(1) Within a period of sixty days from the date of commencement of this Act or the date on which establishment commences its business, the employer of every establishment employing twenty or more workers shall submit application online in a prescribed form for registration to the Facilitator-cum-Inspector of the local area concerned, together with such fees and such self declaration and selfcertified documents as may be prescribed, containing—
(a) the name of the employer and the manager, if any;
(b) the postal address of the establishment;
(c) the name, if any, of the establishment;
(d) the actual nature of the business of the establishment; and
(e) such other particulars as may be prescribed:
Provided that, nothing contained hereinabove shall apply to the establishments already having valid registration or renewal under the Goa Shops and Establishments Act, 1973 (Goa Act No. 13 of 1974), until expiry of their registration or renewal.
(2) On receipt of the application along with documents and the fees online, the Facilitator-cum-Inspector shall, register the establishment in the register of establishments in such manner as may be prescribed and shall issue online, in a prescribed form, a registration certificate along with the Labour Identification Number (LIN) to the employer within the period of seven working days upon verifying the correctness of the application and documents attached thereto. In case the application is incorrect or the documents submitted are incomplete or incorrect the same shall be rejected. The registration certificate shall be produced whenever it is demanded by the Facilitator-cum-Inspector.
(3) If the application is complete in all respect including the necessary documents and the Facilitator-cum-Inspector fails to register the establishment within the prescribed period specified in sub-section (2), such establishment shall be deemed to have been registered under this Act, immediately on the expiration of such period.
(4) A registration certificate granted under sub-section (2) shall be valid for such period as may be requested by the applicant and specified therein subject to a maximum period of five years. An application for the renewal of a registration certificate shall be submitted online not less than thirty days before the date of expiry of the registration certificate or of the renewed registration certificate, as the case may be, and shall be accompanied by such fees, and the renewed registration certificate shall be issued by the Facilitator-cum-Inspector within seven working days and the same shall be in such form, as may be prescribed.
(5) If the application for the renewal of a registration certificate is submitted after the expiry of the period specified in sub-section (3), such application shall be accompanied by an additional fee as late fee equal to half of the fee payable for the renewal of a registration certificate.
(6) If the Facilitator-cum-Inspector fails to renew the registration certificate within the prescribed period specified in sub-section (4), and the application is complete in all respect, such registration certificate shall be deemed to have been renewed under this Act, immediately on the expiration of such period.
(7) In the event of any doubt or difference of opinion between an employer and the Facilitator-cum-Inspector with respect to any provisions of this Act, the Facilitator- ---6--- cum-Inspector shall refer the matter to the prescribed authority which shall, after inquiry as it thinks proper, decide the matter and its decision shall be final for the purposes of this Act.