Chapter II REGISTRATION OF ESTABLISHMENTS

1. (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 of every establishment employing twenty or more workers shall submit application online in a prescribed form for registration to the Facilitator-cum-Inspector of the local area concerned, together with such fees and such self declaration and self-

certified documents as may be prescribed, containing—

1. (a) the name of the employer and the manager, if any;
2. (b) the postal address of the establishment;
3. (c) the name, if any, of the establishment;
4. (d) the actual nature of the business of the establishment; and
5. (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 Goa Shops and Establishments Act, 1973 (Goa Act No. 13 of 1974), until expiry of their registration or renewal.

1. (2) On receipt of the application along with documents and the fees online, the

Facilitator-cum-Inspector 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

1. (LIN) to the employer within the period of seven working days upon verifying the correctness of the application and documents attached thereto. In case the application is incorrect or the documents submitted are incomplete or incorrect the same shall be

rejected. The registration certificate shall be produced whenever it is demanded by the

Facilitator-cum-Inspector.

1. (3) If the application is complete in all respect including the necessary documents and the Facilitator-cum-Inspector fails to register the establishment within the prescribed period specified in sub-section (2), such establishment shall be deemed to have been registered under this Act, immediately on the expiration of such period.
2. (4) 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 five 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 issued by the Facilitator-cum-Inspector within seven working days and the same shall be in such form, as may be prescribed.
3. (5) If the application for the renewal of a registration certificate is submitted after the expiry of the period specified in sub-section (3), such application shall be accompanied by an additional fee as late fee equal to half of the fee payable for the renewal of a registration certificate.
4. (6) If the Facilitator-cum-Inspector fails to renew the registration certificate within the prescribed period specified in sub-section (4), and the application is complete in all respect, such registration certificate shall be deemed to have been renewed under this Act, immediately on the expiration of such period.
5. (7) In the event of any doubt or difference of opinion between an employer and the Facilitator-cum-Inspector with respect to any provisions of this Act, the Facilitator- cum-Inspector 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.

1. (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 of every establishment employing less than twenty workers shall give an intimation of having commenced the business by

submitting online application 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: Provided that, if at any point of time the number of workers engaged in the establishment become twenty or more, then all provisions of this Act shall apply to such establishment and the employer of such 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 already having valid registration or renewal under the Goa Shops and Establishments Act, 1973 (Act No. 13 of 1974), until expiry of their registration or renewal.

1. (2) The employer of such establishment employing less than twenty workers shall intimate 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.

At any time, if it is found or brought to the notice of the Facilitator-cum-Inspector 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-cum-Inspector 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.

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 Government may prescribe. The Facilitator-cum-Inspector shall, on receiving such notice and such fees as may be prescribed along with 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.

1. (1) The employer shall communicate to the Facilitator-cum-Inspector 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.
2. (2) The Facilitator-cum-Inspector 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:

Provided that, if the Facilitator does not receive the information but he is otherwise satisfied that any establishment has been closed, he may remove such establishment from such register of establishments and cancel such certificate.