The Maharashtra Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 2017 — Physical PDF page 8 of 18

8                            The Maharashtra Shops and Establishments                    [2017 : Mah. LXI
                         (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service)
                                              Act, 2017
      4. Application of Act to other establishments and workers.— (1) Notwithstanding anything
contained in this Act, the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare any
establishment or class of establishments to which, or any worker or person or class of workers or
persons to whom, this Act or any of the provisions thereof does not for the time being apply, to be an
establishment or class of establishments or a worker or a person or class of workers or persons to
which or whom this Act or any provisions thereof with such modifications or adaptations as may in the
opinion of the State Government be necessary shall apply from such date as may be specified in the
notification.
      (2) On such declaration under sub-section (1), any such establishment or class of establishments
or such workers or person or class of workers or persons shall be deemed to be an establishment or
class of establishments to which, or to be a worker or a person or class of workers or persons to whom,
this Act, applies and all or any of the provision of this Act with such modification or adaptation as may
be specified in such declaration, shall apply to such establishment or class of establishments or to such
worker or persons or class of workers or persons.

      5. Suspension of all or any of provisions of this Act.— The State Government may, by
notification in the Official Gazette, suspend the operation of all or any of the provisions of this Act for
such period and subject to such conditions as it deems fit on account of any holidays or occasions.

                                               CHAPTER II
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                                   REGISTRATION OF ESTABLISHMENTS
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     6. Registration of establishments.— (1) Within a period of sixty days from the date of
commencement of this Act or the date on which establishment commences its business, the employer
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of every establishment employing ten or more workers shall submit application online in a prescribed
form for registration to the Facilitator of the local area concerned, together with such fees and such self
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declaration and self-certified documents 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) the actual nature of the business of the establishment; and
           (e) such other particulars as may be prescribed:
      Provided that, nothing contained hereinabove shall apply to the establishments already having
valid registration or renewal under the Maharashtra Shops and Establishments Act (LXXIX of 1948),
until expiry of their registration or renewal.
      (2) On receipt of the application along with documents and the fees online, the Facilitator shall,
register the establishment in the register of establishments in such manner as may be prescribed and
shall issue online, in a prescribed form, a registration certificate along with the Labour Identification
Number (LIN) to the employer within the prescribed time limit. The Facilitator shall verify the
correctness of the application and documents attached thereto within such time as may be prescribed.
The registration certificate shall be produced whenever it is demanded by the Facilitator.
      (3) A registration certificate granted under sub-section (2) shall be valid for such period as may
be requested by the applicant and specified therein subject to a maximum period of ten years. An
application for the renewal of a registration certificate shall be submitted online not less than thirty
days before the date of expiry of the registration certificate or of the renewed registration certificate, as
the case may be, and shall be accompanied by such fees, and the renewed registration certificate shall
be in such form, as may be prescribed.
      (4) If the application for the renewal of a registration certificate is submitted after the expiry of
the period specified in sub-section (3) but within thirty days after the date of expiry of the registration
certificate or of the renewed registration certificate, as the case may be, such application shall be