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The Puducherry Shops and Establishments Act, 1964

The Puducherry Shops and Establishments Act, 1964

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The Puducherry Shops and Establishments Act, 1964, regulates working hours, holidays, health, and safety standards for employees in shops, commercial offices, theatres, and public entertainment venues across Puducherry. It applies to most workers in these businesses, excluding government entities, management teams, and miners. The law matters because it safeguards basic labor rights by capping daily work hours at eight, requiring weekly paid rest days, banning child labor, and mandating clean, safe work environments. By establishing these essential legal protections, the act ensures fair treatment, prevents employee exploitation, and promotes a safe, healthy workplace atmosphere for thousands of local commercial employees.

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  1. 0. Preamble
  2. 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
  3. 2. Definitions.
  4. 3. References to time of day.
  5. 4. Exemptions.
  6. 5. Power of Government to apply Act to exempted persons or establishments.
  7. 6. Exemptions.
  8. 7. Registration of shops and establishments under this Act.
  9. 8. Change to be communicated to Inspectors.
  10. 9. Removal of shops and establishments from the register.
  11. 10. Opening and closing hours of shops.
  12. 11. Selling outside shops prohibited after closing hours.
  13. 12. Daily and weekly hours of work in shops.
  14. 13. Spread-over of periods of work.
  15. 14. Closing of shops and grant of holidays.
  16. 15. Application of this Chapter to establishments other than shops.
  17. 16. Opening and closing hours.
  18. 17. Daily and weekly hours of work.
  19. 18. Spread-over of periods of work.
  20. 19. Holidays.
  21. 20. Children not to work in establishments.
  22. 21. Young persons to work only between 6.00 a.m. and 7.00 p.m
  23. 22. Daily and weekly hours of work for young persons.
  24. 23. Cleanliness.
  25. 24. Ventilation.
  26. 25. Lighting. (1) The premises of very establishment shall be sufficiently
  27. 26. Precautions against fire.
  28. 27. Appeals.
  29. 28. Holidays and sick leave.
  30. 29. Pay during annual holidays.
  31. 30. Power to increase the number of holidays
  32. 31. Power of Inspector to act for person employed.
  33. 32. Responsibility for payment of wages.
  34. 33. Fixation of wage period.
  35. 34. Wages for overtime work.
  36. 35. Time of payment of wages.
  37. 36. Wages to be paid in current coin or currency notes.
  38. 37. Deductions which may be made from wages.
  39. 38. Fines.
  40. 39. Deductions for absence from duty.
  41. 40. Deductions for damage or loss.
  42. 41. Deductions for services rendered.
  43. 42. Deductions for recovery of advances.
  44. 43. Deductions for payments to cooperative societies and insurance schemes.
  45. 44. Notice of dismissal.
  46. 45. Application of the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961.
  47. 46. Appointment of Inspectors.
  48. 47. Powers and duties of inspectors.
  49. 48. Inspectors to be public servants.
  50. 49. Penalties.
  51. 50. Penalty for obstructing inspector etc
  52. 51. Maintenance of registers and records and display of notices.
  53. 52. Delegation of powers.
  54. 53. Power to make rules.
  55. 54. Right and privileges under other law, etc., not affected.
  56. 55. Commissioner of Labour to decide certain questions.
  57. 56. Power of Government to suspend provisions of the Act during fairs and
  58. 57. Central Act XVIII of 1942 not to apply to establishments governed by this

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