(1) This Act shall not apply to—
(a) offices of or under the Central or State Government, the Reserve Bank of India, any railway administration or any local authority ;
(b) any railway service, airways service, water transport service, tramway or motor service, postal, 'telegraph or telephone service, any system of public conservancy or sanitation or any industry, business or undertaking which supplies power, light or water to the public;
(c) institutions for the treatment or owe of the sick, infirm, destitute or mentally unfit;
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Act or some of its provisions not applicable to certain establishmerits, shops and persons.
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(d) shops or stalls in any public fair or bazar held for a charitable purpose; or
(e) stalls and refreshment rooms at railway stations, docks, wharves or airports.
(2) The State Government may, if it thinks fit so to do in the public interest, by notification, exempt, subject to such conditions, if any, as may be specified in the notification, from the operation of any of the provisions of this Act other than those of sections 8, 9 and 10—
(a) any class or classes of shops or establishments either generally or on such occasion or occasions, in such area or areas and for such period or periods as may be specified in the notification;
(b) any class or classes of persons employed in a shop or an establishment,—
(i) in a managerial or confidential capacity, or
(ii) as a traveller, canvasser, messenger, watchman or care-taker, or
(iii) exclusively in connection with customs examination, collection, despatch, delivery or conveyance of goods from or to booking offices for transport by rail, road or air, docks, wharves or airports.
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