Where any retail trade or business which is exempted from all or any of the provisions of the Act, is carried on along with other retail trade or business, the exemption shall not apply to that part of trade or business which is not exempted from the provisions of the Act.
COMMENTS This section makes provision in respect of shops and commercial establishments where more than one retail trade or business is carried on and lays down that if any one of such retail trade or business is exempted from the provisions of this Act and the others are not so exempted, the exemption shall apply only to such trade or business as is so exempted and shall not extend to other trade or business not so exempted. In short, if the exemption from opening and closing hours and close day is granted to a shop dealing in Pan and Cigarettes then other provisions cannot be sold at such shop beyond the prescribed opening or closing hours or on a close day alongwith Pan or Cigarettes; State of Uttar Pradesh v. Chandra Dutt, 1969 All Cri R 411 (Sp.
bench of All. HC).