THE ODISHA SHOPS AND COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS

(AMENDMENT) ACT, 2018

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREAMBLE :

SECTIONS :

1. Short title.

2. Amendment of section 2.

3. Amendment of section 4.

4. Amendment of section 7.

5. Amendment of section 14.

6. Amendment of section 16.

7. Amendment of section 22.

8. Amendment of section 23.

9. Amendment of section 35.

10. Amendment of section 42.

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EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 824, CUTTACK, WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 2018 / JAISTHA 9, 1940

LAW DEPARTMENT

NOTIFICATION

The 30th May, 2018

No.5843–I-Legis-15/2018/L.—The following Act of the Odisha Legislative Assembly

having been assented to by the Governor on the 25th May, 2018 is hereby published for

general information.

ODISHA ACT 8 OF 2018

THE ODISHA SHOPS AND COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS (AMENDMENT)

ACT, 2018

AN ACT FURTHER TO AMEND THE ODISHA SHOPS AND COMMERCIAL

ESTABLISHMENTS ACT, 1956

BE it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Odisha in the Sixty-ninth Year of the

Republic of India as follows:—

1. This Act may be called the Odisha Shops and Commercial Establishments

(Amendment) Act, 2018.

2. In the Odisha Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1956 (herein after

referred to as the principal Act), in section 2,—

(i) after clause (1), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—

‘(1-a) “adolescent” means an adolescent as defined in the child and

adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation), Act, 1986;’ and

(ii) after clause (2), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—

‘(2-a) “child” means a child as defined in the Child and Adolescent

Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986;’

Odisha

Act 30 of

1956.

61 of

1986.

Short title

Amendment

of section-2

61 of

1986.

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3. In the principal Act, in section 4, after sub-section (2), the following sub-section

shall be inserted, namely:—

“(2-a) the name of the establishment shall be displayed in a sign board in front of

the establishment in Odia language prominently in addition to other language, if any:

Provided that the establishments displaying any sign board prior to the

commencement of the Odisha Shops and Commercial Establishments (Amendment)

Act, 2018 shall display the same in Odia language within one month from the date of

such commencement.”

4. In the principal Act, in section 7, for sub-section (2), the following sub-

section shall be substituted, namely:—

“(2) No adolescent shall be allowed to work in any employment for more

than six hours in a day.”

5. In the principal Act, in section 14, for the words “a child” occurring in sub-

sections (1) and (6), the words “an adolescent” shall be substituted.

6. In the principal Act, in section 16, for the words “a child”, the words “an

adolescent” shall be substituted.

7. In the principal Act, in section 22, the words “ who has not completed the

age of twelve” shall be omitted.

8. In the principal Act, in section 23, for the words “ a child between the age of

twelve and fifteen” the words “an adolescent” shall be substituted.

9. In the principal Act, for section 35, the following section shall be substituted,

namely:—

“35. Whoever contravenes any of the provisions of the Act shall, on conviction, be

punishable with fine which for the first offence shall not be less than one thousand

rupees and may extend to five thousand rupees and for the second or subsequent

offence shall not be less than two thousand rupees and may extend to twenty-five

thousand rupees.”

10. In the principal Act, in section 42, in sub-section (3), for the words, “fifty

rupees”, the words” two thousand rupees” shall be substituted.

By order of the Governor

B.P ROUTRAY

Principal Secretary to Government

Printed and published by the Director, Printing, Stationery and Publication, Odisha, Cuttack-10

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Amendment

of section 4.

Amendment

of section 7.

Amendment

of section 14.

Amendment

of section 16.

Amendment

of section 22.

Amendment

of section 23.

Amendment

of section 35.

Amendment

of section 42.