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REGISTERED NO. DL-(N)04/0007/2003-25
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-20112025-267843
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II
Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2025/KARTIKA 28, 1947 (Saka)
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MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the 19th November, 2025/Kartika 28, 1947 (Saka)
THE CONTRACT LABOUR (REGULATION AND
ABOLITION) LAKSHADWEEP (AMENDMENT)
REGULATION, 2025
No. 17 OF 2025
Promulgated by the President in the Seventy-sixth Year of the Republic of India.
A Regulation further to amend the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition)
Act, 1970, in its application to the Union territory of Lakshadweep.
In exercise of the powers conferred by article 240 of the Constitution, the
President is pleased to promulgate the following Regulation made by her:—
1. (1) This Regulation may be called the Contract Labour (Regulation and
Abolition) Lakshadweep (Amendment) Regulation, 2025.
(2) It extends to the whole of the Union territory of Lakshadweep.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Administrator may, by
notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Short title,
extent and
commencement.
Amendment of
section 1.
2. In the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 (hereinafter
referred to as the principal Act), in section 1, in sub-section (4), —
(a) in clause (a), for the words “twenty or more workmen”, the words
"fifty or more workmen" shall be substituted;
(b) in clause (b), for the words "twenty or more workmen”, the words
"fifty or more workmen” shall be substituted;
(c) in the proviso, for the words "less than twenty", the words "less than
fifty" shall be substituted.
37 of 1970.
Amendment of
section 2.
3. In section 2 of the principal Act, after clause (g), the following clause shall
be inserted, namely:-
'(gg) "State Government" means the Administrator of the Union
territory of Lakshadweep appointed by the President under article 239 of the
Constitution;'.
DROUPADI MURMU,
President.
DR. RAJIV MANI,
Secretary to the Govt. of India.
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MGIPMRND—345GI (S4)—19-11-2025.