(1) Every shop-keeper or employer shall—
(i) in the case of shops or- establishments in existence on the date on which this Act applies--within such date as the State Government may, by notification, specify, and
(ii) in the case of new shops or establishments, if this- Act applies—within such period as may be prescribed, • apply for registration under this Act to the registerinoauthority, in such form together with such fee, not exceed:
ing one rupee, as may be prescribed. Every such application shall contain—
(a) the name of the shop-keeper or the employer;
(b) the postal address of the shop or the establishment;
(c) the name of the shop or the establishment ;
-(d) declaration of weekly closing days in the case of a shop ;
(e). such other particulars as may be prescribed.
The registering authority on being satisfied about the correctness of the particulars, shall register the shop or the establishment in such manner as may b prescribed and shall issue a certificate of registration in the prescribed form to the shop-keeper or the eniployer.
(2) The registering authority shall maintain a Register of Shops and Establishments in the prescribed form.
(3) Every shop-keeper .or employer shall display the certificate of registration issued under sub-section (1) in a conspicuous place in the shop or the establishment:
(4) (a) Every shop-keeper or employer shall inform the registering authority in the prescribed form of any change in respect of any particulars contained in the application under sub-section (1) within seven days after the change has taken place:
Provided that the declaration of weekly closing days in the case of a shop shall not be changed more than once in any year.
The West Bengal Shops and Establishments Act, 1963. ii XIII of 1963.]
(Sections 17-19.)
(b) The registering authority, on receipt of such information and on payment of such fee, not exceeding one rupee, as may be prescribed, shall, if satisfied about the correctness of the information, make necessary changes in the Register of Shops and Establishments and shall amend the certificate .of registration or issue a fresh certificate of registration, if necessary,
(5) A shop-keeper or an employer shall, within fifteen days of the winding up of his business, inform the registering authority in writing. The registering authority, on being satisfied about the correctness of the information, ehall remove the name of the shop nr the establishment from the Register of Shops and Establishments and cancel the -certificate of registration.
(6) A shop keeper or an employer shall apply to the registering pthority in such form together with such fee, not exceeding one rupee, as may be prescribed, for renewal of the certificate of registration within thirty days after the expiry of three years 'from the date of the issue or renewal, as the case may be, of the certificate of registration.