REGISTRATION OF ESTABLISHMENTS EMPLOYING CONTRACT LABOUR :

In order to secure its objectives and purposes the Act contains provisions for Registration of establishments employing contract labour.

Appointment of registering officer 

Section 6 empowers the appropriate Government appoint by notification in the Official Gazette, persons being gazetted officers of Government, to be registering officers and define the limits within which a registering officer shall exercise the powers conferred on him by or under the Act. (Section 6)

Registration of certain establishments 

Every establishment covered by the Act, if it wants to engage twenty or more persons through a contractor has to get itself registered. Section 7 of the Act lays down that every principal employer of an establishment to which the Act applies shall make an application to the registering officer in the prescribed manner for registration of the establishment within the prescribed time limit. A registration fee varying from Rs. 20 to Rs. 500 which is related to the number of workmen employed as contract labour, is payable. If the application is complete in all respects the registering officer shall register the establishment and issue to the principal employer of the establishment a certificate of registration in the prescribed form. (Section 7)

Revocation of registration in certain cases

The registration can be revoked in the following circumstances.

(1) If the registering officer is satisfied, either on a reference made to him in his behalf or otherwise, that the registration has been obtained by mis-representation or suppression of any material fact, or

(2) that the registration has become useless and become ineffective for any other reason and, therefore, requires to be revoked.

In both the cases, the registering officer shall give an opportunity to the principal employer of the establishment to be heard. He will also obtain previous approval of the appropriate Government in case the registration is to be revoked. (Section 8)