The Maharashtra Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 2017 — Physical PDF page 9 of 18

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                              (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service)
                                                   Act, 2017
accompanied by an additional fee as late fee equal to half of the fee payable for the renewal of a
registration certificate.
      (5) In the event of any doubt or difference of opinion between an employer and the Facilitator
with respect to any provisions of this Act, the Facilitator shall refer the matter to the prescribed
authority which shall, after inquiry as it thinks proper, decide the matter and its decision shall be final
for the purposes of this Act.

      7. Intimation of establishment employing less than ten workers.— (1) Within a period of
sixty days from the date of the commencement of this Act or the date on which establishment
commences its business, the employer of every establishment employing less than ten workers shall
give an intimation of having commenced the business to the Facilitator in whose jurisdiction the
establishment is located by submitting online application, in a prescribed form, together with such self-
declaration and self-certified documents, as may be prescribed containing details such as name of the
employer and manager, name of establishment, nature of business, number of workers and such other
details as may be prescribed. The Facilitator shall issue to the employer of such establishment a receipt
of intimation in such form and manner as may be prescribed. The details of the intimation receipt shall
be recorded online in a register maintained in such form as may be prescribed:
     Provided that, if at any point of time the number of workers engaged in the establishment become
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ten or more, then all provisions of this Act shall apply to such establishment and the employer of such
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establishment shall have to obtain registration as per the provisions of section 6:
     Provided further that, nothing contained in this sub-section shall apply to the establishments
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already having valid registration or renewal under the Maharashtra Shops and Establishments Act
(LXXIX of 1948), until expiry of their registration or renewal.
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      (2) The employer of such establishment employing less than ten workers shall notify to the
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Facilitator within thirty days from the date of the closing of the business that the establishment has
been closed for business in such form and manner as may be prescribed. The Facilitator on receiving
the information shall remove the entry of such establishment from the register kept for that purpose.
         (3) Whoever, contravenes the provisions of this section or rules framed thereunder shall be
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    [liable to penalty of one thousand rupees].

      8. Cancellation of registration.— At any time, if it is found or bought to the notice of the
Facilitator that the registration of any establishment has been obtained by misrepresentation or
suppression of material facts or by submitting false or forged documents or false declaration or by
fraud, and therefore, requires to be revoked, the Facilitator shall, after giving an opportunity of being
heard, to the employer of the establishment, cancel the registration and remove such establishment
from the register of establishments in the manner prescribed.

      9. Change to be communicated to Facilitator.— It shall be the duty of every employer to
notify online to the Facilitator, in the prescribed form, any change in any of the particulars contained in
the application submitted under section 6 within such period, after the change has taken place, as the
State Government may prescribe. The Facilitator shall, on receiving such notice and the prescribed fees
alongwith the self-declaration of the applicant and self certified documents as may be prescribed, make
the change in the register of establishments in accordance with such notice and shall issue a fresh
registration certificate online.

      10. Closing of establishment to be communicated to Facilitator.— The employer shall notify
to the Facilitator within thirty days from the date of closing of the business that the establishment has
been closed for business in such form and manner, as may be prescribed. The Facilitator on receiving
the information and on being satisfied about its correctness shall remove such establishment from the
register of establishments and cancel the registration certificate :

1      These words were substituted for the words “punishable with a fine of rupees one thousand” by Mah. 56 of 2025, s. 2,
       Schedule-I, Sr. No. 7.