Contact Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970
21. Application for a license
(1) Every application by a contractor for the grant of a license
shall be made in triplicate, in Form IV, to the licensing officer of the area
in which the establishment, in relation to which he is the contractor, is
located.
(2) Every application for the grant of a license shall be
accompanied by a certificate by the principal employer in Form V to the effect
that the applicant has been employed by him as a contractor in relation to his
establishment and that he undertakes to be bound by all the provisions of the
Act and the rules made there under in so far as the provisions are applicable
to him as principal employer in respect of the employment of contract labor by
the applicant.
(3) Every such application shall be either personally delivered
to the licensing officer or sent to him by registered post.
(4) On receipt of the application referred to in sub-rule (1),
the licensing officer shall, after noting thereon the date of receipt of the
application, grant an acknowledgement to the applicant.
(5) Every application referred to in sub-rule (1) shall also be
accompanied by a 5[demand draft] showing-
(i) the deposit of the security at the rates
specified in rule 24, and
(ii) the payment of the fees at the rates
specified in rule 26.