The Maharashtra Recognition of Trade Unions and Prevention of Unfair Labour Practices Act, 1971
10. APPLICATION OF CHAPTER III. –
(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-sections (2) and (3), the provisions of this Chapter shall apply to every undertaking, wherein fifty or more employees are employed, or were employed on any day of the preceding twelve months :
Provided that, the State Government may, after giving not less than sixty days’ notice of its intention so to do, by notification in the Official Gazette, apply the provisions of this Chapter to any undertaking, employing such number of employees less than fifty as may be specified in the notification.
(2) The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to undertakings in industries to which the provisions of the Bombay Act for the time being apply.
(3) If the number of employees employed in any undertaking to which the provisions of this Chapter apply at any time falls below fifty continuously for a period of one year, those provisions shall cease to apply to such undertaking.
The Maharashtra Recognition of Trade Unions and Prevention of Unfair Labour Practices Act, 1971
