THE CONTRACT LABOUR (REGULATION AND ABOLITION) AMENDMENT BILL, 2018 A BILL further to amend the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970. B E it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 1. ( 1 ) This Act may be called the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Amendment Act, 2018. ( 2 ) It extends to the whole of India. ( 3 ) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. 2. In the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act) for section 10, the following section shall be substituted, namely:— “10. ( 1 ) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or any other law in force, the employment of any contract labour is prohibited in any process, service, operation or work for the time being in any establishment, unless that process, service, operation or work is: ( a ) not necessary ...