the contrac1' ubcurt (:~zgl;k7[ol; ail;n aboli tion) 13ill, 1967  (~o be/as in~roduceg ~~~)1 page 4, line 26,-2 page 6, line 6,-fqr "pur-pose" ~ iipurposes ll 3 page 7, line 34,-after "limits" :jnsert " ii , 4 page 8, line 35,-iqi " ii ~ "," 5 page 14, lineio,-for "1888" ~ "1898" 6 page 14, line 16,-aft ar "labour" ~ " ii , -- 7 page 16, line 36,-(i)  ~ a sh&ll" ~ a should" (11) !sis "sug-section (1)," ~ "sut-section (1) 8 correct line numbers on pages 1, 5 and 7 n3\'1 dol· ~:y 27, 19$7 -avana 5, 1889 ( saka)  the contract labour (regulation and abolition) bill, 1967 arrangement of clauses chapter i pri!'!liminary clauses1 short title, extent, commencement and application 2 definitions  chapter ii i'm: advisory boards,3 central advisory board 4 state advisory board 5 power to constitute committees  chapter in registration of establishmints employing 00lmla(2' ~6 appointment of registering oftlcers , 7 registration of certain establishments 8 revocation of registration in certain cases 9 effect of non-registration 10 prohibition of employment of contract labqur  chapter iv licensing of contractors11 appointment of licensing oflic'ers 12 licensing of contractors 13 grant of licences 14 revocation, 'suspension and amendment of licences 15 appeal  chapter v welfare and health of contract labour clauses16 canteens 17 rest-rooms 18 other facilities 19 first-aid facilities 20 liability of principal employer in certain cases 21 responsibility for payment of wages  chapter vi penalties and procedurl!j22 obstructions 23 contravention of provisiqil$ r~garding employlncnt of co~:" tract labour 24 other offences 25 offences by companies 26 cognizance of offences 27 limitation of prosecutions  chapter vu miscellaneous28 inspecting staff 29 registers and other records to be maintained 30 effect of laws and agreements inconsistent with this act 31 power to exempt in special cases 32 protection ot action taken under this act 33 power to give directions 34 power to remove difficulties ~5 power to make rules a bill to regulate the employment of contract labour in certain eltablfsh· ments and to provide for its abolition in certain circumstances and for matters connected therewith be it enacted by parliament in the eighteenth year of the republic of india a8 follow:- chapter! preliminary s1 (1) this act may be called the contract labour and abolition) act, 1967  (regulation short title, extent, com (2) it extends to the whole of india except the state of jammu mence_ kashm ment ilild and fr application (3) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this act (4) it applies-(a) to every establishment in which twenty or more work- s men are employed or were 'employed on any day of the preceding twelve months as contract labour; (b) to every contractor who employ,:; or who employed on any day of the preceding twelve months twenty or more workmen: 10 provided 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 is (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 decision of the appropriate government thereon shall be final 20 2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requircs,--deftnitions (a) "appropriate government" means,-(l) in relation to-(i) any establishment pertaining to any industry carried on by or under the authority of the central 25 government, or pertaining to any such controlled industry as may be specified in this behalf by the central government, or (ii) any establishment of any railway, cantonment board, major port, mine or oil-freid, or 30 (iii) any establishment of a banking or izwuftnce company, the central government, (2) in relation to any other establishment, the government of the state in which that other 'establishment is 3s situated; (b) a workman shall be deemed to be employed as "contract labour" in or in connection with the work of an establishment ~~~n he is hired in or in connection with such work by or through a contractor, with or without the knowledge oi the principal employer; (c) "contractor", in relation to an establishment, means 8 pt'lwn who 12lldertakes -to proouce ·a given 1"esuit for'the e"stab-5 lisbment, other thana mere sapply of goods 'or iirtic1esof manu  facture to such prtablishment, through contract labour (jr who supplies contract labour for any work of the establishment and includes a sub-contractor; (d) "controll'ed industry" means any industry the control 10 of which by the union has been declared by any central act to be expedient in the public interest; (e) "establiebment" means-(i) any office or department of the government or a local authority, or is (ii) any place where any industry, trade, business, manufacture or occupation is carried on; <f) "prescribed" meana pre&er'ibed by rules macie· under this act; (g) "principal employer" meana-:lo (i) in relation toany 4ftiaeor depalthlent af the government or a local authority, the head of that office or department or such other officer as the government or th'e local authority, the·cae may be, may specify in this behalf, 2s (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 