Section 4: Conditions for certification of standing orders.

Standing orders shall be certifiable under this Act if—

(a) provision is made therein for every matter set out in the Schedule which is applicable to the industrial establishment, and

(b) the standing orders are otherwise in conformity with the provisions of this Act; and itshall be the function of the Certifying Officer or appellate authority to adjudicate upon the fairness or reasonableness of the provisions of any standing orders.

STATE AMENDMENT Karnataka Amendment of section 4.-In section 4 of the principal Act, for the words “Standing Orders shall be certifiable”, the words, brackets and figures “In the event of submitting the draft Standing Order under sub-section (5) of the section 3, the Standing Orders shall be certifiable” shall be substituted. [Vide Karnataka Act 12 of 2014, s. 3]