14. Daily and weekly hours of work in shops and commercial
establishment.-
(1) Subject to the 29 [other] provisions of this Act, no employee shall be required
or allowed to work in any shop or commercial establishment for more than nine
hours in any day and forty-eight hours in any week.
(2) Any employee may be required or allowed to work in a shop or commercial
establishment for any period in excess of the limit fixed under sub-section (1), if
such period does not exceed [six] hours in any week.
(3) On not more than six days in a year which the [State] Government may fix
by rules made in this behalf, for purposes of making of accounts, stock taking
settlements or other prescribed occasions, any employee may be required or
allowed to work in a shop or commercial establishment in excess of the period
fixed under sub-section (1), if such excess period does not exceed twenty-four
hours.
Need more clarification of Sub section (2).
establishment.-
(1) Subject to the 29 [other] provisions of this Act, no employee shall be required
or allowed to work in any shop or commercial establishment for more than nine
hours in any day and forty-eight hours in any week.
(2) Any employee may be required or allowed to work in a shop or commercial
establishment for any period in excess of the limit fixed under sub-section (1), if
such period does not exceed [six] hours in any week.
(3) On not more than six days in a year which the [State] Government may fix
by rules made in this behalf, for purposes of making of accounts, stock taking
settlements or other prescribed occasions, any employee may be required or
allowed to work in a shop or commercial establishment in excess of the period
fixed under sub-section (1), if such excess period does not exceed twenty-four
hours.
Need more clarification of Sub section (2).