Section 164 · Section- 164

(1) The following enactments are hereby repealed, namely:-
1. The Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 (8 of 1923)
2. The Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 (34 of 1948)
3. The Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (19 of 1952)
4. The Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act, 1959 (31 of 1959)
5. The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 (53 of 1961)
6. The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 (39 of 1972)
7. The Cine Workers Welfare Fund Act, 1981 (33 of 1981)
8. The Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Cess Act, 1996 (10 of 1996) 28 of 1996
9. The Unorganised Workers' Social Security Act, 2008. 33 of 2008
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, -
(a) anything done or any action taken under any enactment so repealed, including any rule, regulation, notification (including any notification issued by the States), scheme, appointment, order or direction made thereunder, or any benefit provided or conferred under the provisions of such enactments or the rules, regulations, notifications or schemes made thereunder for any purpose, shall be deemed to have been done or provided for such purpose under the corresponding provisions of this Code, including any rule, regulation, notification, scheme, appointment, order or direction made thereunder, and shall continue in force to the extent they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Code, including any rule, regulation, notification, scheme, appointment, order or direction made thereunder, unless they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Code, including any rule, regulation, notification, scheme, appointment, order or direction made thereunder; is not repealed, including any rule, regulation, notification, scheme, appointment, order or direction made thereunder by the appropriate Government;
(b) the rules, regulations and schemes made or framed under the Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952, the Employees' Provident Funds Scheme, 1952, the Employees' Deposit Insurance Scheme, 1976 and the Employees' Pension Scheme, 1955, the Agencies Procedure Rules, 1977 and the Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 shall continue to be in force to the extent they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Code for a period of one year from the date of commencement of this Code;
(c) any exemption granted under any enactment so repealed shall continue to be in force until it expires or ceases to be in force under the provisions of this Code or any direction made thereunder for such purpose. (3) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (2), the provisions of section 6 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 shall apply to the repeal of such enactments.