law: The Un-organised Workers' Social Security Act, 2008.
  Chapter V
  
  Registration
  10. Eligibility for
  
  registration and social security benefits. -
  1.  
  
    Every
  
  unorganised worker shall be eligible for registration subject to the fulfilment
  
  of the following conditions, namely:-
  a.   he or she shall have
  
  completed fourteen years of age; and
  b.   a self-declaration by
  
  him or her confirming that he or she is an unorganised worker.
  1.  
  
  
  2.  
  
    Every
  
  eligible unorganised worker shall make an application in the prescribed form to
  
  the District Administration for registration.
  3.  
  
    Every
  
  unorganised worker shall be registered and issued an identity card by the
  
  District Administration which shall be a smart card carrying a unique
  
  identification number and shall be portable.
  4.  
  
  
  
    If
  
  a scheme requires a registered unorganised worker to make a contribution, he or
  
  she shall be eligible for social security benefits under the scheme only upon
  
  payment of such contribution.
  5.  
  
    Where
  
  a scheme requires the Central or State Government to make a contribution, the
  
  Central or State Government, as the case may be, shall make the contribution
  
  regularly in terms of the scheme.