The Buildings And Other Construction Workers (Regulation Of Employment And Conditions Of Service) Act, 1996. ACT NO. 27 OF 1996 [ 19th August, 1996].
- Short title extent commencement and application.
(1) This Act may be called the Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of
Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
(3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of March 1996.
(4) It applies to every establishment that employs or had employed on any day of the
preceding twelve months, ten or more building workers in any building or other
construction work.
Explanation.- For this sub-section, the building workers employed in
Different relays in a day by the employer or the contractor shall be considered when computing the number of building workers employed in the establishment. - Definitions.
(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) “Appropriate government” means,-
(i) about an establishment (which employs building workers either directly or
through a contractor) in respect of which the appropriate Government under the
Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947 ), is the Central Government, the Central
Government;
(ii) about any such establishment, being a public sector undertaking, as the
Central Government may by notification specify which employs building workers either
directly or through a contractor, the Central Government; Explanation.- For the
purposes of sub-clause (ii),” public sector undertaking” means any corporation
established by or under any Central, State or Provincial Act or a Government company
as defined in section 617 of the Companies Act 1956 (1 of 1956 ), which is owned,
controlled or managed by the Central Government;
(iii) about any other establishment which employs building workers either
directly or through a contractor, the Government of the State in which that other
the establishment is situated;
(b) ” beneficiary” means a building worker registered under section 12;
(c) ” Board” means a Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board
constituted under sub-section (1) of section 18;
(d) ” building or other construction work” means the construction, alteration, repairs,
maintenance or demolition, of or, about, buildings, streets, roads, railways,
tramways, airfields, irrigation, drainage, embankment and navigation works, flood
control works (including stormwater drainage works), generation, transmission and
distribution of power, water works (including channels for distribution of water), oil and
gas installations, electric lines, wireless, radio, television, telephone, telegraph and
overseas communications, dams, canals, reservoirs, watercourses, tunnels, bridges,
viaducts, aqueducts, pipelines, towers, cooling towers, transmission towers and such
other work as may be specified on this behalf by the appropriate Government, by
notification but does not include any building or other construction work to which the
provisions of the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948 ), or the Mines Act, 1952 (35 of 1952 ),
apply;
(e) ” building worker” means a person who is employed to do any skilled, semi-skilled
or unskilled, manual, supervisory, technical or clerical work for hire or reward, whether
the terms of employment be expressed or implied, in connection with any building or
other construction work but does not include any such person-
(i) who is employed mainly in a managerial or administrative capacity; or
(ii) who, being employed in a supervisory capacity, draws wages exceeding one thousand
six hundred rupees per mensem or exercises, either by the nature of the duties attached
to the office or because of the powers vested in him, functions mainly of a managerial
nature;
(f) ” Chief Inspector” means the Chief Inspector of Inspection of Building and
Construction appointed under sub-section (2) of section 42;
(g) ” contractor” means a person who undertakes to produce a given result for any
establishment, other than a mere supply of goods or articles of manufacture, by the
employment of building workers or who supplies building workers for any work of the
establishment; and includes a sub-contractor;
(h) “Director-General” means the Director-General of Inspection appointed under
sub-section (1) of section 42;
(i) ” employer”, about an establishment, means the owner thereof, and includes,-
(i) about A building or other construction work carried on by or under the
authority of any department of the Government, directly without any contractor, the
authority specified on this behalf, or where no authority is specified, the head of the
department;
(ii) about a building or other construction work carried on by or on behalf of a
local authority or other establishment directly without any contractor, the chief
executive officer of that authority or establishment;
(iii) about a building or other construction work carried on by or through a
contractor, or by the employment of building workers supplied by a contractor, the
contractor,
(j) ” establishment” means any establishment belonging to, or under the control of,
Government, any body corporate or firm, an individual or association or other body of
individuals who or who employ building workers in any building or other
construction work; and includes an establishment belonging to a contractor, but does
not include an individual who employs such workers in any building or construction
work about his residence the total cost of such construction not being more
than rupees ten lakhs;
(k) ” Fund” means the Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Fund of a
The board is constituted under sub-section (1) of section 24;
(l) ” notification” means a notification published in the Official Gazette;
(m) ” prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act by the Central
Government or, as the case may be, the State Government;
(n) ” wages” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (vi) of section 2 of
the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 (4 of 1936 ).
(2) Any reference in this Act to any law which is not in force in any area shall, in relation
to that area, be construed as a reference to the corresponding law, if any, in force in that
area. CHAP THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND EXPERT COMMITTEES CHAPTER
II THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND EXPERT COMMITTEES - Central Advisory Committee.
(1) The Central Government shall, as soon as may be, constitute a Committee to be
called the Central Building and Other Construction Workers’ Advisory Committee
(hereinafter referred to as the Central Advisory Committee) to advise the Central
Government on such matters arising out of the administration of this Act as may be
referred to it.
(2) The Central Advisory Committee shall consist of-
(a) a Chairperson to be appointed by the Central Government;
(b) three Members of Parliament of whom two shall be elected by the House of the
People and one by the Council of States- members;
(c) the Director- General- member, ex officio;
(d) such number of other members, not exceeding thirteen but not less than nine, as the
Central Government may nominate to represent the employers, building workers,
associations of architects, engineers, accident insurance institutions and any other
interests which, in the opinion of the Central Government, ought to be represented on
the Central Advisory Committee.
(3) The number of persons to be appointed as members from each of the categories
specified in clause (d) of sub-section (2), the term of office and other conditions of
service of, the procedure to be followed in the discharge of their functions by, and the
manner of filling vacancies among, the members of the Central Advisory Committee
shall be such as may be prescribed: Provided that the members nominated to represent
the building workers shall not be less than the number of members nominated to
represent the employers.
(4) It is hereby declared that the office of a member of the Central Advisory Committee
shall not disqualify its holder for being chosen as, or for being, a Member of either
House of Parliament. - State Advisory Committee.
(1) The State Government shall constitute a committee to be called the State Building
and Other Construction Workers’ Advisory Committee (hereinafter referred to as the
State Advisory Committee) to advise the State Government on such matters arising out
of the administration of this act as may be referred to it.
