(1) This Act may be called the Himachal Pradesh Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1969.
1. For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh (Extraordinary), dated the 31 st May, 1969, p. 464.
2. Passed in Hindi by the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. For Statement of Objects and Reasons the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh (Extra-ordinary), dated 1 st July, 2004, pp. 1085 and 1089.
3. Passed in Hindi by the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. For Statement of Objects and Reasons see the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh, dated 3 rd April, 2012, pp. 23-24 and 25-26.
THE HIMACHAL PRADESH SHOPS AND COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS 3 ACT, 1969
(2) It extends to the whole of the [State] 1 of Himachal Pradesh.
(3) It shall come into force at once.
(4) It shall apply in the first instance to the limits of the Simla Municipal Corporation and to the municipal areas and cantonment limits; but the Government may by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that it shall come into force in any other local area or shall apply to such establishments or class of establishments in such other areas as may be specified in the notification.