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section 5C

Duties of employer .

The Kerala Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1960
General196039 of 41 sections available9 chapters
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Chapter I PRELIMINARY

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  1. (1) A registration certificate granted or renewed under this Act shall be prominently displayed by the employer in the premises of the establishment.
  2. (2) The employer shall give notice in the prescribed form to the competent authority and the Inspector having jurisdiction over the area in which the establishment is situate of any change in respect of any of the particulars contained in his application under sub-section
  3. (1) of section 5A within seven days after the change has taken place.
  4. (3) A notice under sub-section
  5. (2) shall be accompanied by such fee as may be prescribed.
  6. (4) On receiving a notice under sub-section
  7. (2) and the prescribed fees, the competent authority shall, if it is satisfied about the correctness of the notice, register the change and amend the registration certificate or issue a fresh registration certificate.
  8. (5) The employer shall within ten days of closing his establishment, give notice thereof to the competent authority and the Inspector having jurisdiction over the area in which the establishment is situate.
  9. (6) On receiving a notice under sub-section (5), the competent authority shall, if it is satisfied about the correctness of the notice remove the name of such establishment from the register and cancel the registration certificate." 3. Insertion of new section 13A Insertion of new section 13A.—After section 13 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:— "13A. Special casual leave for sterilisation operation.—
  10. (1) Every employee who undergoes sterilisation operation shall be entitled to special casual leave with wages for a period not exceeding—
    • (a) six days in the case of a male employee; and
    • (b) fourteen days in the case of a female employee, with effect from the day on which he or she undergoes such operation.
  11. (2) If an employee who has undergone sterilisation operation is discharged by his or her employer during the period specified in sub-section (1), the employer shall pay such employee the amount payable under section 14 in respect of the period of the special casual leave to which the employee was entitled at the time of discharge."." 4. Power of Government to apply Act to exempted persons or establishments Power of Government to apply Act to exempted persons or establishments.—Notwithstanding anything contained in section 3, the Government may, by notification in the Gazette, apply all or any of the provisions of this Act to any class of persons or establishments mentioned in that section, other than those mentioned in clauses ( ) and
    • (f) of sub-section
  12. (1) and modify or cancel any such notification.

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