This law regulates the employment of workers in shops and commercial establishments. The Act provides for the opening and closing hours of shops and establishments, and provision of a weekly holiday with wages. The officials of the Labour Department, who are notified as Inspectors under the Act, are competent to initiate prosecution proceedings against the employers who violate the provisions of this law. The Act provides for the compounding of offenses committed under this law. This Act gives pride of place to the Tamil Language. This Act requires that the name of the establishment should be written predominantly in Tamil on the name board of any shop or commercial establishment.
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