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Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 Preamble 1

Title: Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970

State: Central

Year: 1970

CONTRACT LABOUR (REGULATION AND ABOLITION) ACT, 19701 [Act, No. 37 of 1970] [5th September, 1970] PREAMBLE An Act to regulate the employment of contract labour in certain establishments and to provide for its abolition in certain circumstances and for matters connected therewith BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-first Year of the Republic of India as follows:- _________________________ 1. Came into force on 10th February, 1971, vide Gazette of India Extra. Pt. II, section 3(i), dated 10th February, 1971.

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Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 Chapter I

Title: Preliminary

State: Central

Year: 1970

.....establishment, means a person who undertakes to produce a given result for the establishment, other than a mere supply of goods or articles of manufacture to such establishment, through contract labour or who supplies contract labour for any work of the establishment and includes a sub-contractor; (d) "controlled industry" means any industry the control of which by the Union has been declared by any Central Act to be expedient in the public interest; (e) "establishment" means- (i) any office or department of the government or a local authority, or (ii) any place where any industry, trade, business, manufacture or occupation is carried on; (f) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (g) "principal employer" means- (i) in relation to any office or department of the government or a local authority, the head of that office or department or such other officer as the government or the local authority; as the case may be, may specify in this behalf, (ii) in a factory, the owner or occupier of the factory and where a person has been named as the manager of the factory under the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948), the person so named. (iii) in a mine,.....

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Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 Section 1

Title: Short Title, Extent, Commencement and Application

State: Central

Year: 1970

..... (a) to every establishment in which twenty or more workmen are employed or were employed on any day of the preceding twelve months as contract labour; (b) to every contractor who employs or who employed on any day of the preceding twelve months twenty or more workmen: Provide that the appropriate government may, after giving not less than two months' notice of its intention so to do, by notification in the Official Gazette, apply the provisions of this Act to any establishment or contractor employing such number of workmen less than twenty as may be specified in the notification. (5) (a) It shall not apply to establishments in which work only of an intermittent or casual nature is performed. (b) If a question arises whether work performed in an establishment is of an intermittent or casual nature, the appropriate government shall decide the question after consultation with the Central Board or, as the case may be, as State Board, and its decision shall be final. Explanation.-For the purpose of this sub-section, work performed in an establishment shall not be deemed to be of an intermittent nature- (i) if it was performed for more than one hundred and twenty.....

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Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1970

.....establishment, means a person who undertakes to produce a given result for the establishment, other than a mere supply of goods or articles of manufacture to such establishment, through contract labour or who supplies contract labour for any work of the establishment and includes a sub-contractor; (d) "controlled industry" means any industry the control of which by the Union has been declared by any Central Act to be expedient in the public interest; (e) "establishment" means- (i) any office or department of the government or a local authority, or (ii) any place where any industry, trade, business, manufacture or occupation is carried on; (f) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (g) "principal employer" means- (i) in relation to any office or department of the government or a local authority, the head of that office or department or such other officer as the government or the local authority; as the case may be, may specify in this behalf, (ii) in a factory, the owner or occupier of the factory and where a person has been named as the manager of the factory under the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948), the person so named. (iii) in a mine,.....

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Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 Chapter II

Title: The Advisory Boards

State: Central

Year: 1970

.....members nominated to represent the workmen shall not be less than the number of members nominated to represent the principal employers and the contractors. Section 4 - State Advisory Board (1) The State Government may constitute a Board to be called the State Advisory Contract Labour Board (hereinafter referred to as the State Board) to advise the State Government on such matters arising out of the administration of this Act as may be referred to it and to carry out other functions assigned to it under this Act. (2) The State board shall consist of (a) a Chairman to be appointed by the State Government; (b) the Labour Commissioner, ex officio, or in his absence any other officer nominated by the State Government in that behalf; (c) such number of members, not exceeding eleven but not less than nine, as the State Government may nominate to represent that government, the industry, the contractors, the workmen and any other interests which, in the opinion of the State Government, ought to be represented on the State Board. (3) The number of persons to be appointed as members from each of the categories specified in sub-section (2), the term of office and other.....

