Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Application for the registration of porters.- (1) The person who desires to work as porter to assist the climbing/trekking parties visiting Himachal Pradesh, shall make an application to the competent authority, for the registration of his name in the "Register of Porters" to be maintained by such authority. (2) Every application under sub-section (1) shall be made in the prescribed form and shall be accompanied by such fees as may be prescribed. (3) On the receipt of the application under sub-section (1) the competent authority shall- (a) refer the applicant to a qualified medical practitioner to ensure that the applicant is fit to work as porter at high altitudes; and (b) get the antecedents of the applicant verified and ensure that the District Magistrate has no objection with regards to the presence of the applicant in the area of climbing operations. (4) The competent authority if after holding such enquiry, as it thinks fit, is satisfied that the applicant is fit to work as porter, shall register his name THE HIMACHAL PRADESH CLIMBING/TREKKING PORTERS (REGULATION OF EMPLOYMENT) ACT, 1977 4 as porter for a period of one year in the first instance and shall issue him the certificate of registration, subject to such conditions as it may deem fit: Provided that no application for registration under this section shall be rejected by the competent authority, unless the applicant has been afforded a reasonable opportunity of being heard and the reasons for rejection have been recorded in the orders so passed by the competent authority. (5) The registration certificate issued under sub-section (4) shall be valid for one year and thereafter it shall be renewed by the competent authority from time to time subject to such conditions as it may deem fit for a period not exceeding one year at a time on payment of prescribed renewal fee, and on the satisfaction of the competent authority that the applicant has not ceased to be qualified as porter under the provisions of this Act. (6) The registration certificate if not renewed within a period of thirty days after the expiration of the period of certificate already issued, or renewed, shall be deemed to have lost its validity. (7) Where a registration certificate, issued under this section is lost, destroyed or mutilated, a duplicate may be granted on payment of the prescribed fee.