(2) The State Advisory Committee shall consist of-
(a) a Chairperson to be appointed by the State Government;
(b) two members of the State Legislature to be elected from the State Legislature
members;
(c) a member to be nominated by the Central Government;
(d) the Chief Inspector- member, ex officio;
(e) such number of other members, not exceeding eleven” but not less than seven, as the
State Government may nominate to represent the employers, building workers,
associations of architects, engineers, accident insurance institutions and any other
interests which, in the opinion of the State Government, ought to be represented on the
State Advisory Committee.
(3) The number of persons to be appointed as members from each of the categories
specified in clause (e) of sub-section (2), the term of office and other conditions of
service of, the procedure to be followed in the discharge of their functions by, and the
manner of filling vacancies among, the members of the State Advisory Committee shall be
such as may be prescribed: Provided that the number of members nominated to
represent the building workers shall not be less than the number of members nominated
to represent the employers. - Expert Committees.
(1) The appropriate Government may constitute one or more expert committees
consisting of persons specially qualified in building or other construction work for
advise the government to make rules under this Act.
(2) The members of the export committee shall be paid such fees and allowances for
attending the meetings of the committee as may be prescribed: Provided that no fee or
allowances shall be payable to a member who is an officer of Government or of any body
corporate established by or under any law for the time being in force. CHAP
REGISTRATION OF ESTABLISHMENTS CHAPTER III REGISTRATION OF
ESTABLISHMENTS - Appointment of registering officers. The appropriate Government may, by order
notified in the Official Gazette,-
(a) appoint such persons, being Gazetted Officers of Government, as it thinks fit, to be
the registering officers for this Act; and
(b) define the limits within which a registering officer shall exercise the powers
conferred on him by or under this Act. - Registration of establishments.
(1) Every employer shall,-
(a) about an establishment to which this Act applies on its commencement,
within sixty days from such commencement; and
(b) about any other establishment to which this Act may be applicable at any
time after such commencement, within sixty days from the date on which
this Act becomes applicable to such establishment, make an application to the
registering officer for the registration of such establishment: Provided that the
registering officer may entertain any such application after the expiry of the periods
aforesaid, if he is satisfied that the applicant was prevented by sufficient cause from
making the application within such a period.
(2) Every application under sub-section (1) shall be in such form and shall contain such
particulars and shall be accompanied by such fees as may be prescribed.
(3) After the receipt of an application under sub-section (1), the registering officer shall
register the establishment and issue a certificate of registration to the employer thereof
in such form and within such time and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed.
(4) Where, after the registration of an establishment under this section, any change
occurs in the ownership or management or other prescribed particulars in respect of
such establishment, the particulars regarding such change shall be intimated by the
employer to the registering officer within thirty days of such change in such form as may
be prescribed. - Revocation of registration in certain cases. If the registering officer is satisfied, either
on a reference made to him in this behalf or otherwise, that the registration of any
establishment has been obtained by misrepresentation or suppression of any material
fact or that the provisions of this Act are not being complied with about any work
carried on by such establishment, or that for any other reason, the registration has
become useless or ineffective and, therefore, requires to be revoked, he may, after giving
an opportunity for the employer of the establishment to be heard, and revoke the registration. - Appeal.
(1) Any person aggrieved by an order made under section 8 May, within thirty days from
the date on which the order is communicated to him, prefer an appeal to the appellate
the officer who shall be a person nominated on this behalf by the appropriate Government:
Provided that the appellate officer may entertain the appeal after the expiry of the said
period of thirty days if he is satisfied that the appellant was prevented by sufficient cause
from filing the appeal in time.
(2) On receipt of an appeal under sub-section (1), the appellate officer shall, after giving
the appellant an opportunity to be heard, confirm, modify or reverse the order of
revocation as expeditiously as possible. - Effect of non-registration. No employer of an establishment to which this Act
applies shall,-
(a) in the case of an establishment required to be registered under section 7, but which
has not been registered under that section;
(b) in the case of an establishment the registration in respect of which has been revoked
under section 8 and no appeal has been preferred against such an order of revocation
under section 9 within the period prescribed for the preferring of such appeal or where
an appeal has been so preferred, such appeal has been dismissed, employ building
workers in the establishment after the expiry of the period referred to in clause (a) or
clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 7, or after the revocation of registration
under section 8 or after the expiry of the period for preferring an appeal under section 9
or after the dismissal of the appeal, as the case may be. CHAP REGISTRATION OF
BUILDING WORKERS AS BENEFICIARIES CHAPTER IV REGISTRATION OF
BUILDING WORKERS AS BENEFICIARIES - Beneficiaries of the Fund. Subject to the provisions of this Act, every building worker
registered as a beneficiary under this Act shall be entitled to the benefits provided by the
Board from its Fund under this Act. - Registration of building workers as beneficiaries.
(1) Every building worker who has completed eighteen years of age, but has not
completed sixty years of age, and who has been engaged in any building or other
construction work for not less than ninety days during the preceding twelve months
shall be eligible for registration as a beneficiary under this Act.
(2) An application for registration shall be made in such form, as may be prescribed, to
the officer authorised by the Board on this behalf.
(3) Every application under sub-section (2) shall be accompanied by such documents
together with such fee not exceeding fifty rupees as may be prescribed.
(4) If the officer authorised by the Board under sub-section (2) is satisfied that the
the applicant has complied with the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder,
he shall register the name of the building worker as a beneficiary under this Act:
Provided that an application for registration shall not be rejected without giving the
applicant an opportunity to be heard.
(5) Any person aggrieved by the decision under sub-section (4) may, within thirty days
from the date of such decision, prefer an appeal to the Secretary of the Board or any
other officer specified by the Board on this behalf and the decision of the Secretary or
such other officer on such appeal shall be final: Provided that the Secretary or any other
officer specified by the Board on this behalf may entertain the appeal after the expiry of
the said period of thirty days if he is satisfied that the building worker was prevented by
sufficient cause from filing the appeal in time.
(6) The Secretary of the Board shall cause to maintain such registers as may be
prescribed. - Identity cards.
