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This Act was repealed on 13 February 2025 by the Chhattisgarh Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 2017 (Chhattisgarh Act 21 of 2018),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.

12. Spread-over in shops and commercial establishments -- The spread-over of an employee in a shop or commercial establishment shall not exceed twelve hours on a day: Provided that in cases where any shop or commercial establishment is on any day entirely closed for a continuous period of not less than three hours, the spread over shall not exceed thirteen hours on that day: Provided also that where an employee works on any day in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (2) of Section 11, the spread-over shall not exceed fourteen hours on any such day and where he works on any day in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (3) of the said section, the spread over shall not exceed sixteen hours, on any such day: Provided further that the Government may increase the spread-over period subject to such conditions as it may think fit either generally in the case of commercial establishments or in the case of a class of commercial establishments.