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No. 1439, CUTTACK, WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 2019 / SRAVANA 9, 1941

LABOUR & E.S.I. DEPARTMENT

NOTIFICATION

The 31st July, 2019

S.R.O. No. 267/2019— Whereas the draft of the Odisha Shops and Commercial

Establishments (Amendment) Rules, 2019 was published, as required under sub-section

(4) of Section 42 of the Odisha Shops and Commercial Establishments Act,1956 (Odisha

Act 30 of 1956),in the Extraordinary issue No.1000 of the Odisha Gazette, dated the 13th

June, 2019 under the notification of the Government of Odisha in the Labour & E.S.I.

Department No.3381-LL-II-CHL-15/2018/LESI, dated the 13th June, 2019, inviting

objections or suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby till the expiry of a

period of fifteen days from the date of publication of the said notification in the

Odisha Gazette;

And, whereas, no objection or suggestion has been received from any person in

respect of the said draft during the aforesaid period;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (I) of Section

42 of the said Act, the State Government do hereby make the following rules, namely;-—

1. Short title and commencement:— (1) These rules may be called the Odisha

Shops and Commercial Establishments (Amendment) Rules, 2019.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the

Odisha Gazette.

2. Registration:— In the Odisha Shops and Commercial Establishment Rules,

1958 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 3, for the shoulder heading

“Registration and Renewal of Registration”, the shoulder heading “ Registration” shall be

substituted and column (4) appearing in the Schedule thereof containing “Fees for

renewal of registration for five years” shall be omitted.

3. In the said rules, in rule 4,—

(i) for the shoulder heading “Application for renewal”, the shoulder heading

“Application for registration” shall be substituted;

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(ii) the words “or renewal of registration” shall be deleted; and

(iii) the provisos shall be omitted.

4. In the said rules, in rule 5, the words “and renewal of registration” wherever occur

shall be omitted.

5. In the said rules, in rule 6, for the words “ for a period of one year”, the words “ till

it is revoked, or closed by furnishing an undertaking in Form 16 to the Inspector of the

area” shall be substituted.

6. In the said rules, in rule 7, the word “ renewal” wherever occur shall be omitted.

7. In the said rules, in Form I, the words “ or Renewal of Registration” shall be

omitted.

8. In the said rules, after Form 15, the following Form shall be inserted, namely:—

“ Form16

[ See rule 6 ]

Undertaking

It is hereby undertaken that the establishment mentioned below has been

closed down with effect fromDate. ……………Month…………..Year.

Name of the establishment …………………………………………..

Registration Number of the Establishment…………………………

Name of the employer ……………………………………………….

Postal address of the establishment …………………………. ……

Signature of the employer of the

establishment.

………………… Area.”

[No. 4342–LL-II-CHL-15/2018/LESI.]

By Order of the Governor

ANU GARG

Principal Secretary to Government

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