Contact Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970
12. Licensing of contractors
(1) With effect from such date as the appropriate government
may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint no contractor to whom
this Act applies, shall undertake or execute any work through contract labor except
under and in accordance with a license issued in that behalf by the licensing
officer.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this Act, a license under
sub-section (1) may contain such conditions including, in particular,
conditions as to hours of work, fixation of wages and other essential amenities
in respect of contract labor as the appropriate government may deem fit to
impose in accordance with the rules, if any, made under section 35 and shall be
issued on payment of such fees and on the deposit of such sum, if any, as
security for the due performance of the conditions as may be prescribed.