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GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

LABOUR DEPARTMENT

(G.O. Ms. No. 03/2020/Lab., Puducherry, dated 26th February 2021)

NOTIFICATION

In exercise of the powers conferred under section 112 of the

Factories Act, 1948 (Central Act No. 63 of 1948), The Lieutenant-

Governor, Puducherry, hereby makes the amendment to the Puducherry

Factories Rules, 1964, the Draft of the same which were issued in the

Labour Department’s Notification under G.O. Ms. No. 11/2020/Lab.,

Puducherry, dated 3rd December 2020 as required under sub-section (1)

of section 115 of the said Act. And after examining the objections and

suggestions with regard to the Draft Rules received from the petitioner

associations, the Government have decided to confirm the said rules, namely:-

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LA GAZETTE DE L'ETAT

1. Short title, extent and commencement.— (1) These rules may

be called the “Puducherry Factories (Amendment) Rules, 2020”.

(2) These rules shall extend to the whole of the Union territory

of Puducherry.

(3) They shall come into force on and from the date of their

publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Amendment of rule 6.— (i) In the Puducherry Factories Rules,

1964 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), the sub-rule (3-A) of

rule 6, shall be substituted as follows:-

“Every Licence granted or renewed under this rule shall remain

valid or be in force for a minimum period of ten years or more as

applicable. The Licence so granted or renewed shall remain valid up to

31st December of the applied period:

Provided that in case of temporary factories or the nature of

activity demands for, the Chief Inspector may issue factory licence for

less than ten year validity on an application made in this behalf by

an occupier:

Provided further that in such cases, the fee payable for grant

of or renewal of licence of a factory shall be proportionate to the annual

fee as multiplied by number of years for which licence is sought for.”

(ii) In the said rules, the sub-rub (4) of rule 6, shall be substituted

as follows:-

If, the application has been made in accordance with this rule,

the licence for the premises shall be deemed to have been automatically

renewed for the applied period and an electronic certificate of

registration/renewal shall be auto generated and issued after a period

of 30 days from the date of submission of the application or until such

date as the Chief Inspector may pass orders seeking clarifications on

the application for the renewal.

(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)

E. VALLAVAN, I.A.S.,

Secretary to Government (Labour).

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