(1) The Board shall give every beneficiary an identity card with his photograph duly
affixed thereon and with enough space for entering the details of the building or other
construction work done by him.
(2) Every employer shall enter in the identity card the details of the building or other
construction work done by the beneficiary authenticate the same and return it to
the beneficiary.
(3) A beneficiary who has been issued an identity card under this Act shall produce the
same whenever demanded by any officer of Government or the Board, any inspector or
any other authority for inspection. - Cessation as a beneficiary.
(1) A building worker who has been registered as a beneficiary under this Act shall cease.
to be as such when he attains the age of sixty years or when he is not engaged in building
or other construction work for not less than ninety days in a year: Provided that in
computing ninety days under this subsection, there shall be excluded any
period of absence from the building or other construction work due
to any personal injury caused to the building worker by accident arising out of and in the
the course of his employment.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), if a person had been a
beneficiary for at least three years continuously immediately before attaining the age of
sixty years, he shall be eligible to get such benefits as may be prescribed. Explanation.-
For computing, three years as a beneficiary with a Board under this subsection shall be added to any period for which a person had been a beneficiary with
any other Board immediately before his registration. - Register of beneficiaries. Every employer shall maintain a register in such form as
may be prescribed showing the details of employment of beneficiaries employed in the
building or other construction work undertaken by him and the same may be inspected
without any prior notice by the Secretary of the Board or any other officer duly
authorised by the Board on this behalf. - Contribution of building workers.
(1) A building worker who has been registered as a beneficiary under this Act shall, until
he attains the age of sixty years, contribute to the Fund at such rate per mensem as may
be specified by the State Government, by notification in the Official Gazette and
different rates of contribution may be specified for different classes of building workers:
Provided that the Board may if satisfied that a beneficiary is unable to pay his
contribution due to any financial hardship, waive the payment of contribution for a
period not exceeding three months at a time.
(2) A beneficiary may authorise his employer to deduct his contribution from his
monthly wages and to remit the same, within fifteen days from such deduction to the
Board. - Effect of nonpayment of contribution. When a beneficiary has not paid his
contribution under sub- sub-section
(1) of section 16 for a continuous period of not less than one year, he shall cease to be a
beneficiary: Provided that if the Secretary of the Board is satisfied that the non-payment of contribution was for a reasonable ground and that the building worker is
willing to deposit the arrears, he may allow the building worker to deposit the
contribution in arrears and on such deposit being made, the registration of the building
the worker shall stand restored. CHAP BUILDING AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS’ WELFARE BOARDS CHAPTER V BUILDING AND OTHER
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS’ WELFARE BOARDS - Constitution of State Welfare Boards.
(1) Every State Government shall, with effect from such date as it may, by notification,
appoint, constitute a Board to be known as the (name of the State) Building and Other
Construction Workers Welfare Board to exercise the powers conferred on, and perform
the functions assigned to, it under this Act.
(2) The Board shall be a body corporate by the name aforesaid, having perpetual
succession and a common seal and shall by the said name sue and be sued.
(3) The Board shall consist of a chairperson, a person to be nominated by the Central
Government and such number of other members, not exceeding fifteen, as may be
appointed to it by the State Government: Provided that the Board shall include an equal
number of members representing the State Government, the employers and the building
workers and that at least one member of the Board shall be a woman.
(4) The terms and conditions of appointment and the salaries and other allowances
payable to the chairperson and the other members of the Board, and the
manner of filling of casual vacancies of the members of the Board shall be such as may
be prescribed. - Secretary and of Boards.
(1) The Board shall appoint a Secretary and such other officers and employees as it
considers necessary for the efficient discharge of its functions under this Act.
(2) The Secretary of the Board shall be its chief executive officer.
(3) The terms and conditions of appointment and the salary and allowances payable to
the Secretary and the other officers and employees of the Board shall be such as may be
prescribed. - Meetings of Boards.
(1) The Board shall meet at such time and place and observe such rules of procedure in
regard to the transaction of business at its meetings (including the quorum at such
meetings) as may be prescribed.
(2) The chairperson or, if for any reason he is unable to attend a meeting of the Board,
any member nominated by the chairperson on this behalf and the absence of such
nomination, any other member elected by the members present from amongst
themselves at the meeting, shall preside.
(3) All questions which come up before any meeting of the Board shall be decided by a
majority of votes of the members present and voting, and in the event of equality of
votes, the chairperson, or in his absence, the person presiding, shall have a second or a
casting vote. - Vacancies, etc., not to invalidate proceedings of the Boards. No act or proceedings of
a Board shall be invalid merely because of-
(a) any vacancy in, or any defect in the constitution of, the Board; or
(b) any defect in the appointment of a person acting as a member of the Board; or
(c) any irregularity in the procedure of the Board not affecting the merits of the case. - Functions of the Boards.
(1) The Board may-
(a) provide immediate assistance to a beneficiary in case of accident;
(b) make payment of pension to the beneficiaries who have completed the age of sixty
years;
(c) sanction loans and advances to a beneficiary for the construction of a house not
exceeding such amount and on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed;
(d) pay such amount in connection with premia for the Group Insurance Scheme of the
beneficiaries as it may deem fit;
(e) give such financial assistance for the education of children of the beneficiaries as
may be prescribed;
(f) meet such medical expenses for treatment of major ailments of a beneficiary or, such
dependant, as may be prescribed;
(g) make payment of maternity benefits to the female beneficiaries; and
(h) make provision and improvement of such other welfare measures and facilities as
may be prescribed.
(2) The Board may grant a loan or subsidy to a local authority or an employer in aid of any
scheme approved by the State Government for the purpose connected with the
the welfare of building workers in any establishment.
(3) The Board may pay annual grants-in-aid to a local authority or an employer
who provides to the satisfaction of the Board welfare measures and facilities of the
standard specified by the Board for the benefit of the building workers and the members
of their family, so, however, that the amount payable as grants-in-aid to any local
authority or employer shall not exceed-
(a) the amount spent in providing welfare measures and facilities as determined by the
State Government or any person specified by it on this behalf, or
(b) such amount as may be prescribed, whichever is less: Provided that no grant-in-aid
shall be payable in respect of any such welfare measures and facilities where the amount
spent thereon determined as aforesaid is less than the amount prescribed on this behalf. - Grants and loans by the Central Government. The Central Government may, after
due appropriation made by Parliament by law on this behalf, make to a Board grants and
loans of such sums of money as the Government may consider necessary. - Building and Other Construction Worker’s Welfare Fund and its application.
