Insertion of new section

After section 18 of the Principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely :—

Liability of principals in certain cases. "18-A.

1. (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), where in any scheduled employment in respect of which minimum rates of wages have been fixed under this Act, any person (hereinafter in this section referred to as the principal) contracts with any other person (hereinafter in this section referred to as the contractor) for having any goods made for sale for the purposes of the trade or business of the principal either wholly or partly out of materials supplied to the contractor by such principal, then notwithstanding that the employees for making such goods are employed by the contractor, the principal shall also in addition to the contractor be deemed for all purposes of this Act to be the employer in relation to such employees : Provided that where by virtue of the provisions of sub-section
2. (1) a principal is convicted of an offence punishable under section 22, he shall be punishable only with fine as provided for in that section.
3. (2) The provisions of this section shall apply only to such scheduled employments as the State Government may, by notification, specify in that behalf."