The Goa Shops and Establishments Act, 1973 — Physical PDF page 1 of 23

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Title is 1973, printed Act number is 13 of 1974; cover notification LD/Bill/9/74 prints assent 28 September 1973 and publication 24 October 1974. Preserve all labels without reconciling them.
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                                GOVERNMENT OF GOA
                        Law and Judiciary Department
                                           —
                                      Notification
                                      LD/Bill/9/74
   The following Act passed by the Legislative Assembly of Goa, Daman and Diu which
received the assent of the Administrator of Goa, Daman and Diu on 28th September,
1973 is hereby published for general information.
  M. S. Borkar, Under Secretary (Law).
  Panaji, 24th October, 1974.


               The Goa Shops and Establishments Act, 1973
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                      (Act No. 13 of 1974) [7th October, 1974]
                                          AN
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                                          ACT      aC
                                           di
to provide for the regulation of conditions of work and employment in shops, commercial
   establishments, restaurants, theatres and other establishments and for matters
   connected therewith.
                                       In
   Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Goa, Daman and Diu in the Twenty-
-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—

                                      CHAPTER I

                                     Preliminary
   1. Short title, extent, commencement and application.— (1) This Act may be called
the Goa 1[****] Shops and Establishments Act, 1973.

  (2) It extends to the whole of the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu.

   (3) It shall come into force in such areas and on such dates as the Government may,
from time to time, by notification, appoint.

  2. Definitions.— In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: —
   (1) “apprentice” means a person who is employed, whether on payment of wages or
not, for the purpose of being trained in any trade, craft or employment in any
establishment;
  2
   [(1-A).-“bank” means establishments belonging to any nationalized, scheduled or co-
operative bank;]

  (2) “child” means a person who has not completed his 3[fourteenth ] year of age;

  (3) “closed” means not open, for the service of any customer, or for any trade or
business or for any other purpose connected with the establishment except loading,
unloading and annual stock-taking;