Section 4. Registration of contractors, certificate of registration.

(1) Application for registration as contractor shall be made to the Head of the Department in writing in the prescribed form. (2) The Head of the Department or any officer authorised by the 1[Government of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir] in this behalf may, after taking into consideration the financial position of the applicant, his capacity to undertake work and such other matters as he may deem fit, enter the name of the applicant in the register maintained for the purpose and issue certificate of registration as contractor for the Department under his control for the current financial year in such form and under such conditions and on payment of such fees as may be prescribed. (3) For the purpose of this section and section 6, the rates of fee for different classes of contractors shall be determined in accordance with the rules made under this Act.