**Executive Summary**
This document is "The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Amendment) Regulation, 2025," No. 11 of 2025, promulgated by the President of India. It amends the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970, as it applies to the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. The regulation comes into force on a date appointed by the Administrator via official notification.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Short Title and Extent:**
* The regulation is called "The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Amendment) Regulation, 2025."
* It extends to the entire Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
* **Amendment to Section 1 of the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970:**
* In clauses (a) and (b) of subsection (4), "twenty or more workmen" is replaced with "fifty or more workmen."
* In the proviso, "less than twenty" is replaced with "less than fifty."
* **Amendment to Section 2 of the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970:**
* A new clause (gg) is inserted, defining "State Government" as the Administrator of the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu appointed by the President under article 239 of the Constitution.
**Impact Analysis**
* **Administrator of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu:**
**Impact:** The Administrator is now legally defined as the "State Government" for the purposes of the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970, within the Union territory. The regulations regarding the numbers of workmen is also amended, with implications for oversight and implementation.
**Action Required:** Must appoint a date for the regulation to come into force via notification in the Official Gazette.
* **Contractors and Establishments in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu:**
**Impact:** The threshold for applicability of certain provisions of the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970, related to the number of workmen, has increased from twenty to fifty.
**Action Required:** Review and adjust practices to comply with the new threshold of "fifty or more workmen" for the Act's applicability.
* **Workmen in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu:**
**Impact:** Change in regulation thresholds may affect their rights and protections under the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970, depending on the size of the workforce they are part of.
**Action Required:** Understand the revised threshold of fifty or more workmen to determine applicability of the Act to their workplaces.
Key Entities Referenced
Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970: The principal Act being amended by this Regulation.
Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Amendment) Regulation, 2025: The primary subject of the document, amending the 1970 Act in the Union Territory.
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu: The Union Territory to which the Amendment Regulation applies.
Ministry of Law and Justice (Legislative Department): The Ministry responsible for this Regulation.
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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)
DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU
(AMENDMENT) REGULATION, 2025
No. 11 o f 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 Dadra and Nagar
Haveli and Daman and Diu.
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 Short title,
extent and
Abolition) Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Amendment)
commencement.
Regulation, 2025.
(2) It extends to the whole of the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli
and Daman and Diu.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Administrator may, by
notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.2 THE GAZETTE OF IND2IA EXTRAORDINARY [Part II—
Amendment of 2. In the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 (hereinafter 37 of 1970.
section 1.
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.
Amendment of 3.In section 2 of the principal Act, after clause (g), the following clause shall
section 2. be inserted, namely:—
‘(gg) “State Government” means the Administrator of the Union
territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu appointed by the
President under article 239 of the Constitution;’.
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President.
DROUPADI MURMU,
President.
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DR. RAJIV MANI,
Secretary to the Govt. of India.
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