Section – 45. Applicability of this Part.
(1) This Part shall apply to—
(i) every establishment in which fifty or more contract labour are employed, or were employed on any day of the preceding twelve months, through a contractor;
(ii) every manpower supply contractor who has employed fifty or more contract labour on any day of the preceding twelve months.
(2) This Part shall not apply to establishments where work is of an intermittent or casual nature:
Provided that where any question arises as to whether the work is intermittent or casual, the appropriate Government shall decide the matter, after consulting the National Board or the State Advisory Board, and such decision shall be final.
Explanation.—For the purposes of this sub-section, work shall not be considered intermittent—
(i) if it was performed for more than one hundred and twenty days in the preceding twelve months; or
(ii) if it is seasonal in nature and performed for more than sixty days in a year.