factmies act, 1948, the person 80 named, no! 19'8 (iii) in a mine, the owner or agent of the mine ad where a person has befen named as the manager of the mine, the person so named, 30 (iv) in any other establishment, any person responsible for the supervision and control of the establishment; expl4nation-for the puj'}xlb'e of sub-dauae (iii) of thil clause, the expressions "mine", "owner" and "agent" shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in clause (j), clause (1) and claus'e (c) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the minei act, 1952; 35 of 1952 "of 1938 (h) "wages" shall have the meaning usignedto it in clause (vi) of section 2 of the payment of wag  act, 1~; (i) "workman" means any person employed in or in connection with the work of any establishment to do any skiued, semi-skilled or un-skilled manual, supervisory, technical or clerical work for hire or reward, whether the terms' of employment be express or implied, but does not include any such 5 person-(a) who is employed mainly in a managerial or administrative capacity; or (b) who, being employed in a supervisory capacity draws wages exceeding five hundred rupees p'er mensem or 10 exercises, either by the nature of the duties attached to th'e office or by reason of the powers vested in him, functions mainly of a managerial nature; or (c) who is an out-worker, that is to say, a person to whom any articles or materials are given out by or on be- is half of the principal employer to be made up, cleaned, washed, altered, ornamented, finished, repaired, adapted or otherwise processed for sale for the purposes of the trade or business of the principal employer and the process is to be carried out either in the home of the out-worker or in some 20 other premises, not being premises und'er the control and management of the principal employer  chapter iicentral advisory board the advisory boalu>s 3 (1) the central government shall, as soon as may be, constitute 2s a broad to be called the central advisory contract labour board (hereinafter referred to as the central board) to advise the central government on such matters arisin" out of the administration of this act as may be referred to it and to carry out other functions assiened to it under this act n-(2) the central board shall consist of-(a) a chairman to be appointed by the central govern-ment; (b) the chief labour commissioner (central), ex-otjicio; (c) such number of members, not exceeding seventeen as 35 the central governm'ent 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 specifi:ed 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 vacan-s cies among, the members of the central board shall be such as may , be prescribed 4 (1) the state government may constitute a board to be called state the state advisory contract labour board (hereinaftpr referred to adviaory as the state board) to advise thp gtate government on such matters board 10 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 (z) the state board shall consist of-(a) a chairman to b~ appointed by the state government; j5 (b) the labour commissioner, ex-officio, or in his absence any other officer nominated bv the state government in that b~h!llfi ¥ 20 (c) such number of members, not exce«iing eleven, a the state government may nominate to repreeent that goy'era ment, the industry, the contracton, the workmen and any oth  interests which, in the opinion of the state government, ourht to be repreaented on the state board (a) the number of persons to be appointed •• members from each of the categories specified in su~tlon (2), the term of offtee and other conditions of service of, the procedure to b'e followed 1n 25 the discharge of their functions by, and the manner of fi111ng vacandes among, the members of the state b08j'd shall be such as may be prescribed 5 (1) the central board or the state board, 85 the case may be, powerto may constitute such committees and' for such purpose or puj'posfli as =~ 30 it may think fit ' tees (2) the committee constitut"d under sub-js€'ction (1) shan meet at such times and places and sh~l11 ob~erve such rules of procedure in regard to the transaction of business at its meetings as may he prescribed 35 (3) the members of a committee hall be paid such fees and, allowances for attending its meetings as may be pre8eriw: ' provided that no fees shall be payable to a member who is an officer of government or of any corporation elltablh'lhed by any law tw ijle im~ being in force  chapter iii rzaistration of establishments jdmployimg contract labour6 the appropriate government may, by an order notified in the official gazette-appointmentol registerin, omeer • (a) appoint such persons, being gazetted officers of govem-5 ment, as it thinks flt to be registering officers for the purpose of thb chapter, and (b) define the limits within which a registering officer shall exercise the powers conferred on him by or under this act relistration of certain establishment 7 (1) every principal employer of an establishment to which 10 this act applies