Contact Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970
31. Power to exempt in special cases
The appropriate government may, in the case of an emergency,
direct, by notification in the Official Gazette, that subject to such
conditions and restrictions, if any, and for such period or periods, as may be
specified in the notification, all or any of the provisions of this Act or the
rules made thereunder shall not apply to any establishment or class of
establishments or any class of contractors.