(1) Nothing in this Act shall apply to-
(a) offices of the Union or the State Government or of local authorities and of the Reserve Bank of India, the State Bank of India and other nationalised banks and corporations ;
(b) any transport service, motor service, any industry, business or undertaking which supplies power, light or water to the public and such other public utility corporate bodies and associations or classes thereof as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, exempt from .
the operation of this Act ;
(c) establishments run by the Union or the State Government :
(d) establishments for the treatment or care of the sick, the infirm or the mentally deranged; and for the benefit of the destitute ;
(e) pharmacies or shops dealing mainly in medicines, surgical or medical applicances, so far as the sale of these articles is concerned ;
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(f) surgical or clinical homes ;
Declaration by the State Governtllent.
Act not ·applicable to certain s.hops establish ments and perSOlll.
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(g) shops dealing in articles required for funerals, burials or cremations so far as the sale of these articles is concerned ;
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(k)
(1) shops or stalls dealing mainly in vegetables, meat, fish, dairy produce, bread, pastries, sweetmeats, flowers so far as the retail sale of these article; is concerned ;
stalls or refreshment roo .ns run by, or with the permission of, the Union or the State Government, and situate within the premises or precincts of institutions belonging to, or run by such Government ;
shop, stalls or refreshment rooms in any public exhibition M show, or so far as such shops, stalls or refreshment rooms deal in retail trade which is solely subsidiary or ancillary to the main purposes of such exhibition or show ;
shops or stalls in any public fair ;
shops or establishments dealing in petroleum products ;
Suspension of provisions of the Act.
Exemption of child.
Woman and young-man to work only between 7 a. m. and 7.
p.m.
(m) excise shops ;
(n) persons whose work is inherently intermittent, such as a traveller, a canvasser, a watchman, a messenger or a care taker ;
(o) persons exclusively employed in connection with the collection, despatch, delivery or conveyance of goods or the customs formalities thereof ; and ' •
(p) such other shops, establishments or persons or such classes of any of them as ! he State .Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette exempt from the operation of all or any, of the provisions of this Act.
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(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette declare that any shop, estabiishment or person specified in that sub-section shall not be exempt from the operation of such provisions of this Act as may be specified in the notification and that this provisions of this Act specified in such notification shall apply to such shop, establishment or- person.
5. Prior to or during a festival or other special occassions the State Government may suspend, by order notified in the Official Gazette the operation of all or ??)1of t?e provisioi;isof this Act for such period°and · subject to such conditions as it may deem fit.
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CHAPTER II EMPLOYMENT OF WOMAN AND YOUNG-MAN
6. No child shall be employed in any shop or establishment.
7. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, no man who has not attained majority unde? the Indian Majority Act, 1875 (IX of 1875) and no woman shall · be required or allowed to work whether as an employee or otherwise in a shop or an establishment before 7 ante meridiem and after 1 post meridiem.
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8. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act,-.
(a) no man who has not attained majority under the Indian Majo rity Act, 1875 (IX of 1875) and no_ woman shall be requ?red or allowed to work as an employee in a shop or an establish ment for more than seven hours in a day or forty-two hours in in a week ; and no such man and no woman shall be required or allowed to work in a shop or an establishment for more than four hours con tinuously in a day unless such an employee has had an interval for rest of at least one hour.
Explanation.-The period of "seven hours" or "forty-two hours" referred to in clause (a) does not include the intervals for rest.
CHAPTER III SHOPS Daily and weekly hours of work for woman and young-man.
Opening · and closing hours of shops.