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REGISTERED NO. DL-(N)04/0007/2003-25
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-19112025-267840
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II — Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
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 DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU
SHOPS AND ESTABLISHMENTS (REGULATION OF
EMPLOYMENT AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE) AMENDMENT
REGULATION, 2025
No. 14 OF 2025
Promulgated by the President in the Seventy-sixth Year of the Republic of India.
A Regulation to amend the Gujarat Shops and Establishments (Regulation of
Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 2019 as adapted to the Union
Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
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 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman
and Diu Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of
Service) Amendment Regulation, 2025.
(2) It extends to the whole of the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli
and Daman and Diu.
(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.
Amendment of
section 1.
Amendment of
section 2.
Amendment of
section 12.
Amendment of
section 13.
Substitution of
section 14.
Hours of work.
Amendment of
section 15.
2. In the Gujarat Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and
Conditions of Service) Act, 2019 as adapted to the Union Territory of Dadra and
Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in
section 1, in sub-section (3), for the words "ten or more workers", the words
"twenty or more workers” shall be substituted.
3. In section 2 of the principal Act, after clause (p), the following clause shall
be inserted, namely:—
'(pp) "State Government” means the Administrator of the Union
territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu appointed by the
President under article 239 of the Constitution;'.
4. In section 12 of the principal Act, -
(a) for the words "nine hours", the words "ten hours" shall be
substituted;
(b) for the words "five hours", the words "six hours" shall be
substituted.
5. In section 13 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2), for the proviso, the
following provisos shall be substituted, namely:-
"Provided that women workers may, with their consent, be allowed to
work even between the hours of 9 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.".
6. For section 14 of the principal Act, the following section shall be
substituted, namely:—
"14. The working hours of a worker in any shop or establishment shall
not exceed twelve hours in any day.".
7. In section 15 of the principal Act,—
(a) for the words "nine hours", the words "ten hours" shall be
substituted;
(b) for the words "one hundred and twenty-five hours", the words "one
hundred and forty-four hours" shall be substituted.
Gujarat Act
4 of 2019.
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.
MGIPMRND—342GI(S4)—19-11-2025.