Keyword(s):
Contract Labour, Regulation, Abolition, Labour, Contract

to amend the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970
in its application to the State of Rajasthan.
Be it enacted by the Rajasthan State Legislature in the Sixtyfifth Year of the Republic of India, as follows:-

  1. Short title, extent and commencement.- (1) This Act
    may be called the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition)
    (Rajasthan Amendment) Act, 2014.
    (2) It shall extend to the whole of the State of Rajasthan.
    (3) It shall come into force at once.
  2. Amendment of section 1, Central Act No. 37 of
    1970.- For the existing sub-section (4) of section 1 of the Contract
    Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 (Central Act No. 37 of
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    1970), in its application to the State of Rajasthan, the following
    shall be substituted, namely:-
    “(4) It applies-
    (a) to every establishment in which fifty 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 fifty or
    more workmen:
    Provided that the State 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 fifty as may be specified in the notification.”.

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