The Assam Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act, 1979
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No. 120 Dispur, Saturday, 5th May, 1979, 15th Vaisakha

1901 (S. E.)

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GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM

ORDERS BY THE GOVER.NOB ' ,               - ': .

t . LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT

                                        - ~ - NOTIFICATION

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_ The 4th May 1979

No. LGL. 2/78/34.-The following Act of the Assarn

Legislative Assembly which received the assent of the
###### Governor is hereby published for general information.


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746 THE ASSAM. GAZE'l'TE, ~XTRAORDlNARY,MA Y 5, 1979
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ASSAM ACT X OF 1979

(Received the assent of the Governor on 26th April; 1979),

THE ASSAM SHOPS AND ESTABLISHMENTS

(AMENDMENT) ACT, 1979.

An
Act

to _amend_ _the_ _Assam_ _Shops_ _and_ _Establishments_

###### Act, 1971 (Assam Act XXI of 1974). • ... t ..;(_ .. ...~; '1..,

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Preamble. Whereas it is expedient to amend

###### the Assam Shops and Establishments

Act, 1971 (Assam Act XXI of 1974) · ' XXI Assam Act of
###### hereinafter called the principal Act, in 1974.

the manner hereinafter appearing;

###### It is hereby enacted in the Thirtieth
Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

Sho~~~ t l e 1. (1) This Act may be called

commence· the Assam Shops and Eitablishments

ment. (Amendment) Act, 1979.

(2) It shall come into force at

once.

Amen~men t 2. In the principal Act, the Section
of Section 3. .             -
3 shall be substituted by the following,
###### namely:-

"3. (1) Tlie provisions of Se~tions 10

and 11 shall not apply to-

(a) shops or classes of shops dealing

mainly in dairy product, bread,

pastries, sweetmeat and flowers ;

t b) pharmacies or shops dealing
###### mainly in medicine~ . surgical

appliances, bandages or other ·

medical requisites;


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(c) shops dealing ,mainly in articles
###### required for funerals, burials or
cremations as may be specified
###### by the Inspectors within their

respective jurisdictions;

. J) shops dealing ih tobacco, cigars,

cherosts, cigarettes, bidis, pan,
iiquid refreshment sold irt retail
for consumption on the premises,
ice, news paper or periodicals;

(e) barber's and hairdresser's shops.

(2) Nothing contained in this Act

&"_all apply to-

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~°""                              - (a) persons employed in any esta-
###### blishment in a position of management;

(b) persons whose work mainly in-

volves travelling, and persons
employed as canvassers and
caretakers;

(c) .establishments under the Cen_
###### tral or any State Government,
local authorities, the Reserve .

###### Bank of India or any other Bank, any Railway Administration and cantonment authorities;

(d) any water transport service, or
###### motor transport service, or any
system of public conservancy or
sanitation, any industry or busi-
ness or undertaking which supply
power, light or water to the
public and such other public uti-
###### lity companies or associations or
classes thereof as · the State

Governmen.t. may, by notification,
###### exempt from the operation of this Act; ·


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(e) stalls and refreshment rooms at

             - railway station, docks, wharves
and airports ;

(f) establishment for the treatment
or care of the sick, infirm, desti-
###### tute or mentally unfit;

(g) shops or stalls in any public
exhibition or show so far as such
shops or stalls deal in retail
###### trade which is solely subsidiary
or anciliary to the main purpose
of such exhibition or show ;

(h) shops or stalls in any public fair
###### or bazar held for charitable purposes;

(i' shops or classes of shops dealing
###### mainly in vegetables, meat and
fish;

(j) establishments in mine and
oilfields ;

(k) any person employed in a con-

fidential capacity, messenger,
###### watchman or exclusively in con-
nection with the collection,
despatch, delivery and con-
###### veyance or customs formalities
of goods or such other persons or
classes of persons as the State
###### Government may, by notification, exempt from the operation of
all or any of the provisions of
this Act;

(1) such seasonal commercial estab-

.lishments engaged in the purchase
of raw jute or cotton ginning or
cotton or jute pressing and the

clerical department of such sea-
sonal factories and such other


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establishments as the State

Governm ent may, by notification,
###### exempt from the operation of all
or any of the provisions of this

Act."

Amcn ~ment 3. In the principal Act, in ::)UO-

f Section l l. section ( 4) of Section 11, after the exis-

Lmg pi·oviso, the following proviso

###### shall be inserted namely:-

 "Provided further _ that the Inspec- tors may, by a written order, require
 the shops in a particular area within their respective jurisdiction, to be
 kept closed on a particular day as speci-

fied in the order."

Amend ment 4. In the principal Act, in Section 29,-

   - of Section 29 .
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(a) the sub-sections (1) and (2)

###### shall be substituted by the
following, namely :-

###### "(l) Whoever contravenes any of the

provisions of this Act or of any rules

m ade thereunder shall, on conviction,

be punishable with imprisonments for

a term which may extend to six months
###### or with fine which may extend to one
 thousand rupees :

 Provided that for any second or
 subsequent offence, the employer shall

be punishable with imprisonment only
for a term which shall not be less than

two months but may extend to six

m.on ths; ,.


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(b) the sub-sections _(:3;_ Hnd ( 4 )

###### shall be respectively renum-
bered as sub-sections (2 ) and (:3).

Arn endme [11][ 1 ] 5. In the principal Act, in S [1] 'Ction

ofSection .... h b          - (3) h 11 '          - · l
34. 0 4 , t e su -sect10n s a oe m letea

and sub-section (4) shall be renuml)erect

as sub-section (3).

U. TAHBILDAR,
Secy. to the Gcvt. of Assam,

Legislative Deptt.

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