THE INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES ACT, 1947 · SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO LAY-OFF, RETRENCHMENT AND CLOSURE IN CERTAIN ESTABLISHMENTS
Section 25R — Penalty for closure
(1)Any employer who closes down an undertaking without complying with the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 25-O shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both.
(2)Any employer, who contravenes 2[an order refusing to grant permission to close down an undertaking under sub-section (2) of section 25-O or a direction given under section 25P], shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both, and where the contravention is a continuing one, with a further fine which may extend to two thousand rupees for every day during which the contravention continues after the conviction.
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STATE AMENDMENT
Orissa
Amendment of section 25-R.—In section 25-R of the principal Act;—
(a)in sub-section (2), for the words, brackets, figures and letters, “a direction given under sub-section (2) of section 25-O or section 25-P”, the words, brackets, figures and letters “an order refusing to grant permission to close down an undertaking under sub-section (2) of section 25-O or a direction given under section 25-P” shall be substituted;
(b)Sub-section (3) shall be omitted.
[Vide the Orissa Act 6 of 1983, s. 4]