The Goa Shops and Establishments Act, 1973 — Physical PDF page 22 of 23

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     (c) hair-dressing shops, clubs and residential hotels, educational institutions, hostels
  attached to schools or colleges, and establishments maintained in connection with the
  boarding and lodging of pupils and resident masters;

     (d) stalls and refreshment rooms at railway stations, docks, wharves, ports, airports
  or bus stands;

     (e) establishments wholly or principally engaged in the sale of ice or aerated water;

     (f) establishments wholly or principally engaged in the sale of funeral requisites.

  (3) Nothing in sections 4, 5, 8 or 10 shall apply to—

     (a) persons whose work is of an intermittent nature such as caretaker, sweeper,
  travelling staff;

     (b) persons employed for loading and unloading goods at godowns.

   (4) The Government may, by notification, exempt either permanently or for any
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specified period, any establishment or class of establishments, or persons or classes of
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persons, from all or any of the provisions of this Act, subject to such condition as they
may deem fit.
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   (5) Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing sub-sections, the Government
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may, by notification, apply all or any of the provisions of this Act to any class of persons
or establishments mentioned in those sub-sections other than those mentioned in clause
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(b) of sub-section (1) and modify or cancel any such notification.

   62. Appointment of an authority to decide certain questions.— (1) If any question
arises whether all or any of the provisions of this Act apply to an establishment or to an
employee therein or whether section 61 applies to any case or not, it shall be decided by
such authority as may be prescribed by the rules made under this Act.

   (2) The decision of such authority shall be final and shall not be liable to be questioned
in any Court of law.
   63. Application of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923.— The provisions of
the Workmen‟s Compensation Act, 1923 (Central Act 8 of 1923), and the rules made
thereunder, shall so far as may be, apply to every employee to whom this Act applies.

   64. Protection of persons acting under this Act.—No suit, prosecution or other legal
proceeding shall lie against any person for anything which is in good faith done or
intended to be done under this Act.

   65. Power of Government to suspend provisions of the Act during fairs and
festivals.— On any special occasion in connection with a fair or festival or a succession
of public holidays, the Government may by notification, suspend for a specified period
the operation of all or any of the provisions of this Act, subject to such conditions, as may
be specified in such notification.

   66. Weekly Holidays Act 1942 not to apply to establishments governed by this
Act.— On and from the date on which this Act comes into operation in respect of any
establishment, the Weekly Holidays Act, 1942 (Central Act 18 of 1942) shall cease to
apply to such establishment.