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REGISTERED NO. DL-(N)04/0007/2003-25
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-19112025-267836
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II — Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 47] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2025/KARTIKA 28, 1947 (Saka)
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MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the 19th November, 2025/Kartika 28, 1947 (Saka)
THE ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS SHOPS AND
ESTABLISHMENTS (AMENDMENT) REGULATION, 2025
No. 10 OF 2025
Promulgated by the President in the Seventy-sixth Year of the Republic of India.
A Regulation to amend the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Shops and Establishments
Regulation, 2004.
In exercise of the powers conferred by article 240 of the Constitution, the
President is pleased to promulgate the following Regulation made by her:—
1. (1) This Regulation may be called the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Shops
and Establishments (Amendment) Regulation, 2025.
(2) It extends to the whole of the Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar
Islands.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Administrator may, by
notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Short title,
extent and
commencement.
Insertion of new
section 1A.
2. In the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Shops and Establishments
Regulation, 2004 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Regulation), after
section 1, the following section shall be inserted, namely:-
"1A. This Regulation applies to all establishments in which twenty or
more persons are employed or were employed on any day of the preceding
twelve months.".
Application.
Amendment of
section 3.
3. In section 3 of the principal Regulation, in sub-section (1), in clause (d), for
the words "three persons", the words “twenty persons" shall be substituted.
Amendment of
section 4.
4. In section 4 of the principal Regulation,—
(a) for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be substituted,
namely:-
"(2) The employer of an establishment shall, within the period
specified in sub-section (6), apply online to the Registering Officer for
registration of the establishment in the prescribed form.";
(b) for sub-section (4), the following sub-section shall be substituted,
namely:
"(4) On receipt of the application under sub-section (2) and on
being satisfied about the correctness of the particulars contained therein,
the Registering Officer shall register the establishment and upon
registration, the employer shall generate the registration certificate from
the web portal of the Labour Department on payment of such fees
electronically, not exceeding the amount specified in column (3) of the
Schedule, which the Administrator may, from time to time, by order,
determine.";
(c) sub-section (7) shall be omitted.
Amendment of
section 7.
5. In section 7 of the principal Regulation, in sub-section (1), —
(a) for the words "nine hours", the words "ten hours" shall be
substituted;
(b) in the first proviso, for the words “ten hours", the words "twelve
hours" shall be substituted;
(c) in the second proviso, for the words "fifty hours", the words "one
hundred and forty-four hours” shall be substituted.
Amendment of
section 8.
6. In section 8 of the principal Regulation, in sub-section (1), for the words
"nine hours", the words "ten hours" shall be substituted.
Amendment of
section 9.
7. In section 9 of the principal Regulation,-
(a) in clause (a), for the words "five hours", the words “six hours, unless
he has had an interval for rest of at least half an hour" shall be substituted;
(b) in clause (b), for the word "before", the word "unless" shall be
substituted.
Substitution of
section 21.
8. For section 21 of the principal Regulation, the following section shall be
substituted, namely:-
"21. No woman or young person shall be required or permitted to work
whether as an employee or otherwise in any establishment between the hours
of 7 P.M. and 6 A.M.:
Reg. 1 of 2004.
Prohibition of
employment of
women or young
persons in
certain cases.
Provided that women workers may, with their consent, be allowed to
work even between the hours of 7 P.M. and 6 A.M. in any establishment in
which adequate safety and security measures or provisions for holidays, as
may be prescribed, are provided by the employer:
Provided further that where the Administrator considers that the
employment of women in any particular hazardous or dangerous processes in
an establishment is dangerous for their health and safety due to the operation
carried out therein, the Administrator may require the employer to provide
adequate safeguards as may be prescribed, prior to the employment of women
for such operation.".
9. In section 34 of the principal Regulation, in sub-section (2), clauses (d)
and (e) shall be omitted.
10. For the Schedule to the principal Regulation, the following Schedule shall
be substituted, namely:-
"THE SCHEDULE
[See section 4(4)]
FEES FOR REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE
| Serial No. | Category of establishment | Fees for registration certificate in rupees |
|:---------|:----------------------------------------------------------|:-----------------------------------------|
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| 1. | Establishment having twenty or more but less than thirty employees | Rs. 1,000. |
| 2. | Establishment having thirty or more employees but less than fifty employees | Rs. 1,500. |
| 3. | Establishment having fifty or more employees | Rs. 2,000.". |
DROUPADI MURMU,
President.
DR. RAJIV MANI,
Secretary to the Govt. of India.
UPLOADED BY THE MANAGER, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PRESS, MINTO ROAD, NEW DELHI-110002
AND PUBLISHED BY THE CONTROLLER OF PUBLICATIONS, DELHI-110054.
KSHITIZ MOHAN
MGIPMRND—338GI (S4)—19-11-2025.
Amendment of
section 34.
Substitution of
new Schedule
for Schedule.