Closing hours of shops.

(1) No shop- (a) other than those specified in clause (b) of this sub-section shall on any day be kept open after 7 p.m. (b) dealing mainly in the sale of pan, bidis, cigarettes, safety matches and other ancillary articles shall, on any day, be kept open after 9 p.m: Provided that any customer who was being served or was waiting to be served at such closing hour in any shop may be served in such shop during the quarter of an hour immediately following such hour. (2) Subject to the provision of sub-section (1), the State Government may fix earlier closing hours for different classes of shops or different areas or for different periods of the year.