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Regd. No. NW/CH-22

Regd. No. CHD/0092/2018-2020

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”

shall be substituted.

3.

(1)

The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) (Punjab

Amendment) Ordinance, 2020, published in the Punjab Government Gazette

(Extraordinary) dated the 11th August, 2020, is hereby repealed.

(2)

Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action

taken under the principal Act, as amended by the Ordinance

referred to in sub-section (1), shall be deemed to have been

done or taken under the principal Act, as amended by this

act.

Amendment of

Section 1 of

Central Act 37

of 1970

Repeal and

saving

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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.

BALBIR SINGH SIDHU

Labour Minister, Punjab

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CHANDIGARH

SHASHI LAKHANPAL MISHRA

THE 27th AUGUST, 2020

SECRETARY.

2091/8-2020/Pb. Govt. Press, S.A.S. Nagar