State Act

The Chhattisgarh SHOPS and ESTABLISHMENTS ACT, 1958

This Act was repealed on 13 February 2025 by the Chhattisgarh Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 2017 (Chhattisgarh Act 21 of 2018), s.30(1), in force from 13 February 2025; it may still apply to matters that began before then.

11. Hours of work in shops and commercial establishments — (1) (a) No employee in any shop or commercial establishment shall be required or allowed to work for more than 48 hours in a week. (b) Subject to clause (a) no employee shall be required to work — (i) in any shop, for more than nine hours on any day; (ii) in any commercial establishment, for more than ten hours on any day. (2) Any employee may be required or allowed to work in a shop or commercial establishment for any period in excess of the limit fixed under subsection (1) if such period does not exceed six hours in any week. (3) On not more than six days in a year, which the 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.