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SCOPE AND APPLICATION OF Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970

SCOPE AND APPLICATION OF Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 :

The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 regulates the employment of contract labour in certain establishments and to provide for its abolition in certain circumstances and for matters connected therewith.

The Act extends to the whole of India. According to Section 1(4), it applies:

(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.

The appropriate Government may, after giving not less than two months notice of its intention to do so, 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.

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