class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The State Government of Uttar Pradesh on October 20, 2020 has issued the Factories (Uttar Pradesh Amendment) Act, 2020 further amending the Factories Act, 1948 in its application to the State of Uttar Pradesh.
A new Section 5A is inserted granting the State Government with the power to exempt a factory from the provisions of the Act in the public interest. As per the amendment, the State Government by notification may temporarily exempt new factory or class of new factories whose commercial production starts within a period of one thousand days after the commencement of Factories (Uttar Pradesh Amendment) Act, 2020 from all or any provisions of the Act for a period of 1000 days from the date on which such production starts.
