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This Regulation amends 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.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Law and Justice (Legislative Department) published 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) on November 19, 2025. Promulgated by the President under the powers conferred by Article 240 of the Constitution, this Regulation amends the Gujarat Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 2019 (Gujarat Act 4 of 2019), as adapted to the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. It extends to the whole of the Union territory and will come into force on a date appointed by the Administrator. Key amendments include: substituting "ten or more workers" with "twenty or more workers" in section 1, sub-section (3); inserting a new clause (pp) in section 2 to define "State Government" as the Administrator appointed under Article 239 of the Constitution; changing working hours in section 12 from "nine hours" to "ten hours" and "five hours" to "six hours"; substituting the proviso in section 13, sub-section (2), to allow women workers, with consent, to work between 9 P.M. and 6 A.M. if adequate safety and security or holiday provisions are made, and empowering the Administrator to require safeguards for women in hazardous processes; substituting section 14 to state that working hours shall not exceed twelve hours in any day; and in section 15, changing "nine hours" to "ten hours" and "one hundred and twenty-five hours" to "one hundred and forty-four hours." The Regulation was signed by DROUPADI MURMU, President, and DR. RAJIV MANI, Secretary to the Govt. of India.

Full Text

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) Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation. 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.

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