The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) (Punjab Amendment) Act, 2020 (Punjab Act No. 13 of 2020) as extended to chandigarh

No. U-11036/6/2025-UTL(Part) Government of India Ministry of Home Affairs 4th Floor, Kartavya Bhavan-3, Janpath Road, New Delhi -110 001. Dated the IPI\November, 2025 To The Chief Secretary, UT of Chandigarh, Chandigarh - 160001. Sub: Notification regarding extension of (i) the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) (Punjab (Amendment) Act, 2020 (Punjab Act 13 of 2020) and (ii) the Industrial Disputes (Punjab Amendment) Act, 2020 (Punjab Act 14 of 2020) to the UT of Chandigarh. Sir, I am directed to refer to UT Administration of Chandigarh's letter No. 12/2/420(371533)-HII(2)-2024/5255 dated 02.04.2025 on the subject mentioned above and to enclose herewith copy of Notifications dated 14.11.2025 published in the Gazette of India vide S.O. 5188 (E) and S.O. 5189 (E) regarding extension of (i) the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) (Punjab (Amendment) Act, 2020 (Punjab Act 13 of 2020) and (ii) the Industrial Disputes (Punjab Amendment) Act, 2020 (Punjab Act 14 of 2020) respectively, to the UT of Chandigarh, for information and necessary action. Yours faithfully, Encl: As above (Kant hk Chaudhary) Deputy Commandant (UT) e-mail: dcut-mhaftspv.in Copy to : /NIC(MHA) alongwith a copy of Notifications dated 14.11.2025 published in the Gazette of India vide S.O. 5188 (E) and S.O. 5189 (E) for uploading the same on the MHA website. C_• In diaC ode Ti-414t Tf. 33004/99 REGD. No. D. 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In the said Act, — liTTff : 3171TETRuf in section 2, for the words "State of Punjab", the words "Union territory of Chandigarh" shall be substituted; (ii) section 3 shall be omitted. [F. No. U-11036/6/2025-UTL] PRAVEEN KUMAR RAI, Jt. Secy. ANNEXURE PART I GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS, PUNJAB NOTIFICATION The 1" October, 2020 No.16-Leg./2020.- The following Act of the Legislature of the State of Punjab received the assent of the Governor of Punjab on the 22nd day of September, 2020, is hereby published for general information:- THE CONTRACT LABOUR (REGULATION AND ABOLITION) (PUNJAB AMENDMENT) ACT, 2020 (Punjab Act No. 13 of 2020) AN ACT further to amend the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970, in i application to the State of Punjab. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Punjab in the Seventy- first Year of tl Republic of India as follows:- 1. (1) This Act may be called the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) (Punjab Amendment) Act, 2020. (2) It shall come into force on and with effect from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970, in its application to the State of Punjab, in section 1, in sub-section (4), in clauses (a), (b) and the proviso thereunder, for the word "twenty", the word "fifty" shall be substituted. 3. (1) The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) (Punjab Amendment) Ordinance, 2020, published in the Punjab Government Gazette (Extraordinary) dated the 11th August, 2020, is hereby repealed. (2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the principal Act, as amended by the Ordinance referred to in sub-section (1), shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the Principal Act, as amended by this Act. Short title and commencement. Amendment of section 1 of Central Act 37 of 1970. Repeal and saving. S. K. AGGARWAL, Secretary to Government of Punjab Department of Legal and Legislative Affairs. In diaC ode