(1) In no shop shall the hour of opening be earlier than eight o'clock ante meridiem or the hour of closing be later than eight o'clock post meridiem:
Provided that if the State Government or any officer empowered in this behalf by the State Government thinks fit so to do in the public interest, the State Government or such officer may, by notification, change such limits of the hours of opening and closing of shops, either generally or for any particular area or fix uniform hours of opening and closing of all or any class or classes of shops in any particular area.
(2) No person employed in a shop shall be required or permitted to work in such shop for more than eight hours and a half in any one day or for more than forty-eight hours in any one week or after the hour of closing of such shop :
Provided that in any day and in any week in which stock-taking, making up accounts or such other business operation as may be prescribed takes place in any shop, a person employed in the shop may be required or permitted to work overtime in such shop so, however, that—
(i) the total number of hours of his work including overtime work shall not exceed ten hours in any one day, and
(ii) the total number of hours worked overtime by him shall not exceed one hundred and twenty hours in any one year.
(3) No person employed in a shop shall be required or permitted to work in such shop for more than six hours in any one day, unless he has been allowed an interval for rest of at least one hour.
(4) The periods of work and intervals for rest of every person employed in a shop shall be arranged by the shopkeeper so that together they do not extend over more than ten hours and a half in any one day.