Declaration by the State Government

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare any shop or any establishment or any class thereof to be a shop or an establishment, as the case may be, for the purposes of this Act. (2) On such declaration under sub-section (1) the shop or the establishment specified in the notification shall be deemed to be a shop or an establishment, as the case may be, to which this Act applies, and the provisions of this Act shall apply to such a shop or such an establishment.