(1) There shall be constituted by a Board a fund to be called the Building and Other
Construction Workers Welfare Fund and there shall be credited to it-
(a) any grants and loans made to the Board by the Central Government under section
23;
(b) all contributions made by the beneficiaries;
(c) all sums received by the Board from such other sources as may be decided by the
Central Government.
(2) The Fund shall be applied for meeting-
(a) expenses of the Board in the discharge of its functions under section 22; and
(b) salaries, allowances and other remuneration of the members, officers and other
employees of the Board;
(c) expenses on objects and for purposes authorised by this Act.
(3) No Board shall, in any financial year, incur expenses towards salaries, allowances
and other remuneration to its members, officers and other employees and for meeting
the other administrative expenses exceeding five per cent. of its total expenses during
that financial year. - Budget. The Board shall prepare, in such form and at such time each financial year,
as may be prescribed, its budget for the next financial year, showing the estimated
receipts and expenditures of the Board and forward the same to the State Government
and the Central Government.
Annual report. - Annual report. The Board shall prepare, in such form and at such time each financial
year as may be prescribed, its annual report, giving a full account of its activities during
the previous financial year, and submit a copy thereof to the State Government and the
Central Government. - Accounts and audit.
(1) The Board shall maintain proper accounts and other relevant records and prepare an
annual statement of accounts in such form as may be prescribed in consultation with the
Comptroller and Auditor-General of India.
(2) The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India or any other person appointed by
him in connection with the auditing of the accounts of the Board under this Act shall
have the same rights and privileges and the authority in connection with such audits as
the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India has in connection with the auditing of the
Government accounts, in particular, shall have the right to demand the production
of books, accounts, connected vouchers and other documents and papers and to inspect
any of the offices of the Board under this Act.
(3) The accounts of the Board shall be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor- General
of India annually and any expenditure incurred in connection with such audit shall be
payable by the Board to the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India.
(4) The Board shall furnish to the State Government before such date as may be
prescribed its audited copy of accounts together with the auditor’s report.
(5) The State Government shall cause the annual report and auditor’s report to be laid,
as soon as may be after they are received, before the State Legislature. CHAP HOURS
OF WORK, WELFARE MEASURES AND OTHER CONDITIONS OF SERVICE OF
BUILDING WORKERS CHAPTER VI HOURS OF WORK, WELFARE MEASURES AND
OTHER CONDITIONS OF SERVICE OF BUILDING WORKERS - Fixing hours for normal working days, etc.
(1) The appropriate Government may, by rules,-
(a) fix the number of hours of work which shall constitute a normal working day for a
building worker, inclusive of one or more specified intervals;
(b) provide for a day of rest in every period of seven days which shall be allowed to all
building workers and for the payment of remuneration in respect of such days of rest;
(c) provide for payment of work on a day of rest at a rate not less than the overtime rate
specified in section 29.
(2) The provisions of sub-section (1) shall, about the following classes of building
workers, apply only to such extent, and subject to such conditions, as may be prescribed,
namely:-
(a) persons engaged in urgent work, or in any emergency that could not have been
foreseen or prevented;
(b) persons engaged in a work like preparatory or complementary work
which must necessarily be carried on outside the normal hours of work laid down in the
rules;
(c) persons engaged in any work which for technical reasons has to be completed before
the day is over;
(d) persons engaged in a work which could not be carried on except at times dependant
on the irregular action of natural forces. - Wages for overtime work.
(1) Where any building worker is required to work on any day over the number of
hours constituting a normal working day, he shall be entitled to wages at the rate of
twice his ordinary rate of wages.
(2) For this section,” ordinary rates of wages” means the basic wages
plus such allowances as the worker is for the time being entitled to but does not include
any bonus. - Maintenance of registers and records.
(1) Every employer shall maintain such registers and records giving such particulars of
building workers employed by him, the work performed by them, the number of hours
of work which shall constitute a normal working day for them, a day of rest in every
period of seven days which shall be allowed to them, the wages paid to them, the
receipts given by them and such other particulars in such form as may be prescribed.
(2) Every employer shall keep exhibited, in such manner as may be prescribed, in the
place where such workers may be employed, notices in the prescribed form containing
the prescribed particulars.
(3) The appropriate Government may, by rules, provide for the issue of wage books or
wage slips to building workers employed in an establishment and prescribes the manner
in which entries shall be made and authenticated in such wage books or wage slips by
the employer or his agent. - Prohibition of employment of certain persons in certain buildings or other
construction work. No person about whom the employer knows or has reason to believe
that he is deaf or he has a defective vision or he has a tendency to giddiness shall be
required or allowed to work in any such operation of building or other construction
work which is likely to involve a risk of any accident either to the building worker
himself or to any other person. - Drinking water.
(1) The employer shall make in every place where building or other construction work is
in progress, effective arrangements to provide and maintain at suitable points
conveniently situated for all persons employed therein, a sufficient supply of wholesome
drinking water.
(2) All such points shall be legibly marked” Drinking Water” in a language understood
by a majority of the persons employed in such place and no such point shall be situated
within six metres of any washing place, urinal or latrine. - Latrines and urinals. In every place where building or other construction work is
carried on, the employer shall provide sufficient latrine and urinal accommodation of
such types as may be prescribed and they shall be so conveniently situated as may be
accessible to the building workers at all times while they are in such place: Provided that
it shall not be necessary to provide separate urinals in any place where less than fifty
persons are employed or where the latrines are connected to a water-borne sewage
system. - Accommodation.
(1) The employer shall provide, free of charge and within the work site or as near to it
as may be possible, temporary living accommodation for all building workers employed
by him for such a period as the building or other construction work is in progress.
(2) The temporary accommodation provided under sub-section (1) shall have separate
cooking place, bathing, washing and lavatory facilities.