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Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 Section 3

Title: Central Advisory Board

State: Central

Year: 1970

.....Board (hereinafter referred to as the Central Board) to advise the Central Government on such matter arising out of the administration of this Act as may be referred to it and to carry out other functions assigned to it under this Act. (2) The Central Board shall consist of (a) a Chairman to be appointed by the Central Government; (b) the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), ex officio; (c) such number of members, not exceeding seventeen but not less than eleven, as the Central Government may nominate to represent that government, the Railways, the coal industry, the mining industry, the contractors, the workmen and any other interests which, in the opinion of the Central Government, ought to be represented on the Central Board. (3) The number of persons to be appointed as members from each of the categories specified in sub-section (2), the term of office and other conditions of service of, the procedure to be followed in the discharge of their functions by, and the manner of filling vacancies among, the members of the Central Board shall be such as may be prescribed: Provide that the number of members nominated to represent the workmen shall not be less than.....

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Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 Section 4

Title: State Advisory Board

State: Central

Year: 1970

.....Labour Board (hereinafter referred to as the State Board) to advise the State Government on such matters arising out of the administration of this Act as may be referred to it and to carry out other functions assigned to it under this Act. (2) The State board shall consist of (a) a Chairman to be appointed by the State Government; (b) the Labour Commissioner, ex officio, or in his absence any other officer nominated by the State Government in that behalf; (c) such number of members, not exceeding eleven but not less than nine, as the State Government may nominate to represent that government, the industry, the contractors, the workmen and any other interests which, in the opinion of the State Government, ought to be represented on the State Board. (3) The number of persons to be appointed as members from each of the categories specified in sub-section (2), the term of office and other conditions of service of, the procedure to be followed in the discharge of their functions by, and the manner of filling vacancies, among, the members of the State Board shall be such as may be prescribed: Provided that the number of members nominated to represent the workmen shall not.....

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Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 Section 5

Title: Power to Constitute Committees

State: Central

Year: 1970

(1) The Central Board or the State Board, as the case may be, may constitute such committees and for such purpose or purposes as it may think fit. (2) The committee constituted under sub-section (1) shall meet at such time and places and shall observe such rules of procedure in regard to the transaction of business at its meetings as may be prescribed. (3) The members of a committee shall be paid such fees and allowances for attending its meetings as may be prescribed: Provided that no fees shall be payable to a member who is an officer of government or of any corporation established by any law for the time being in force.

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Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 Chapter III

Title: Registration of Establishments Employing Contract Labour

State: Central

Year: 1970

.....to him in thisbehalf or otherwise, that the registration of any establishment has beenobtained by misrepresentation or suppression of any material fact, or that forany other reason the registration has become useless or ineffective and,therefore requires to be revoked, the registering officer may, after giving anopportunity to the principal employer of the establishment to be heard and withthe previous approval of the appropriate government, revoke the registration. Section 9 - Effect of non-registration No principal employer of an establishment, to which this Act applies, shall (a) in the case of an establishment required to be registered under section 7, but which has not been registered within the time fixed for the purpose under that section; (b) in the case of an establishment the registration in respect of which has been revoked under section 8, employ contract labour in the establishment after the expiry of the period referred to in clause (a) or after the revocation of registration referred to in clause (b), as the case may be. Section 10 - Prohibition of employment of contract labour (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the appropriate.....

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Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 Section 6

Title: Appointment of Registering Officers

State: Central

Year: 1970

The appropriate government may, by an order notified in the Official Gazette (a) appoint such persons, being Gazetted Officers of government, as it thinks fit to be registering officers for the purpose of this chapter; and (b) define the limits, with in which a registering officer shall exercise the powers conferred on him by or under this Act.

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