(1) Every shop, whether with or without employees, shall remain closed on every Sunday which shall be a holiday for every employee in the shop:
Provided that the Chief Inspector may, by notification, specify in respect of any shop or class of shops or in respect of shops or class of shops in any area any day in the week instead of Sunday on which day such shop or class of shops shall remain closed.
(2) (a) The Chief Inspector may, by notification, require in respect of any specified class of shops that they shall in addition to the weekly holiday mentioned in sub-section (1), be closed for one half day in a week, as may be fixed by the Government;
(b) Every employee in any shop to which a notification under clause (a) applies, shall be allowed in each week an additional holiday of one half day fixed for the closing of the shop under clause (a).
Closing of shops and grant of holidays.
Spread over periods of work.
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(3) The Chief Inspector may, for the purposes of subsection (2), fix different hours for different classes of shops or for different areas or for different times of the year.
(4) The weekly day on which a shop is closed in pursuance of a requirement under sub-section (2) shall be specified by the employer in a notice prominently exhibited in a conspicuous place in the shop.
(5) It shall not be lawful for the employer to call an employee at or for the employee to go to his shop or any place for any work in connection with the business of his shop on any day or part of the day on which it has remained closed.
(6) No deduction shall be made from the wages of any employee in a shop on account of any day or part of a day on which it has remained closed; and if such employee is employed on the basis that he would not ordinarily receive wages for such day or part of a day he shall none the less be paid for such day or part of a day the wages he would have drawn had the shop not remained closed, or had the holiday not been allowed, on that day or part of a day.
13. In addition to the holidays mentioned in section 12 the Chief Inspector may, by notification and during with the previous approval of the Government, require in respect of any specified class of shops that they shall be closed on any specified day or days in the public interest.
CHAPTER-IV.
Establishments other than Shops.
14. The provisions of this Chapter shall apply only to establishments other than shops.
Closing of shops in public interest during special occasions.
Application of this chapter to establishments other than shops.
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