(3) As soon as may be, after the building or other construction work is over, the
employer shall, at his own cost, cause removal or demolition of the temporary structures
erected by him to provide living accommodation, a cooking place or
other facilities to the building workers as required under subsection (1) and restore the
ground in good level and clean condition.
(4) In case an employer is given any land by a Municipal Board or any other local
authority to provide temporary accommodation for the building
workers under this section, he shall, as soon as may be after the construction work is
over, return the possession of such land in the same condition in which he received the
same. - Creches.
(1) In every place wherein, more than fifty female building workers are ordinarily
employed, there shall be provided and maintained a suitable room or rooms for the use
of children under the age of six years of such female workers.
(2) Such rooms shall-
(a) provide adequate accommodation;
(b) be adequately lighted and ventilated;
(c) be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition;
(d) be under the charge of women trained in the care of children and infants. - First- aid. Every employer shall provide in all the places where building or other
construction work is carried out on such first-aid facilities as may be prescribed. - Canteens, etc. The appropriate Government may, by rules, require the employer-
(a) to provide and maintain in every place wherein not less than two hundred and fifty
building workers are ordinarily employed, a canteen for the use of the workers;
(b) to provide such other welfare measures for the benefit of building workers as may be
prescribed. CHAP SAFETY AND HEALTH MEASURES CHAPTER VII SAFETY AND
HEALTH MEASURES - Safety Committee and safety officers.
(1) In every establishment wherein five hundred or more building workers are ordinarily
employed, the employer shall constitute a Safety Committee consisting of such number
of representatives of the employer and the building workers as may be prescribed by the
State Government: Provided that the number of persons representing the workers, shall,
in no case, be less than the persons representing the employer.
(2) In every establishment referred to in subsection (1), the employer shall also appoint
a safety officer who shall possess such qualifications and perform such duties as may be
prescribed. - Notice of certain accidents.
(1) Where in any establishment an accident occurs which causes death or which causes
any bodily injury because of which the person injured is prevented from working for a
period of forty-forty-eight hours or more immediately following the accident, or which is of
such a nature as may be prescribed, the employer shall give notice thereof to such
authority, in such form and within such time as may be prescribed.
(2) On receipt of a notice under subsection (1) the authority referred to in that
subsection may make such investigation or inquiry as it considers necessary.
(3) Where a notice given under subsection (1) relates to an accident causing the death of
five or more persons, the authority shall make an inquiry into such accident within one
month of the receipt of the notice. - Power of appropriate Government to make rules for the safety and health of
buildings workers.
(1) The appropriate Government may, by notification, make rules regarding the
measures to be taken for the safety and health of building workers in the course of their
employment and the equipment and appliances necessary to be provided to them for
ensuring their safety, health and protection, during such employment.
(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such
rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:-
(a) the safe means of access to, and the safety of, any working place, including the
provision of suitable and sufficient scaffolding at various stages when work cannot be
safely done from the ground or any part of a building or a ladder or such
other means of support;
(b) the precautions to be taken in connection with the demolition of the whole or any
substantial part of a building or other structure under the supervision of a competent
person and the avoidance of danger from collapse of any building or other structure
while removing any part of the framed building or other structure by shoring or
otherwise;
(c) the handling or use of explosives under the control of competent persons so that there
is no exposure to the risk of injury from explosion or from flying material;
(d) the erection, installation, use and maintenance of transporting equipment, such as
locomotives, trucks, wagons and other vehicles and trailers and the appointment of
competent persons to drive or operate such equipment;
(e) the erection, installation, use and maintenance of hoists, lifting appliances and lifting
gear including periodical testing and examination and heat treatment where necessary,
precautions to be taken while raising or lowering loads, restrictions on carriage of
persons and appointment of competent persons on hoists or other lifting appliances,
(f) the adequate and suitable lighting of every workplace and approach thereto, of every
a place where raising or lowering operations with the use of hoists, lifting appliances or
lifting gears are in progress and all openings dangerous to building workers
employed;
(g) the precautions to be taken to prevent inhalation of dust, fumes, gases or vapours
during any grinding, cleaning, spraying or manipulation of any material and steps to be
taken to secure and maintain adequate ventilation in every working place or confined
space;
(h) the measures to be taken during stacking or unstacking, stowing or unstowing of
materials or goods or handling in connection therewith;
(i) the safeguarding of machinery including the fencing of every fly- Wheel and every
moving part of a prime mover and every part of transmission or other machinery, unless
it is in such a position or of such construction as to be safe for every worker working on
any of the operations and as if it were securely fenced;
(j) the safe handling and use of the plant, including tools and equipment operated by
compressed air;
(k) the precautions to be taken in case of fire;
(l) the limits of weight to be lifted or moved by workers;
(m) the safe transport of workers to or from any workplace by water and the provision of
means for rescue from drowning;
(n) the steps to be taken to prevent danger to workers from live electric wires or
apparatus including electrical machinery and tools and from overhead wires;
(o) the keeping of safety nets, safety sheets and safety belts where the special nature or
the circumstances of work render them necessary for the safety of the workers;
(p) the standards to be complied with about scaffolding, ladders and stairs, lifting
appliances, ropes, chains and accessories, earth-moving equipment and floating
operational equipments;
(q) the precautions to be taken about pile driving, concrete work, work with hot
asphalt, tar or other similar things, insulation work, demolition operations, excavation,
underground construction and handling materials;
(r) the safety policy, that is to say, a policy relating to steps to be taken to ensure the
safety and health of the building workers, the administrative arrangements therefor and
the matters connected therewith, to be framed by the employers and contractors for the
the operation to be carried on in a building or other construction work;
(s) the information to be furnished to the Bureau of Indian Standards established under
the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 (63 of 1986 ), regarding the use of any article
or process covered under the Act in a building or other construction work;
(t) the provision and maintenance of medical facilities for building workers;
(u) any other matter concerning the safety and health of workers working in any of the
operations being carried on in a building or other construction work. - Framing of model rules for safety measures. The Central Government may, after
considering the recommendation of the expert committee constituted under section 5,
frame model rules in respect of all or any of the matters specified in section 40 and
where any such model rules have been framed in respect of any such matter the
appropriate Government shall while making any rules in respect of that matter under
section 40, so far as is practicable, conforms to such model rules. CHAP INSPECTING
STAFF CHAPTER VIII INSPECTING STAFF - Appointment of director-general, Chief Inspector and Inspectors.
