(1) In accordance with the provisions of this Code, the statutory standards and employer duties governing Rules and regulations to be laid before Parliament shall be enforced across all industrial premises, factories, mines, and workplaces throughout India.
(2) Every occupier, principal employer, contractor, and manager shall strictly implement the environmental benchmarks, machinery safeguards, working hour limitations, and welfare facilities specified under this section.
(3) Failure to maintain the health and safety standards mandated under this section shall constitute a punishable offence under Chapter XI, attracting fines and imprisonment where serious bodily injury or fatality occurs.
Legal Commentary & Landmark Judgments: Section 133
Section 133 of the Code requires all rules, regulations, and schemes made under the Code by the Central Government to be laid before each House of Parliament for thirty days, subjecting delegated legislation to supreme democratic scrutiny.
In litigating the validity of an executive rule or notification under the Code, check parliamentary records: if a mandatory laying requirement was breached or if Parliament modified the rule, challenge executive enforcement on grounds of procedural ultra vires.