5. Additional half-day closing or holiday
Feedback & supportThe Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, require in respect of all shops or of any specified class of shops other than unassisted shops and shops included in any class of shops mentioned in the Schedule that they should be closed at such hour in the afternoon of one day in every week in addition to the day provided for by section 3, as may be specified in such notification.
When any shop is closed under subsection (1) every person employed therein shall be given a holiday, in addition to any holiday given under section 3, 6 or 7, during such period as the shop is closed.
shop
“shop” means all directly inter-connected premises or contiguous places used by any person for– (a) exposing goods for sale as part of any controlled business carried on by him; (b) the storage, preparation, processing or manufacture of goods, some or all of which are ordinarily disposed of in the course of any controlled business carried on by him; or (c) any other purpose of a controlled business carried on by him, or, where part only of any premises or places are so used, means that part: Provided that the term “shop” shall not include a restaurant or any bazaar for charitable or public purposes, or any separate room or workshop used exclusively for the storage, preparation, processing or manufacture of goods which are of a description ordinarily disposed of in a substantial quantities otherwise than as part of the business of a controlled business;
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The Minister may, for the purposes of this section, specify different hours or days for different shops or different classes of shops or for different areas or for different times of the year.
The proprietor or the manager shall specify in a notice, in such form as may be prescribed, the day in each week on which a shop is closed in pursuance of a requirement under subsection (1) and shall exhibit such notice permanently in a conspicuous place in the shop.
proprietor
“proprietor” means the owner of the controlled business in any shop or the licensee of any theatre or restaurant;