Closing of shops and grant of holidays
Section 8 of the Goa, Daman and Diu Shops and Establishments Act, 1973 deals with closing of shops and grant of holidays. Every shop shall remain closed on one day of the week.
(1) Every shop shall remain closed on one day of the week. The employer shall fix such day at the beginning of the year, notify it to the Inspector and specify it on a notice prominently displayed in a conspicuous place in the shop:
Provided that the employer shall not without reasonable cause alter such day more often than once in three months, shall notify the alteration to the Inspector, and shall also make the necessary change in the notice displayed in the shop.
(2) The Government may, by notification, require in respect of any specified class of shops that they shall, in addition to the weekly holiday prescribed under sub-section (1) be closed at such hour in the afternoon of one week day in every week as may be fixed by the Government.
(3) The Government may, for the purpose of sub-section (2), fix different hours for different classes of shops or for different areas or for different times of the year.
(4) The weekly day on which a shop is closed in pursuance of the requirement under sub-section (2) shall be notified to the Inspector and specified by the employer in a notice prominently displayed in a conspicuous place in the shop, and shall not be altered by the employer more often than once in three months.
(5) It shall not be lawful for the employer to call an employee at or for the employee to go to the shop in which he is employed or to any other place for any work in connection with the business of his shop on the weekly closed day or part of the day on which it has remained closed.
(6) No deduction shall be made from the wages of any employee in a shop on account of the weekly holiday or part of a day on which it has remained closed; and if such employee is employed on the basis that he would not ordinarily receive wages for such day or part of a day, he shall none the less be paid for such day or part of a day the wages he would have drawn had the shop not remained closed or the holiday not been allowed on that day or part of a day. CHAPTER III Establishments other than shops
Section 8, The Goa, Daman and Diu Shops and Establishments Act, 1973 (Act 13 of 1974).
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Questions about Section 8
What does Section 8 of the Goa, Daman and Diu Shops and Establishments Act deal with?
Section 8 of the Goa, Daman and Diu Shops and Establishments Act is headed "Closing of shops and grant of holidays". Every shop shall remain closed on one day of the week.
How do I find court cases under Section 8 of the Goa, Daman and Diu Shops and Establishments Act?
In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Goa, Daman and Diu Shops and Establishments Act 8, section 8 Goa, Daman and Diu Shops and Establishments Act, section 8 of the Goa, Daman and Diu Shops and Establishments Act. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.
What should I read with Section 8 of the Goa, Daman and Diu Shops and Establishments Act, and has it changed?
2 other provisions in this corpus refer back to it.
When was the Goa, Daman and Diu Shops and Establishments Act enacted?
Goa, Daman and Diu Shops and Establishments Act was enacted in 1974 as Act 13 of 1974. India Code records no commencement date for it. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
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