or
  
  
  (ii) any industrial establishment to which the
  
  provisions of the Madhya Pradesh Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act,
  
  1961 (26 of 1961) apply:
  PROVIDED that notwithstanding anything contained in
  
  the Madhya Pradesh Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1961 (26 of 1961),
  
  the provisions of this Act shall apply to all industrial establishments under
  
  the control of the Central Government.]