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EXTRAORDINARY
Published by Authority
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PUNJAB VIDHAN SABHA SECRETARIAT
NOTIFICATION
The 27th August, 2020
No. 19-PLA-2020/59.- The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition)
(Punjab Amendment) Bill, 2020 is hereby published for general information
under the proviso to rule 121 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of
Business in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha (Punjab Legislative Assembly):-
Bill No.19-PLA-2020
THE CONTRACT LABOUR (REGULATION AND ABOLITION)
(PUNJAB AMENDMENT) BILL, 2020
A
BILL
Further to amend the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition)
Act, 1970 in its application to the State of Punjab.
Be it enacted by the legislature of the State of Punjab in the Seventy-
first Year of the Republic of India, as follows:-
1. (1) This Act may be called The Contract Labour (Regulation and
Abolition) (Punjab Amendment) Act, 2020.
Short-title and commencement
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(2) It shall come into force on and with effect from the date of its
publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970, in its
application to the State of Punjab, in section 1, in sub-section (4), in clauses
(a), (b) and the proviso thereunder, for the word "twenty", the word "fifty"
Amendment of Section 1 of Central Act 37 of 1970
shall be substituted.
3. (1) The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) (Punjab
Repeal and saving
Amendment) Ordinance, 2020, published in the Punjab Government Gazette
(Extraordinary) dated the 11th August, 2020, is hereby repealed.
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STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
To promote the industries in Punjab there is a need to increase the
existing limit when Contract Act comes into force. At present it gets attracted
when 20 or more workmen are employed. Many other states have amended
section 1(4) (a)&(b) of The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act
1970 by increasing the thresh-hold limit from 20 workmen to 50 workmen.
Therefore to provide level playing field to industries of Punjab we should
amend section 1(4)(a)&(b) of The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition)
Act 1970.
Hence, the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) (Punjab
Amendment) Bill, 2020.