Short title, extent, commencement and application

(1) This Act may be called the Sikkim Labour (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 2021. (2) It shall extend to the whole of Sikkim. (3) It shall come into force on such date or dates as the State Government may, by Notification in the Official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of the Act. (4) It shall apply to: (a) every establishment or principal employer or owner. (b) every Service Provider or Sub-Service Provider who employs or who employed labourers on any day of the preceding twelve months. (c) every individual worker or labour working within the State of Sikkim but does not include the Muster Roll and the Work Charged workers in the Government Departments.