Clause 66

The Minister may by notification in the Gazette require all contractors and sub-contractors to be registered with the Commissioner and thereafter no person shall act as a contractor or a sub-contractor unless he is so registered.

Every application for such registration shall be in the prescribed form.

Every person so registered under the provisions of this section as a contractor or sub-contractor shall be deemed to be the employer of the workmen employed by him.

Every contractor or sub-contractor who has been so registered and who changes the name under which he carries on business shall within seven days of such change of name apply in writing to the Commissioner for re-registration and cancellation of the previous registration.

The Commissioner may at his discretion effect the registration of any person under this section and may at his discretion cancel any such registration.

The Minister may make regulations to prescribe the requirements and conditions for registration of a contractor or sub-contractor under this section.

Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.