The Goa Shops and Establishments Act, 1973 — Physical PDF page 4 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.
Goa/Daman/Diu historical territorial wording and trailing numbered amendment notes on page 23 must remain.
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    (d) any sum which by reason of the termination of employment of the employee is
  payable under any law, contract or instrument which provides for the payment of such
  sums, whether with or without deductions, but does not provide for the time within
  which the payment is to be made;

     (e) any sum to which the employee is entitled under any scheme framed under any
  law for the time being in force, but does not include —

        (i) any bonus, whether under a scheme of profit sharing or otherwise, which does
     not form part of the remuneration payable under the terms of employment, or, which
     is not payable under any award or settlement between the parties or order of a court;

       (ii) the value of any house accommodation, or of the supply of light, water,
     medical attendance or other amenity or of any service excluded from the
     computation of wages by a general or special order of the Government;

        (iii) any contribution paid by the employer to any pension or provident fund, and
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     the interest which may have accrued thereon;
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        (iv) any travelling allowance or the value of any travelling concession;
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       (v) any sum paid to the employee to defray special expenses incurred by him on
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     account of the nature of his employment; or
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        (vi) any gratuity payable on the termination of employment in cases other than
     those specified in sub-clause (d) ;

  (25) “week” means a period of seven days beginning at midnight on Saturday;

  (26) “young person” means a person who is not a child but has not completed eighteen
years of age.

   3. Registration of Establishments and renewal of registration certificates.— (1)
Within the period specified in sub-section (3), the employer of every establishment
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 [except a bank] shall send to the Inspector concerned, a statement in the prescribed form
together with such fees as may be prescribed, containing—
     (a) the name of the employer and the manager, if any;
     (b) the postal address of the establishment;
     (c) the name, if any, of the establishment;
     (d) category of the establishment; and
     (e) such other particulars as may be prescribed.

   (2) On receipt of the statement and the fees, the Inspector shall, on being satisfied
about the correctness of the statement, register the establishment in the Register of
Establishments in such manner as may be prescribed and shall issue in the prescribed
form a registration certificate to the employer who shall display it at a prominent place in
the establishment.