law: 12. Principals and contractors.-
  (1) Where a person (in this section referred to as the principal) uses, in the course of or for the purposes of his trade or business, the services of workmen temporarily lent or let on hire to him by arrangement with another person with whom the workmen have entered into contracts of service or apprenticeship, or in the course of or for the purposes of his trade or business, contracts with any other person for the execution by or under such other person of the whole or any part of any work which is ordinarily part of the trade or business of the principal (either such other person being in this section referred to as the contractor) the principal shall obtain from the contractor the name of the agent of the Central Government acting under section 8 with whom he intends to insure, and shall report to that agent the existence of his arrangement or contract with the contractor.
  (2) Notwithstanding anything elsewhere contained in this Act, in any such case as is referred to in sub-section (1), it shall not be necessary for the contractor to insure against the liabilities imposed on him by this Act in respect of workmen employed by him whose services are lent or let on hire on such an arrangement or used in the execution of work on such a contract as is referred to in sub-section (1), where the arrangement or contract is for a term of less than one month.
  (3) The Scheme may make provision for the supply by a contractor to a principal of any information necessary to enable the purposes of this section to be carried out including provision for punishment by fine not exceeding one thousand rupees for the contravention of any requirement of the Scheme.
  1. Ins. by the War Injuries (Compensation Insurance) Amendment Ordinance, 1944 (Ord. 54 of 1944). s. 7.
  2. Subs. by the A.O. (No. 3) 1956, for certain words.
  3. See now the relevant provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974).