Section 14
Section 14 of the Bombay Shops and Establishments Act, 1948. Subject to the provisions of this Act, no employee shall be required or allowed to work in any shop or commercial establishment for more than nine hours in any day and forty-eight hours in any week.
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, no employee shall be required or allowed to work in any shop or commercial establishment for more than nine hours in any day and forty-eight hours in any week. Daily and weekly hours of work in shops and commercial establishments.
(3) On not more than six days in a year which the 34[State] Government may fix by rules made in this behalf, for purposes of making of accounts, stock taking, settlements or other prescribed occasions, any employee may be required or allowed to work in a shop or commercial establishment in excess of the period fixed under sub-section (1), if such excess period does not exceed twenty-four hours. 35[15. 36[(1)] The period of work of an employee in a shop or commercial establishment each day shall be so fixed that no period of continuous work shall exceed five hours and that on employee shall be required or allowed to work for more than five hours before he has had 3 [an interval for rest of at least- Interval for rest.
(7) half an hour, if he is en val for reste to (i) half an hour, if he is employed in a commercial establishment engaged in any manufacturing process, and (ii) one hour in any other case, subject, however, to the provisions of sub-section (2)]. 38[(2) In the case of employees other than those employed in a commercial establishment engaged in any manufacturing process, the State Government, on an application made in that behalf by the employees concerned, may permit the reduction of the interval for rest to half an hour.]
Section 14, The Bombay Shops and Establishments Act, 1948 (Act 79 of 1948).
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Questions about Section 14
How do I find court cases under Section 14 of the Bombay Shops and Establishments Act?
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What should I read with Section 14 of the Bombay Shops and Establishments Act, and has it changed?
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When was the Bombay Shops and Establishments Act enacted?
Bombay Shops and Establishments Act was enacted in 1948 as Act 79 of 1948. India Code records no commencement date for it. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
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