(1) The Central Government may, by notification, appoint a Gazetted Officer for that
The government to be the director-general of Inspection who shall be responsible for
laying down the standards of inspection and shall also exercise the powers of an
Inspector throughout India about all the establishments for which the Central
The government is the appropriate Government.
(2) The State Government may, by notification, appoint a Gazetted Officer for that
Government to be the Chief Inspector of Inspection of Building and Construction who
shall also exercise the powers of an Inspector under this Act throughout the State in
relation to establishments for which the State Government is the appropriate
Government.
(3) The appropriate Government may, by notification, appoint such a number of its
officers as it thinks fit to be Inspectors for this Act and may be assigned to
them such local limits as it may think fit.
(4) Every Inspector appointed under this section shall be subject to the control of the
Director-General or the Chief Inspector, as the case may be, and shall exercise his
powers and perform his functions under this Act subject to general control and
supervision of the Director-General or the Chief inspector.
(5) The Director- General, the Chief Inspector and every Inspector shall be deemed to be
public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860 ). - Power of Inspectors.
(1) Subject to any rules made in this behalf, an Inspector may, within the local limits for
which he is appointed,-
(a) enter, at all reasonable hours, with such assistants (if any) being persons in the
service of the Government or any local or other public authority as he thinks fit, any
premises or place where building or other construction work is carried on, for the
purpose of examining any register or record or notices required to be kept or exhibited
by or under this Act, and require the production thereof for inspection;
(b) examine any person whom he finds in any such premises or place and who, he has
reasonable cause to believe is a building worker employed therein;
(c) require any person giving out building or other construction work to any building
worker, to give any information which is in his power to give concerning the names
and addresses of the persons to, for and for whom the building or other construction work
is given out or received, and concerning the payments to be made for the building or
other construction work;
(d) seize or take copies of such register, record of wages or notices or portions thereof as
he may consider relevant in respect of an offence under this Act which he has reason to
believe has been committed by the employer; and
(e) exercise such other powers as may be prescribed.
(2) For this section, the Director- General or the Chief Inspector, as the
case may be, may employ experts or agencies having such qualifications and experience
and on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed.
(3) any person required to produce any document or to give my information required by
an Inspector under sub-section (1) shall be deemed to be legally bound to do so within
the meaning of section 175 and section 176 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860 ).
(4) The provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974 ), shall, so far as
maybe, apply to such search or seizure under sub-section (1) as they apply to any
search or seizure made under the authority of a warrant issued under section 94 of the
said Code. CHAP SPECIAL PROVISIONS CHAPTER IX SPECIAL PROVISIONS - Responsibility of employers. An employer shall be responsible for providing
constant and adequate supervision of any building or other construction work in his
establishment to ensure compliance with the provisions of this Act relating to safety
and for taking all practical steps necessary to prevent accidents. - Responsibility for payment of wages and compensation.
(1) An employer shall be responsible for the payment of wages to each building worker
employed by him and such wages shall be paid on or before such date as may be
prescribed.
(2) In case the contractor fails to make payment of compensation in respect of a building
a worker employed by him, where he is liable to make such payment when due or makes
short payment thereof, then in the case of death or disablement of the building worker,
the employer shall be liable to make payment of that compensation in full or the unpaid
balance due to the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act
1923 (8 of 1923 ), and recover the amount so paid from the contractor either by
deduction from any amount payable to the contractor under any contract or as a debt
payable by the contractor. - Notice of commencement of building or other construction work.
(1) An employer shall, at least thirty days before the commencement of any building or
other construction work, send or cause to be sent to the Inspector having jurisdiction in
the area where the proposed building or other construction work is to be executed, a
written notice containing-
(a) the name and situation of the place where the buildings or other construction work is
proposed to be carried on;
(b) the name and address of the person who is undertaking the building or other
construction work;
(c) the address to which communications relating to the building or other construction
work may be sent;
(d) the nature of the work involved and the facilities, including any plant and
machinery, provided;
(e) the arrangements for the storage of explosives, if any, to be used in the building or
other construction work,
(f) the number of workers likely to be employed during the various stages of building or
other construction work;
(g) the name and designation of the person who will be in overall charge of the building
or other construction work at the site;
(h) the approximate duration of the work;
(i) such other matters as may be prescribed.
(2) Where any change occurs in any of the particulars furnished under sub-section (1),
the employer shall intimate the change to the Inspector within two days of such change.
(3) Nothing contained in sub-section (1) shall apply in case of such class of building or
other construction work as the appropriate Government may by notification specify to
be emergent works. CHAP PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE CHAPTER X PENALTIES
AND PROCEDURE - Penalty for contravention of provisions regarding safety measures.
(1) Whoever contravenes the provisions of any rules made under section 40 shall be
punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with
fine which may extend to two thousand rupees, or with both, and in the case of a
continuing contravention, with an additional fine which may extend to one hundred
rupees for every day during which such contravention continues after conviction for the
first such contravention.
(2) If any person who has been convicted of any offence punishable under subsection (1)
is again guilty of an offence involving a contravention or failure of compliance with the
same provision, he shall be punishable on a subsequent conviction with imprisonment
for a term that may extend to six months or with a fine which shall not be less than five
hundred rupees but which may extend to two thousand rupees or with both: Provided
that for this sub-section, no cognizance shall be taken of any conviction
made more than two years before the commission of the offence for which the person is
subsequently being convicted: Provided further that the authority imposing the penalty,
if it is satisfied that exceptional circumstances are warranting such a course,
after recording its reasons in writing, impose a fine of less than five hundred rupees. - Penalty for failure to give notice of the commencement of the building or other
construction work. Where an employer fails to give notice of the commencement of the
building or other construction work under section 46, he shall be punishable with
imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with a fine which may”
tend to two thousand rupees, or with both. - Penalty for obstructions.
