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The Uttar Pradesh Shops and Commercial Establishments (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025

Published 19 November 2025

Department
Legislative Department
Type
Extraordinary
Notification no.
208/79-वि-1-2025-2-क-17-2025
Subdepartment
Anubhag-1
Identifier
in.gazette.uttarpradesh_extraordinary.2025-11-19.c_202512151505402053
Languages
English, Hindi
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No. 208(2)/LXXIX-V-1–2025-2-ka-17-2025

Dated Lucknow, November 19, 2025

IN pursuance of the provisions of clause (3) of Article 348 of the Constitution of India, the Governor is pleased to order the publication of the following English translation of the Uttar Pradesh Dookan Aur Vanijya Adhishthan (Sanshodhan) Adhyadesh, 2025 (Uttar Pradesh Adhyadesh Sankhya 16 of 2025) promulgated by the Governor. Shram Anubhag-3 is administratively concerned with the said Ordinance.

THE UTTAR PRADESH DOOKAN AUR VANIJYA ADHISHTHAN (SANSHODHAN) ORDINANCE, 2025

(U.P. ORDINANCE NO. 16 OF 2025)

[Promulgated by the Governor in the Seventy-sixth Year of the Republic of India]

AN

ORDINANCE

Further to amend the Uttar Pradesh Dookan Aur Vanijya Adhishthan

Adhiniyam, 1962.

WHEREAS the State Legislature is not in session and the Governor is satisfied

that circumstances exist which render it necessary for her to take immediate action;

NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of

Article 213 of the Constitution of India, the Governor is pleased to promulgate the

following Ordinance:-

1. (1) This Ordinance may be called the Uttar Pradesh Dookan Aur Vanijya Short title, Extent Adhishthan (Sanshodhan) Ordinance, 2025.

and commencement (2) It shall extend to whole of the State of Uttar Pradesh.

(3) It shall come into force with effect from the date of its publication in

the official Gazette.

2. In the Uttar Pradesh Dookan Aur Vanijya Adhishthan Adhiniyam, Amendment

of Section 1 of 1962 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in Section 1,—

U.P. Act no. 26 of (a) for the marginal heading, the following marginal heading shall be

1962

substituted, namely:-

"Short title and extent" ;

(b) sub-section (3) shall be omitted.

3. In Section 2 of the principal Act,—

Amendment

of Section 2

(a) for clause (4), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-

"(4) 'commercial establishment' means,—

(i) any premises, not being the premises of a factory, or a shop,

where in any trade, business, manufacture, or any work in connection with, or

incidental or ancillary thereto, is carried on for profit and includes a premises

wherein journalistic or printing work, or business of banking, insurance, stocks

and shares, brokerage or produce exchange is carried on, or which is used as

theatre, cinema or for any other public amusement or entertainment, or where

the clerical and other establishment of a factory, to whom the provisions of the

Factories Act, 1948, do not apply, work;

(ii) establishment of any medical practitioner (including hospitals,

dispensary, clinic, polyclinic, maternity home and such others), architect, tax

consultant or any other technical or professional consultant, service providers or

establishment providing service platform and delivery services, etc.;

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(iii) such other establishments as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare to be a commercial establishment for the purpose of this Act ; " ;

(b) in clause (6), after sub-clause (c), the following sub-clause shall be inserted, namely :-

"(d) a person engaged through an outsourcing agency employed to do

any manual, unskilled, skilled, technical, operational or clerical work for

hire or reward, whether the terms of employment be express or implied;".

4. In sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the principal Act,—

Amendment of Section 3

(a) clause (e) shall be omitted ;

(b) in clause (f), for the symbol " . " , the symbol " ; " shall be substituted ;

(c) after clause (f), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-

"(g) shops or commercial establishment employing less than twenty

employees.".

5. For Section 4-B of the principal Act, the following Section shall be Amendment

of Section 4-B substituted, namely:-

4-B. (1) Every owner of a shop or commercial establishment, where twenty or "Registration

more employees are working, within six months of the commencement of such business, shall submit an application for registration of his shop or commercial establishment on the departmental web-portal along with the necessary documents.

If the nature of the shop or commercial establishment falls under the regulatory domain of any department of the Central/State Government, as the case may be, the applicant shall submit an affidavit that he has/will comply with the rules, regulations, notifications, guidelines issued or to be issued by the said department or authority, if any, with the prescribed payment of fees.