shall, within such period as the appropriate governm'ent may, by notification in the official gazette, fix in this behalf with respect to establishments generally or with respect to any class of them, make an application to the registering officer in the prescribed mann~r for regi~tr~ti'm of the establishment: 15 provided that the registering officer may entertain any such appltcation for registration after expiry of the period fixed in this bmalf; if the registering oftleer -is, satisfied ,that the applicant was pde'yeldted by suffttiemt cause from· making the apj,'hcation in time' (2) if the appucation for re~ratjof;l is,eqm~1etein, au r~cts 20 the registering officer shall register the establishment and issue to tl~_ ~llcip,l, employe,; of tbe: ~l:ill~ a eerti~,ot 'agilttatiqafr~oll",iqij:l a~ch: partj~,_ ~m' ~ ~, ~" if_ tl~f,r~~~illa 0i'-qor: is saj;ift~4, ~h~· ooa  l'e~f,~~, ]tevbcatian of regiatration in ce~n ~ m_~ge to h4l\inth~ ~~jf 01;- otb~:;,- tllat thx:lrp&istutiptj otjo,y25 establishment has been obtained by misrepresentation 10f" ruppres,:, sion of any material fact, or that for any other reason the registration has ~ome useless or ineffective and, therefore, reql1ires to be revoked,the registering oftker may, after giving an opportunity to the principal employer of the establishment to be heard and with 30 the previotls approval of the appropriate government, revoke the registration 9 no principal employer of an establishment, to which tqis act applies, shall-(a) in the case of an establishment required to be register- 35 effect of non-registration ~d 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 esta})li,slwtent the regi,stratio~ in respecl of which has been revok~ undet section 8, employ ~ontract labour in the establishment attar the exp~ of the,4° period referred to in clause (a) or after the revocation of registration referred to in clause (b), as the case may be 10 (1) notwithstanding anything contained in this act, the prohibiappropriate gove-rnment may, after consultation 'with the central tion of 5 board or, as the case may be, a state board, prohibit, by notification empt)oyt- th offi' i g men ° in e cia azette, employment of contract labour in any pro- contract cess, operation or other work in any establishment labour , (2) before issuing any notification under sub-section (1) in relation to an establishment, the appropriate government shall have 10 regard to the conditions of work and benefits provided for the contract labour in that establishment and other relevant factors, such as:-i (a) whether the process operation or other work is incidental to, or necessary for the industry, trade, businen, manu-is facture or occupation that is carried on in the establishment: (b) wheiher it is of perennial nature, that is to say, it is of sufficient duration having regard to the nature of ind1lstry, trade, business, manufacture or occupation carried on in that es-tablishment; 20 (e) whether it is done ordinarily through regular workmen in that establishment or an establishment similar thereto; (d) whether it is sufficient to employ considerable number of whole-time workmen expzanatton-if a question arises whether a'ny process or ope-2s ration or other work is of perennial nature, the decision of the appropriate government thereon shall be finnl r " '-_·i~_i_  chapter iv licensing of contractors11 the appropriate gover'nment may, by an 30 the oftlcial gazette,-order notified in appointment of lieenline offteen (a) appoint sueh penod5, bein, gazetted ofilcers of government, as it thinks fit to be licensiq ofllcers for the purpoees of this chapter; and 35 (b) define the limits within which a licensing officer shan exercise the powers conferred on licc1)sing officers by or under this act licenainc 12 (1) with eftect from such date as the appropriate governof eonment may, by notificatidn in the official gazette, appoint, no contractors tractor to whom this act applies, shall undertake or execute any work through contract labour except under and in accordance with a licence issued in that behalf by the licensing officer s grant of ncences (2) subject to the provisions of this act, a licence under subsection (1) may contain such conditions includi·ng in particular, conditions as to hours of work, fixation of minimum wages and other essential ame'nities in respect of contract labour as the appropriate government may deem fit to impose in accordance with the 10 rules, if any, made under section 35 and shall be issued on payment of such fees and dn the deposit of such sum, if any, as security for the due performance of the conditions as may be prescribed ~- -----------  __  ,,----"--'~ 13 (1) every application for the grant of a licence under subsection (1) of section 12 shall be made in the prescribed form and is shall contain the particulars regarding the location o~ the establishment, the nature of process, operation or work for which contract labour is to ,be employed and such other particulars as may be prescribed (2) the licensing officer may make such investigation in