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This Act was repealed on 13 February 2025 by the Chhattisgarh Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 2017 (Chhattisgarh Act 21 of 2018),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

9. Opening and closing hours -- (1) No shop or commercial establishment shall on any day : - (a) be opened earlier than such hour as may be fixed by the Government by a general or special order in this behalf; (b) be kept open later than such hour as may be fixed by the Government by general or special order in this behalf: Provide that any custom; who was being served or was waiting to be served at the closing hour so fixed in any shop may be served in such shop during half hour immediately following such hour. (2) The Government may fix different opening or closing hours for different classes of shops and commercial establishments or for different area or for different periods of the year.