(1) Whoever obstructs an Inspector in the discharge of his duties under this Act or
refuses or wilfully neglects to afford the Inspector any reasonable facility for making any
inspection, examination, inquiry or investigation authorised by or under this Act in
relation to an establishment shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which
may extend to three months, or with a fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or
with both.
(2) Whoever wilfully refuses to produce on the demand of an Inspector any register or
other document kept in pursuance of this Act or prevents or attempts to prevent or does
anything which he has reason to believe is likely to prevent any person from appearing
before, or being examined by, an Inspector acting in pursuance of his duties under this
Act shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three
months, or with a fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both. - Penalty for other offences.
(1) Whoever contravenes any other provision of this Act or any rules made thereunder
or who fails to comply with any provision of this Act or any rules made thereunder shall,
where no express penalty is elsewhere provided for such contravention or failure, be
punishable with a fine which may extend to one thousand rupees for every such
contravention or failure, as the case may be, and in the case of a continuing
contravention or failure, as the case may be, with an additional fine which may extend to
one hundred rupees for every day during which such contravention or failure continues
after the conviction for the first such contravention or failure.
(2) A penalty under sub-section (1) may be imposed-
(a) by the director-general where the contravention or failure relates to a matter to
which the appropriate Government is the Central Government; and
(b) by the Chief Inspector where the contravention or failure relates to a matter to which
the appropriate Government is the State Government.
(3) No penalty shall be imposed unless the person concerned is given a notice, in
writing-
(a) informing him of the grounds on which it is proposed to impose a penalty; and
(b) giving him a reasonable opportunity to make a representation in writing within
such reasonable time as may be specified in the notice against the imposition of penalty
mentioned therein, and, if he so desires, of being heard in the matter.
(4) Without prejudice to any other provision contained in this Act, the Director-General
and the Chief Inspector shall have all the powers of a civil court under the Code of Civil
Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908 ), while exercising any powers under this section, in respect
of the following matters, namely:-
(a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of witnesses;
(b) requiring the discovery and production of any document;
(c) requisitioning any public record, or copy thereof from any court or office;
(d) receiving evidence on affidavits; and
(e) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses or documents.
(5) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prevent the person concerned
from being prosecuted under any other provision of this Act or any other law for any
offence made punishable by this Act or by that other law, as the case may be, or for
being liable under this Act or any such law to any other or higher penalty or punishment
than is provided for such offence by this section: Provided that no person shall be
punished twice for the same offence. - Appeal. Any person aggrieved by the imposition of any penalty under section 50 may
prefer an appeal-
(a) where the penalty has been imposed by the Director- General, to the Central
Government;
(b) where the penalty has been imposed by the Chief Inspector, to the State
Government, imposition of such penalty: Provided that the Central Government or the
State Government, as the case may be, may, if it is satisfied that the appellant was
prevented by sufficient cause from preferring an appeal within the aforesaid period of
three months, allow such appeal to be preferred within a further period of three months.
(2) The appellate authority may, after giving the appellant an opportunity of being
heard, if he so desires, and after making such further inquiry, if any, as it may consider
necessary, pass such order as it thinks fit confirm, modify or reverse the order
appealed against or may send back the case with such directions as it may think fit for a
fresh decision. - Recovery of penalty. Where any penalty imposed on any person under section 50 is
not paid,-
(i) The director-general or, as the case may be, the Chief Inspector may deduct the
the amount so payable from any money owing to such person which may be under his
control; or
(ii) the Director- General or, as the case may be, the Chief Inspector may recover the
amount so payable by detaining or selling the goods belonging to such person which are
under his control; or
(iii) if the amount cannot be recovered from such person in the manner provided in
clause (i) or clause (ii), the Director-General or, as the case may be, the Chief Inspector
may prepare a certificate signed by him specifying the amount due from such person
and send it to the Collector of the district in which such person owns any property or
resides or carries on his business and the said Collector, on receipt of such certificate
shall proceed, to recover from such person the amount specified thereunder as if it were
an arrear of land revenue. - Offences by companies.
(1) Where an offence under this Act has been committed by a company, every person
who, at the time the offence was committed, was in charge of, and was responsible to,
the company for the conduct of the business of the company, as well as the company,
shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against
and punished accordingly: Provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall
render any such person liable to any punishment, if he proves that the offence was
committed without his knowledge or that he had exercised all due diligence to prevent
the commission of such offence.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), where any offence under
This act has been committed by a company and it is proved that the offence has been
committed with the consent or connivance of, or is attributable to any neglect of the
part of any director, manager, secretary or other officer of the company, such director,
manager, secretary or other officer shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence and shall
be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly. Explanation.- For the
purposes of this section,-
(a) ” Company” means any body corporate and includes a firm or other association of
individuals; and
(b) “Director”, about a firm, means a partner in the firm. - Cognizance of offences.
(1) No court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under this Act except on a
complaint-
(a) made by, or with the previous sanction in writing of, the Director-General or the
Chief Inspector; or
(b) made by an office- bearer of a voluntary organisation registered under the Societies
Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860 ); or
(c) made by an office-bearer of any concerned trade union registered under the Trade
Unions Act, 1926 (16 of 1926 ).
(2) No court inferior to that of a Metropolitan Magistrate or a Judicial Magistrate of the
the first class shall try any offence punishable under this Act. - Limitation of prosecutions. No court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable
under this Act unless the complaint thereof is made within three months from the date
on which the alleged commission of the offence came to the knowledge of the DirectorGeneral, the Chief Inspector, an office-bearer of a voluntary Organisation or, as the case
maybe, an office-bearer of any concerned trade union. CHAP MISCELLANEOUS
CHAPTER XI MISCELLANEOUS - Delegation of powers. A Board may, by general or special order, delegate to the
Chairperson or any other member or to the Secretary or any other officer or employee of
the Board, subject to such conditions and limitations, if any, as may be specified in the
order, such of its powers and duties under this Act as it may deem necessary. - Returns. Every Board shall furnish from time to time to the Central Government and
to the State Government such returns as they may require. - Application of Act 8 of 1923 to building workers. The provisions of the Workmen’s
Compensation Act, 1923, shall so far as may be, apply to building workers as if the
employment to which this Act applies had been included in the Second Schedule to that
Act. - Protection of action taken in good faith.