respect 20 of the application received under sub-section (1) and in making any such investigation the licensing officer shall follow such procedure as may be prescribed   ' -~-"-'''''-''-- --- _-(3) a licence granted under this chapter ~hall be valid for the period specified therein and may be renewed from time to time for 25 such period and on payment of such fees and on such conditions as may be prescribed 14 (1) if the licensing officer is satisfied, either on a reference made to him in this behalf or otherwise, that-(a) a licence granted under section 12 has been obtained 30 by misrepresentation or suppression of any material fact, or rev"oc1ltion, ius pension and amendment of lic:eneea (b) the holder of a lice'nce has, without reasonable cause, failed to comply with the conditions subject to which the licence has been granted or has contravened any of the provisions of this act or the rules made thereunder 3s ,-then, without prejudice to any other pe'nalty to which the holder of the licence may be liable under this act, the licensing officer may, after giving the holder of the licence an opportunity of showing caus'e, revoke or suspend the licence or forfeit the sum, if any, or any portion thereof deposited as security for the due pertormance of the conditions subject to which the licence haa been granted (2) subject to any rules that may be made in this behalf, the 5 licensing oftlcer may vary or amend a licence granted under lee-'don 12 15 (1) any person aggrieved by an order made under section 7, ~l section 8, section 12 or section 14 may within thirty days from the date on which the order is communicated to him, prefer ad appeal jo to an appellate officer who shall be a person nominated in this behalf by the appropriate government: provided that the appellate officer may entertain the appeal after the expiry of the said period of thirty days, if he is sattsfled that the appellant was preve'nted by sufficient cause from ftling the i s appeal in time (2) on receipt of an appeal under sub-section (1), the appellate officer shall, after giving the appella'nt an opportunity of beina heard dispose of the appeal as expeditiously as possible  chapter v welfare and health of contract labour16 (1) the appropriate government may make rules requiring canteen • that in every establishment-(a) to which this act applies, (b) wherein work requiring employment of contract labour 2s is likely to continue for such period as may be prescribed, a'nd (c) wherein contract labour numbering one hundred or more is ordinarily employed by a contractor, one or more canteens shall be provided and maintained by the contractor for the use of iuch contract labour 30 (2) without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for-(a) the date by which the canteens shall be provided; (b) the number of canteens that shall be provided and the standards in respect of construction, accommodation, furniture and other equipment of the canteens; and 35 (c) the foodstufts which may he served therein and the charges which may be made therefor 17 (1) in every place wherein contract labour is required to halt at night in connection with the work of an establishment-restrooms (4) to which this act applies, and 5 (b) in which work requiring employment of contract labour is likely to continue for such period as may be prescribed, there shall be provided and maintained by the contractor for the use of the contract labour such number of rest-rooms or such other 10 suitable alternative accommodation within such time a8 may be prescribed (2) the rest-rooms or the alternative accommodation to be provided under sub-section (1) shall be sufficiently lighted and ventilated and shall be maintained in a clean and comfortable condition 15 other 18 it shall be the duty of every contractor employing contract facilities labour in connection with the work of an establishment to which this act applies, to provide and maintain-(a) a sufficient supply of wholesome drinking water for the contract labour at convenient places; 20 (b) a sufficient number of latrines and urinals of the prescribed types so situated as to be convenient and accessible to the contract labour in the establishment; and (c) washing facilities first aid facilities 19 there shall be provided and maintained by the contractor so 25 as to he readily accessible during all working hours a first-aid box equipped with the prescribed contents at every place where contract labour is employed by him liabillty of principal em-,ployer in certain c8sea 20 (1) if any amenity required to be provided under section 16, section 17, section 18 or section 19 for the benefit of the contract 30 labour employed in an establishment is not provided by the contractor within the time prescribed therefor, such amenity shall be provided by the principal employer within such time as may be prescribed (2) all expenses incurred by the principal employer in provid- 35  ing the amenity may be recovered by the principal employer from the contractor either by deduction from any amount payable to the ~ntractot under any contract or as a debt payable by the contrae:-'or ' j<' , •• 21 (1) a contractor shall be l'esponslble for payment of waaes resptrftato each worker employed by him as contract labour and such waaes butty for s shall be paid before tne expiry 01 such period as may be prescribed pafjftl8nt of" (2) every principal employer shall nominate a representative duly authorised by him to be present at the time of disbursement, 01 wages by the contractor and it shah be the duty 01 such representative to certify the amounts paid as wages in such manner as 10 may be prescribed (3) it shall be the duty of the contractor to ensure the disbursement of wages in the prese-nce of the authorised representative 01 lle prmcipal employer (4) in case the contractor fails to make payment 01 wages wlthlo is the prescribed period or makes short payment, then the princlpa! empioyer shall be liable to make payment 01 wages in 1wi or 'ull! u'opald balance due, as the case may be, to the contract labour employed by the contractor and recover the amount so paid !rom the contractor either by deduction trom any amount payaole to the :!ontractor under any contract or as a debt payable by the contrac-20 ',or  chapter vi penalties and procedure22 (1) whoever obstructs an inspector in the dibcharae of his oblltruo-2s juties under thi8 act or refuses or willuuy neglects to atford the tioni, inspector any reasanable facility for making any inapecllon, eumination, inquiry or investigation authorised by or under this act in relation to an establishment to which, or a contractor to whom, this act applies, shall be punishable witn imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with tine which may extend 30 to five hundred rupees, or with both \ (2) whoever wilfully refuses to produce on the demand of an inspector any register or other document kept in pursuance of thii act or prevents or attempts to prevent or does any thing which 35 he has reason to believe is likely to prevent any person from  ed b  t   appearing before or being examm y an mspec or acwng m pursuance of his duties under this act, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both contraventionof provisiora re,ardin, employment of contract labour 23 whoever contravenes any provision of this act or of any rules made thereunder prohibiting, restricting or regulating the employment of contract labour, or contravene's any condition of a licence granted under this act, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three month's, or with fine s which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both, and in the case of a continuing contravention with an additional fine which may extend to one hundred rupees for every day during which such contravention continues after conviction for the first such cdntravention 10 24 if any person contravenes any of the provisions of this act or of any rules made thereunder for which no other penalty is elsewhere provided, he shall be punishable with imprisonme'nt for a term which may extend to three months or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both offences by companes 25 (1) if the person committing an offence under this act is a company, the company as well as every person in charge of, and responsible to, the company for the conduct of its business at the time of the commission of the offence shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and 20 punished accordingly: provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall re'nder any such person liable to any punishment if he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or that he exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of such offence 25 (2) notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (1), where an offence under this act has been committed by a company and it is proved that the offence has been committed with the consent or connivance of, or that the commission of the offence is attributable to any neglect on the part of any director, manager, 30 managi'ng agent or any other officer of the company, such director, manager, managing agent or such other officer shall also be deemed to be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly explanation:--}<'or the purpose of this section-3s (a) "company" means any body corporate and includes a firm or other association of individuals; and (b) "director", in relation to a firm, means a partner in the firm 26 no court shall take cognizance of any offence under this act oocblzexcept on a complaint made by, or with the previous sanction in anee of writing of, the inspector and no court inferior to that of a presidency offences magistrate or a magistrate of the first class shall try any offence s puni$hable under this act 27 no court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable limitation under this act unless the complaint thereof is made within three of ~rol'le_ months from the date on which the alleged commission of the cuhons offence came to the knowledge of an inspector: 10 provided that where the offence consists