Trade Unions Act, 1926 · Chapter II: Registration of Trade Unions
Section 13: Incorporation of registered Trade Unions
The Trade Unions Act, 1926 was repealed and replaced by the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 from 21 November 2025. It still applies to matters and proceedings from before that date, as the repealing law provides.
Every registered Trade Union shall be a corporate by the name under which it is registered, and shall have perpetual succession and a body common seal with power to acquire and hold both movable and immovable property and to contract, and shall by the said name sue and be sued.
Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the text of the Act as it stood before its repeal. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.