Intimation by establishment having 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 Inspector in whose jurisdiction the establishment is located, by submitting online application in the 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 the establishment, nature of business, number of workers and such other details as may be prescribed. The Inspector 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 ten 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 that, nothing contained hereinabove shall apply to the shops and establishments already having valid registration under the Gujarat Shops and Establishments Act, 1948 until the expiry of their registration. (2) The employer of such establishment employing less than ten workers shall inform, in such form and manner as may be prescribed, the Inspector within thirty days from the date of the closing of the business that such establishment has been closed for business. The Inspector on receiving the information shall remove the entry of such establishment from the register of establishments.