Penalty-imposing authority under labour safety code is assigned to regional labour commissioners across defined territorial jurisdictions. Specified Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) are appointed as officers empowered to impose penalties for the purposes of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 under section 111. The notification assigns each officer a defined local jurisdiction, including the whole of India for the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) office and separate territorial limits for the listed regional offices. Several jurisdictions are framed by state, union territory and district-wise boundaries, with certain exclusions expressly specified to determine the scope of penalty-imposing authority.