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New sections 75A and 75AA have been inserted by Amendment Act, 1996 (Act 14 of 1996).Section 75 A further substituted vide Amendment Act 21 of 2014. Original Section 75-A read as follows :- “75A. Screening of migrant labourers at construction sites.— All migrant labourers who are brought from other States shall be screened for Malaria at the nearest Health Centre or mobile squads of National Malaria Eradication Programme. The Health Officer/Medical Officer I/c of the Directorate of Health Services shall then issue a health card with photograph certifying his present status of Malaria. No labourer shall be engaged by the contractor at the construction sites unless he has a health card. Similar screenings for Malaria shall be done once in every 3 months. The responsibility of obtaining the health card shall rest entirely on the labourer”.