(x) | Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.

(xi) The Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979.
(xii) The Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951.

(xiii) Employees’ Compensation Act, 1923.

(xiv) The Industrial Employment Standing Orders Act, 1946.

(xv) The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986.

(xvi) The Equal Remuneration Act, 1976.

(xvii) The Trade Unions Act, 1926 and the Trade Union (Amendment) Act, 2001.

(xviii)Building and Other Construction Workers Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service Act, 1996.
(xix) The Code on Wages, 2019*.

(xx) The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020**.

(xxi) The Industrial Relations Code, 2020***.

(xxii) The Code on Social Security, 2020****.

*The Government of India enacted ‘The Code on Wages, 2019’ which received the assent of the President of India
on August 8, 2019. The provisions of this code will be brought into force on a date to be notified by the Central
Government. It proposes to subsume four separate legislations, namely, the Payment of Wages Act, 1936, the
Minimum Wages Act, 1948, the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 and the Equal Remuneration Act, 1976.

**The Government of India enacted ‘The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020’
which received the assent of the President of India on September 28, 2020. The provisions of this code will be
brought into force on a date to be notified by the Central Government. It proposes to subsume several separate
legislations, including the Factories Act, 1948, the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970, the
Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979 and the Building
and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996.

***The Government of India enacted ‘The Industrial Relations Code, 2020’ which received the assent of the
President of India on September 28, 2020. The provisions of this code will be brought into force on a date to be
notified by the Central Government. It proposes to subsume three separate legislations, namely, the Industrial
Disputes Act, 1947, the Trade Unions Act, 1926 and the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946.

“The Government of India enacted ‘The Code on Social Security, 2020 which received the assent of the
President of India on September 28, 2020. The provisions of this code will be brought into force on a date to be
notified by the Central Government. It proposes to subsume several separate legislations including the Employee's
Compensation Act, 1923, the Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948, the Employees’ Provident Funds and
Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952, the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, the
Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Cess Act, 1996 and the Unorganised Workers’ Social Security
Act, 2008.

Intellectual Property

Intellectual property rights refers to the general term for intangible, intellectual, industrial property rights through
patents, copyrights and trademarks and includes geographical indications, trade secrets, and confidential
information. These property rights allow the holder to exercise a monopoly on the use of the item for a specified
period.

The Trade Marks Act, 1999, as amended (the “Trade Marks Act”), provides for the registration of trademarks in
India, pursuant to which the registered owner of a trademark is granted exclusive rights to registered marks,
including brands, labels and headings, and to obtain relief in case of infringement for commercial purposes. The
Trade Marks Act prohibits registration of deceptively similar trademarks and provides for penalties for infringing,
falsifying and falsely applying trademarks.

Environmental Laws
The major statutes in India which seek to regulate, and protect the environment from, pollution related activities
in India include the Environment Protection Act, 1986, Hazardous Wastes (Management, Handling and

Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016, Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and the Air
(Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981. A brief description of these statutes are as follows:

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