(1) Every establishment shall remain closed for one day of the week. The employer shall fix such day at the beginning of the year, notify it to the Inspector and specify it in a notice prominently displayed in a conspicuous place in the shop or commercial establishment. The employer shall not alter such day more often than once in six months, and shall notify the alteration tot he Inspector and make the necessary change in the notice in the shop or commercial establishment.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) the State Government may allow an establishment to remain open through the week, if they are satisfied the establishment employs additional staff for meeting the requirements of sub-section (3).
(3) Every employee in an establishment shall be given at least one whole day in a week as a holiday for rest. This is without prejudice to the existing practice in establishments which allow one and half days rest.
(4) It shall not be lawful for an employer to call an employee at, or for an employee to go to, his establishment or any other place for any work in connection with the business of his establishment on a weekly holiday or on a day on which such establishment remains closed.
(5) No deductions shall be made from the wages of any employee in any establishment on account of the holiday given to him under sub-section (1). If any employee is employed on daily wages, he shall none the less be paid his wages for the weekly holiday.