Insertion of a new Chapter after section 5

After section 5 of the Act, the following new Chapter shall be inserted, namely,- CHAPTER I-A REGISTRATION OF SHOPS AND ESTABLISHMENTS 5A. Registering Officer.-The State Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint any officer to be a Registering Officer, who shall be responsible for registration of Shops and Establishments under this Act. 5B. Registering of Shops and Establishments.-(1) Every employer shall get his shop or establishment registered under this Act. The registration shall be valid for one calendar year and thereafter shall be renewed for every calendar year. A list of any shop or establishment registered under this Act shall be entered in the Register of shops and establishments maintained in the prescribed form. (2) The application for registration or for renewal or registration shall be made to the Registering Officer or to such other officer as the Registering Officer may authorise in this behalf, in such forms and within such period as may be prescribed. (3) The fees payable for registration or for renewal of registration shall be such as may be prescribed. (4) Any shop or establishment registered under this Act or when the registration of any shop or establishment is renewed, there shall be issued to the employer, a certificate of registration or renewal certificate of registration, as the case may be, containing such particulars as may be prescribed. (5) Every employer of a shop or an establishment registered under sub-section (4) shall inform the Registering Officer in the prescribed form of any change in respect of any particular contained in the application for registration under sub-section (2) within seven days after the change has taken place. The Registering Officer shall, on receipt of such information and on payment of such fee as may be prescribed, and satisfied about the correctness of the information, make necessary changes in the Register of shops and establishments and shall amend the certificate of registration or issue a fresh certificate of registration, if necessary. (6) Every employer of a shop or an establishment registered under sub-section (4) shall, within fifteen days from the date of the winding up of his shop or establishment, inform the Registering Officer and the Registering Officer shall, on being satisfied about the correctness of the information, remove the name of the shop or the establishment from the Register of shops and establishments and cancel the certificate of registration issued to him.