of disobeying a written order made by an inspector, complaint thereof may be made within six months of the date on which the offence is alleged to have been committed  chapter vii miscellaneousis 28 (1) the appropriate government may, by notification in inspeetinj the official gazette, appoint such persons as it thinks fit to be ina- atafr pectors for the purposes of this act, and define the lo::al limits with in which they shau exercise their powen under this act 20 (2) subject to any rules made in this behalf, an inspector may, within the local limits for which he is appointed-(a) enter, at all reasonable hours, with such assistance (if any), being persons in the service of the gov"ernment or any local or other public authority as he thinks fit, any premises 2s or place where contract labour is employed, for the purpose of examining any register or record or notices required to be kept or exhibited by or under this act or rules made thereunder, and require the production thereof for inspection; (b) examine any person whom he finds in any such premises 30 or place and who, he has reasonable cause to believe, is a workman employed therein; (c) require any person giving out work and any workman, to give any information, which is in his powpr to give with respect to the names and addresses of the persons to, for and 35 from whom the work is given out or received, and with respect to the payments to be made for the workj (d) seize or take copies of such register, record of wages or notices or portions thereof as he may consider relevant in respect of an offence under this act which he has reason to believe has been committed by the principal employer; and (e) exercise such other powers as may be prescribed 5 (3) any person required to produce any document or thing or to give any information required by an inspector under sub-section (2) shall be deemed to be legally bound to do so within the meaning of section 175 and sedion ] 76 of the indian penal code 45 of 1860, i (4) the provisions of the code of criminal procedure, 1888, shall, 10 5 of 1898 j 10 far as may be, apply to any search or seizure under sub-section (2) as they apply to any search or seizure made under the authority of a warrant issued under section 98 of the said code 29 (1) every principal employer and every contractor shall maintain such registers and r€<:ords giving such particulars of 15 contract labour, employed, the nature of work performed by the contract labour, the rates of wages paid to the contract labour and such other particulars in such form as may be prescribed k-isterll and tnher records to be maintaifted (2) every principal employer and every contractor shall keep exhibited in such manner as may be prescribed within the premises 20 of the estahlishm'ent where the contract labour is employed, notices in the prescribed form containing particulars about the hours of work, nature of duty and such other information as may be prescribed 30 (1) the provisions of this act shall have effect notwith- 25 standing anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law or i'n the terms of any agreement or contract of service, or in any atanding orders applicable to the establishment whether made before or after the commencement of this act: etrect of lawtand aareementa inconsistent with this act, provided that where under any such agreement, contract of 30 service or standing orders the contract labour employed in the establishment are entitled to benefits in respect of any matter which are more favourable to them than those to which they would be entitled under this act, the contract labour shall continue to be entitled to the more favourable benefits in respect of that matter, 35 notwithstanding that they receive benefits in respect of other matters under this act (2) nothing contained in this act shall be construed as precluding any such contract labour from entering into an agreement with ute principal employer or the contractor, as the case may be, for granting them rights or privileges in respect of any matter which are more favourable to them than those to which they would be entitled under this act , 31 the appropriate government, may, if in its opinion it is power to necessary or expedient so to do, direct, by notification in the olftcial exempt in gazette, that subject to such conditions and restrictions, if any, and special for such period or periods, as may be spectfted in the notifieat'lon, cu8l all or any of the provisions of this act or the rules made thereunder 10 shall not apply to any establishment or class of establishments or any class of contractors 32 (1) no suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall jle protection against any registering officer, licensing officer or any other govem- ot ction ment servant or against any member of the central board or the taken is state board, as the -ease may be, for anything which is in good faith under done or intended to be done in pursuance of this act ~r any rule or tbjj act order made thereund'er (2) no suit or other legal proceeding