Delhi Shops and Establishments Act,1954 — Physical PDF page 8 of 27

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       (5) Within ninety days from the date mentioned in column 2 below in respect of any
establishment mentioned in column 1, the statement together with fees shall be sent to the Chief
Inspector under sub-section (1):
             Establishment                            Date from which the period
        of 90 days is to commence
   (i) Establishments existing in municipal           The      date     on       which     this    Act
       areas, notified areas, and cantonment          comes into force.
       limits of Delhi, New Delhi, Shahdara,
       Civil Lines, Mehrauli, Red Fort and
       Delhi Cantonment.
  (ii) Establishments existing in local areas         The      date     on       which     this    Act
       in which this Act is brought into force        comes       into    force     in    the    local
       by notification under sub-section (4)          areas concerned.
       of section 1.
 (iii) New establishment in areas mentioned           The        date        on        which       the
       in clauses (i) and (ii) of this sub-section    establishment           commences            the
                                                      work.
       6. Change to be communicated to the Chief Inspector.—It shall be the duty of the
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occupier to notify to the Chief Inspector, on a prescribed form any change in respect of any
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information contained in his statement under sub-section (1) of section 5 within thirty days after
the change has taken place. The Chief Inspector shall on the receipt of such notice and the
prescribed fee and on being satisfied about its correctness make the change in the register of
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establishments in accordance with such notice and shall amend the registration certificate, or
issue a fresh registration certificate, if necessary.
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       7. Closing of an establishment to be communicated to the Chief Inspector.—The
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occupier shall within fifteen days of his closing the establishment, notify to the Chief Inspector in
writing accordingly. The Chief Inspector shall on receiving the information and being satisfied
about the nature of closure remove such establishment from the register of establishments and
cancel the registration certificate:
       Provided that the Chief Inspector may not, if satisfied that the establishment is likely to re-
start within a period of six months, remove it from the Register of Establishment and cancel the
registration certificate.
       8. Employment of adults, hours of work.—No adult shall be employed or allowed to work
about the business of an establishment for more than nine hours on any day or 48 hours in any
week and the occupier shall fix the daily periods of work accordingly:
       Provided that during any period of stock taking or making of accounts or any other purpose
as may be prescribed, any adult employee may be allowed or required to work for more than the
hours fixed in this section, but not exceeding 54 hours in any week subject to the conditions that
the aggregate hours so worked shall not exceed 150 hours in a year:
       Provided further that advance intimation of at least three days in this respect has been given
in the prescribed manner to the Chief Inspector and that any person employed on overtime shall
be entitled to remuneration for such overtime work at twice the rate of his normal remuneration
calculated by the hour.
       Explanation.—For the purpose of calculating the normal hourly wage the day shall be
reckoned as consisting of eight hours.
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(a) Mode for calculation of overtime wages
       For any work in excess of nine hours on any day or for more than 48 hours in any week,
overtime wages are to be paid at the rate of double the wages. It is provided therein that where a
worker is required to work beyond the normal hours of work or on any day of rest, he shall be
entitled to wages at rate of twice his ordinary rate of wages in respect of the overtime work or
work done on a day of rest, as the case may be.