Puducherry Catering Establishments Act, 1964
Puducherry Catering Establishments Act, 1964
General196430 sections
This Act governs restaurants and residential hotels in the Union territory of Puducherry to ensure safety and fair employment practices. It mandates that all catering businesses obtain a government registration certificate to operate legally and display it prominently. The primary purpose is to protect young people and children employed in these establishments by regulating their working hours and ensuring they receive proper leave. While top management positions and family-run venues are exempt from the standard requirements, the law ensures that vulnerable workers within the catering industry are safeguarded by prescribed regulations.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Exemption
- 4. Registration of catering establishments
- 5. Change to be communicated to Inspector
- 6. Removal of catering establishments from the register
- 7. Daily and weekly hours of work in catering establishments
- 8. Extra wages for overtime work
- 9. Interval for rest
- 10. Spread-over
- 11. Holidays
- 12. Leave with wages
- 13. Wages during leave period
- 14. Payment in advance in certain cases
- 15. Mode of recovery of unpaid wages
- 16. Application of the Payment of Wages act, 1936 to catering establishments
- 17. Prohibition of employment of children
- 18. Prohibition of employment of women or young persons during night
- 19. Notice of discharge of dismissal
- 20. Appointment of Inspectors
- 21. Powers and duties of Inspectors
- 22. Employer to produce registers, records etc., for inspection
- 23. Penalties.
- 24. Procedure.
- 25. Limitation of prosecution.
- 26. Onus as to age.
- 27. Saving of certain rights and privileges.
- 28. Indemnity.
- 29. Power to make rules.
- 30. Certain enactments not to apply to catering establishments.
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