(1) Where a certificate of registration or a licence granted under rule 9, or renewed under rule 15 is lost, stolen, defaced or destroyed, the principal employer or the contractor shall forthwith report the matter to the Registering officer or the Licensing Officer, as the case may be, by whom the registration certificate or licence was issued or as the case may be, last renewed and may make an application to that officer for the issue of a duplicate registration certificate or a licence.
(2) The fee for the grant of a duplicate registration certificate/ licence shall be 2[Five hundred rupees].The application for the grant of duplicate registration certificate or licence shall be accompanied by a treasury receipt for the above amount.
(3) On receipt of the application the registering officer or the licensing officer concerned shall furnish to the applicant a duplicate copy of the certificate of registration or licence duly stamped ‗duplicate‘ in red ink.
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1. Ins. by. G.O. Ms. No. 137, Labour and Employment, dated the 10th October, 2018.
2. Subs. by. G.O. Ms. No. 3, Labour and Employment, dated the 6th January, 2015.
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