If the application is complete and applicant is eligible, automatic registration shall be granted by the departmental web-portal and registration certificate shall be sent to the applicant on his e-mail:

Provided that if the said registration is obtained by the applicant by misrepresentation or concealment of facts or on the basis of forged documents, such registration shall be deemed null and void and may be cancelled by Registering Officer and legal action may be taken against such applicant:

Provided further that the registration certificate issued under this Section shall not be a proof of ownership of shop or commercial establishment.

(2) Every application for registration under sub-section (1) shall be in such form and shall be accompanied by such fees as prescribed on the departmental web-portal.".

6. For Section 6 of the principal Act, the following Section shall be Amendment

of Section 6

substituted, namely:-

6. (1) No employer shall require or allow an employee to work on any day for more than,—

"Hours of work and overtime

(a) six hours in the case of a young person; and (b) nine hours in the case of any other employee:

Provided that any employee, not being a young person, may be required or allowed to work in any shop or commercial establishment for more than nine hours in any day subject to a maximum of forty-eight hours in a week. Howsoever, that the total number of hours of work including overtime shall not exceed eleven hours on any one day except on a day of stock-taking or making of accounts:

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Provided further that the total number of hours of overtime work shall not

exceed one hundred and forty four hours in any quarter.

Explanation: 'Quarter' means a period of three consecutive months beginning on the 1st of January, the 1st of April, the 1st of July or the 1st of October.

(2) An employee, who has worked in excess of the hours of work fixed under

clause (b) of sub-section (1), shall be paid by his employer, wages at twice the

ordinary rate, for every overtime work.

Explanation-1: For the purpose of this sub-section, 'ordinary rate' means the

basic wages plus such allowances, including the cash equivalent of the advantage

accruing through the concessional sale to employees of food grains and other Articles,

as the employee is for the time being entitled to, but does not include bonus.

Explanation-2: In calculating the wages payable to an employee for overtime

work, a day shall be reckoned as consisting of nine working hours.".

7. For Section 22 of the principal Act, the following section shall be Amendment

of Section 22

substituted, namely:-

22- Any employer, on being satisfied that the provision of shelter, food canteen

"Prohibition on

facility, rest room, night creche, ladies' toilets, adequate

employment of

protection of their safety, and their transportation from the shop

women during

or commercial establishment to their respective residences exists

night

in his shop or commercial establishment, may, after obtaining the consent of the

women working in such shop or commercial establishment, allow them to work

between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m.".

Amendment

8. In Section 28-A of the principal Act, after sub-section (6), the following sub-

of Section 28-A sections shall be inserted, namely:-

"(7) Every employer shall provide adequate sitting arrangements for all

employees obliged to work in a standing position.

(8) Every employer of a shop and commercial establishment shall issue

a letter of appointment to every employee on his/her appointment in the shop

and commercial establishment with information such as employee's name,

father's name, date of birth, qualification (like skilled/unskilled/semi-skilled),

name of the post, salary/wages, mobile phone number, Aadhaar number, nature

of the post, etc.".

9. In the principal Act, Section 33 shall be renumbered as sub-section (1) thereof Amendment

of Section 33

and after the sub-section as so renumbered, the following sub-section shall be inserted,

namely:-

"(2) The Inspector shall, before initiation of prosecution proceeding for the

offences under this Act except sub-section (1) of Section 20, give an opportunity

to the employer to comply with the provisions of the Act by way of a fifteen

days written improvement notice, and, if the employer complies with the

direction within such period, the Inspector shall not initiate such prosecution

proceeding against the employer. No such opportunity shall be accorded to an

employer, if the violation of the same nature of the sections and rules made

under this Act is repeated within a period of five years from the date on which

such first violation was committed; and in such case, the prosecution shall be

initiated in accordance with the Act and orders issued bythe State Government from time to time. ". 244 RPH (vidhaika-2025 adhyadesh folder (Dookan) ) 2025 data 1e 8 mRrj izns'k vlk/kkj.k xtV] 19 uoEcj] 2025 Amendment 10. For Section 35 of the principal Act, the following section shall be of Section 35

substituted, namely:-

35- Any person guilty of an offence under this Act shall be liable to fine which

may, for the first offence, extend to two thousand rupees and, for "Punishment

every subsequent offence, to ten thousand rupees." .

ANANDIBEN PATEL Governor, Uttar Pradesh.

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By order, J. P. SINGH-II, Pramukh Sachiv.

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