shall lie against the government for any damage caueed or likely to be caused by anything 20 which is in good faith don'e or intended to be done in pursuance of this act or any rule or order made thereunder 33 the central government may give directiod:i to the govern- power ment of any state as to the carrying into ex'ecution in the state of to live the provisions contained in this act  directions 25 34 if any difficulty arises in giving effect to the proviaion of power this act, the central government may, by order published in the to remove official gazette, make suob provisions not tnconsistent with thea d:ltilculuee provisions of this act, as appears to it to be necessary or expedient 'for removing the difficulty 30 35 (1) the appropriate government may, subject to the condl- power to tion of previous publication, make rules for carrying out the pur- make poses of this act rui • (2) in particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the 35 following matters, namely:-(a) the number of persons to be appointed as memben representing various interests on the central board and the state board, the term of their office and other conditions of service, the procedure to be followed in the discharge of their functions and the m8nn£'t of filling vacancies; (b) the times and places of the meetings of any commit,tee constituted under this act, the procedure to, be followed at such 5 meetings including the quorum necessary for the transaction of business, and the :fees and allowances that may be paid to the m'embers of a committee; , (c) the manner in which establishments may be registered under section 7, the levy of a fee therefor and the form of certi 10 flcate of registration; (d) the form of application for the grant or renewal of a licence under section 13 and the particulars it may contain; (e) the manner in which an i'nvestigation! is to be made in respect of an application for the grant of a licence and the mat- is ters to be taken into account in granting or refusing a licence; (f) the form of a licence which may be granted or renewed under section 12 and the conditions subject to which the licence may be granted or renewed, the fees to be levied for the grant or renewal of a licence and the deposit of any sum as security 20 for the performance of such conditions; i (g) the circumstances under which licences may be varied or amended under sectio'n 14; (h); the form and manner in which appeals may be flied under section 15 and the procedure to be followed by appellate 25 officers in disposing of the appealls; (i) the time within which facilities required by this act to be provided and maintained may be so provided by the contractor and in case of default on the part of the contractor, by the principal employer; 30 (j) tlie number and types of canteens, rest-rooms, latrines and urinals that should be provided and maintained; (k) the type of equipment that should be provided in the first-aid boxes; 4 (1) the period within which wages payable to contract 3s labour shall be paid by the contractor under sug-section (1), -si of section 21; (m) the fonn of registers and records to be maintained b;v principal employers and contractors; (n) the submission of returns, forms in which, and the authorities to which, such retums may be submitted; (0) the collection of any informatlon or statistics in relation to contract labour; add (p) any other matter which has to be, or may be, prelcribed under thi act (3) every rule made by the central govel"llment under this act 10 shall be laid as soon as may be after it is made, before each house of parliament while it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessiodl, and if before the expiry of the sessictn in which it is so laid or the session immediately following, both houses agree in making any is modification in the rule or both houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; 80 however that a'ny such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule 2 the proposed bill aims at the abolition of contract ~abour in respect of such categories as may be notified by the appropriate government in the light of certain criteria that have been laid down, and at regulating the s'ervice conditions of contract labour where abolition is not posatble the bill provides for the setting up of advisory boards of a tripartite character, representing various interests, to advise the ,central and state governments in administering th~ legislation and registration of establishments and contractors under the scheme of the bill, the provision and maintenance of certain basic welfare amenities for contract labour, like drinking water and first-aid facilities, and in certain cases rest-rooms and cant~ens have been made obligatory provisions have also been made to guard against defaults in the matter of wage payment new delhi; jaisukhlal hathl the 3rd june, 1967  president's recommendation under article 117 of the constitution of india[copy of letter no lwi(i)14(4)j67, dated the 29th june, 1967 from shri jai sukh la! hathi, minister of