State Act

The Bombay Shops and Establishments Act, 1948

This Act was repealed on 1 May 2019 by the Gujarat Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 2019 (Gujarat Act 4 of 2019), s.41; it may still apply to matters that began before then.

43. Save as otherwise provided in this Act, it shall be the duty of every local authority to enforce, within the area subject to its jurisdiction, the provisions of this Act, subject to such supervision of the 67[State] Government as may be prescribed : Provided that the local authority may by order direct that the said duty of enforcing the provisions of this act shall be discharged, in such circumstances and subject to such conditions if any as may be speciffed in the order, by its Chief Executive Officer or any other officer subordinate to it : Provided also that in respect of the areas not subject to the jurisdiction of any local authority, it shall be the duty of the 67[State] Government to enforce the said provisions.