Act Number: 37

Act Name: The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970

Year: 1970

Enactment Date: 1970-09-05

Long Title: An Act to regulate the employment of contract labour in certain establishments and to provide for its abolition in certain circumstances and for matters connected therewith.

Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment

Department:

Section 23: Contravention of provisions regarding employment of contract labour.
    Whoever contravenes any provision of this Act or of any rules made thereunder prohibiting, restricting or regulating the employment of contract labour, or contravenes any condition of a licence granted under this Act, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine 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 contravention.
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