labour, employment and rehabilitation to the secretary, lok sabha] the president, having been informed of the subject matter of the above biu, has recommended it, under article 117 (3) of the constitution, for consideration of the lok sabha  n "':"' the following clauses of the contract labour (regulation and abolition) bill involve expenditure to the central govet'llment:-(1) clause 3-constitution of a central advisory board (2) clause f>-appointment of committees by the central advisory board (3) clause s:-registration of establishments (appojntment of registering officers for the central iphere) (4) clause ll-appointment of licensing oftlcen and lue of licencea for the central phere (5) clau8e 28-appointme'llt of inapecting taft bl tbe central government 2 it is proposed to entrust the enforcement of ~,pnodl of the bill in all establishments in respect of which the central government is 'appropriate' government, ie, work relating to registration of establishment employine contract labour (clauae 6), 1teeni-ing of contractors (clause 11), tnspecti0d8 (clause 28), etc, to the central industrial relations machinery it may be n8cellary to appoint one assistant labour commi8llli(1ner at each re,ional headquarters namely, bombay, calcutta, madras jabalpur, kanpur, dhidbad and hyderabad, and two labour enforcement 0fbcen in each region taking into account the aclminiltratlve work that may devolve on the office of the chief labour commlssioder ,ed the department of labour and employment, the fouowjna ttiift it itbiy to be requ1red:-i department of labour and employment 1 rs ~(400)-800 1 section oftlcer 2 udc 3 ldc  " 1 1 u oj1ice oj the chief labour commiuioner " 1 regional lebaur commissioner 1 ri 800-1260 2 section 01ilcer 1 ,: , a stenosrapher 1~, , ,  ,  ~" " • assistants 5 udc •• 6 ldca 7 ,daftly ! 2 2 1 2 7 rs 600-950 7 7 7 8 pegdi -- ill regioncll headquarter 1 assistant labour commisflioners 2 udcs 3 ldcs 4peona q iv for field work 14 rs 350-25-575 1 labour enforcement officers 2 l d cs 14 14 3 peodi the total non-recurring expenditure likely to be incurred on the purchase of furniture, typewriters, etc, will amount to rs 37,000 and recurring expenditure to about rs 4,52,000 per annum 3 in addition to the expenditure mentioned above expenditure on ta and da of the non-ofticial members of the central advisory board, to be constituted under clause 3 and committees to be constituted under clause ~ of the bill will also be met by the department of labour and employment for holding two meetings in a year the expenditure is likely to be rs 10,000 per annum, thus increasing the annual recurring expenditure to rs 4,62,000  memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 16 of the bill empowers the appropriate government to make rules regarding canteens to be provided by contracton in every establishment wherein contract labour numbering one hundred or more is ordinarily employed and wherein work requiring employment of contract labour is ukely to continue for the prescribed period the matters in respect of which rules may be made relate to the date by which the canteens should be provided, the number of canteens, the standards in respect of construction, accommodation and furniture to be provided and the foodstuffs which may be served and the charges which may be made therefor ---" 2 clause 28 (2) of the bill provides for the making of rules subiect to which the inspecting staff may exercise the powers of entry, inspection, search and seizure conferred under that clause 3 clause 35 of the bul empowers the appropriate government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the act the various matters in respect of which rules may be made are specified in subclause (2) of that clause they relate inter-alia to the constitution of the central and the state advisory boards, the procedure to be followed by the central board and the state boards and by the committees thereof, manner and procedure for registration of eostablishments, the fonn of application for the grant or renewal of licences for contractors, etc, the form and manner in which appeals may be filed and the procedure to be followed by appellate ofbcert; the manner and time within which facflities like canteens, rest-rooms ~l1pplv of whol~me drinking water, latrines, urinals and ftrst-ald facilities shall be provided and maintained by the contractors, and in certain contingencies, by the principal employer, the period within which the wages have to be paid by the contractor and the manner in which the representative of the principal employer should certify the payment of wages, the forms of registers to be maintained and the returns to be submitted 4 these are all matters of administrative procedure and detail the delegation of ~egislative power is thus of a nonnal character a rill , ) _ tepte the employment of confj act jabour in certain establishments and to provide for its abolition in certain chcumf,t8nces and for mattcrs connected thcjewith (shri jm sukh lal hatm, minister of labour, employment and rehabilitation) 