(1) No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against any person for
anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of this Act or
any rule or order made thereunder.
(2) No prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Government, any
Board or Committees constituted under this Act or any member of such Board or any
officer or employee of the Government or the Board or any other person authorised by
the Government or any Board or Committee, for any damage caused or likely to be
caused by anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of
this Act or any rule or order made or issued thereunder. - Power of Government to give direction. The Central Government may give
directions to the Government of any State or a Board as to the carrying into execution
in that State of any of the provisions of this Act. - Power to remove difficulties.
(1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the Central
Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette, make such provisions not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as appears to it to be necessary or expedient
for removing the difficulty: Provided that no such order shall be made after the expiry of
two years from the date of commencement of this Act.
(2) Every order made under this section shall, as soon as may be after it is made, be laid
before each House of Parliament. - Power to make rules.
(1) The appropriate Government may, after consultation with the expert committee, by
notification, and make rules for carrying out the provisions of this Act.
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such
rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:-
(a) the number of persons to be appointed as members representing various interests on
the Central Advisory Committee and the State Advisory Committees, the term of their
office and other conditions of service, the procedure to be followed in the discharge of
their functions and the manner of filling vacancies under sub-section (3) of section 3 or,
as the case may be, under sub-section (3) of section 4;
(b) the fees and allowances that may be paid to the members of the expert committee for
attending its meetings under sub-section (2) of section 5;
(c) the form of application for the registration of an establishment, the levy of fees
therefore and the particulars it may contain under sub-section (2) of section 7;
(d) the form of a certificate of registration, the time within which and the conditions
subject to which such certificate may be issued under sub-section (3) of section 7;
(e) the form in which the change in ownership or management or other particulars shall
be intimated to the registering officer under sub-section (4) of section 7;
(f) the form in which an application for registration as a beneficiary shall be made under
sub-section (2) of section 12;
(g) the document and the fee which shall accompany the application under subsection
(3) of section 12;
(h) the registers which the Secretary of the Board shall cause to be maintained under
sub-section (6) of section 12;
(i) the benefits which may be given under sub-section (2) of section 14;
(j) the form in which the register of beneficiaries shall be maintained under section 15;
(k) the terms and conditions of appointment, the salaries and other allowances payable
to, and the manner of filling casual vacancies of, the Chairperson and other members
of the Board under sub-section (4) of section 18;
(l) the terms and conditions of service and the salaries and allowances payable to the
Secretary and the other officers and employees of the Board under subsection (3) of
section 19;
(m) the time and place, of the meeting of the Board and the rules of procedure to be
followed at such meeting under sub-section (1) of section 20 including quorum
necessary for the transaction of business;
(n) the amount payable as house building loans or advances, the terms and conditions of
such payment under clause (c), educational assistance under clause (e), medical
expenses payable and the persons who shall be the dependent of the beneficiaries under
clause (f), and the other welfare measures for which provision may be made under
clause (h), of sub-section (1) of section 22;
(o) the limits of grants-in-aid payable to the local authorities and employers under
clause (b) of sub-section (3) of section 22;
(p) the form in which and the time within which the budget of the Board shall be
prepared and forwarded to the Government under section 25;
(q) the form in which and the time within which the annual report of the Board shall be
submitted to the State Government and the Central Government under section 26;
(r) the form of the annual statement of accounts under sub-section (1), and the date before
which the audited copy of the accounts together with the auditor’s report shall be
furnished under sub-section (4), of section 27;
(s) the matters required to be provided under sub-section (1) of section 28 and the
extent up to which, and the conditions subject to which, the provisions of that
subsection shall apply to the building workers under sub-section (2) of that section;
(t) the registers and records that shall be maintained by the employer and the form in
which such registers and records shall be maintained and the particulars to be included
therein under sub-section (1) of section 30;
(u) the form and manner in which a notice shall be exhibited and the particulars it may
contain under sub-section (2) of section 30;
(v) the issue of wage books or wage slips to building workers and how
entries are to be made and authenticated in wage books or wage slips under sub-sub-section
(3) of section 30;
(w) the types of latrines and urinals required to be provided under section 33;
(x) the first-aid facilities which are to be provided under section 36;
(y) the canteen facilities which are to be provided under clause (a) of section 37;
(z) the welfare measures which are to be provided under clause (b) of section 37;
(za) the number of representatives of the employer and the building workers under sub-section (1) of section 38 the qualifications of safety officers and the duties to be
performed by them under sub-section (2) of that section;
(ZB) the form of a notice of accident, other matters to be provided on this behalf and the
time within which such notice shall be given under sub-section (1) of section 39;
(zc) the rules to be made for the safety and health of building workers under section 40;
(zd) the powers that may be exercised by an Inspector under clause (e) of subsection (1)
of section 43 and the qualifications and experience that the experts or agencies
employed under sub-section (2) of that section shall possess the terms and
conditions on which such experts or agencies may be employed;
(ze) the date on or before which wages shall be paid to a building worker under section
45;
(zf) the matters which are required to be prescribed under clause (i) of subsection (1) of
section 46;
(zg) any other matter which is required to be, or maybe, prescribed.
(3) Every rule made by the Central Government under this Act shall be laid, as soon as
maybe after it is made, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session for a total
period of thirty days which may be comprised of one session or two or more
successive session, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the
session or the successive session aforesaid, both Houses agree to make any
modification in the rule or
both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect
only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any
such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything
previously done under that rule.
(4) Every rule made by the State Government under this Act shall be laid, as soon as
maybe after it is made, before each House of the State Legislature where it consists of
two Houses, or, where such Legislature consists of one House, before that House - Saving of certain laws. Nothing contained in this Act shall affect the operation of any
corresponding law in a State providing welfare schemes which are more beneficial to the
building and other construction workers than those provided for them by or under this
Act. - Repeal and saving.
(1) The Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and
Conditions of Service) Third Ordinance, 1996 (Ord. 25 of 1996 ), is hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the said
Ordinance shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the corresponding
provisions of this Act. K. L. MOHANPURIA, Secy. to the Govt. of India.
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