Spread - over in shops and commercial establishments

The spread -over of an employee in a shop or commercial establishment shall not exceed twelve hours on a day:

Provided that in cases where any shop or commercial establishment is on any day entirely closed for a continuous period of not less than three hours, the spread over shall not exceed thirteen hours on that day:

Provided also that where an employee works on any day in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (2) of Section 11, the spread - over shall not exceed fourteen hours on any such day and where he works on any day in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (3) of the said section, the spread over shall not exceed sixteen hours, on any such day:

Provided further that the Government may increase the spread-over period subject to such conditions as it may think fit either generally in the case of commercial establishments or in the case of a class of commercial establishments.