6. Weekly holidays in shops, restaurants and theatres

(1)

Every person employed in any shop, other than an unassisted shop, in a class of shops mentioned in the Schedule, or in any restaurant or theatre shall be given in each week a holiday of one whole day:

Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to any person who works on less than six days and for less than forty hours in the week, such person being deemed to have worked on any day on which he has worked for a total period of not less than four hours.

(2)

The Director General may, by notification in the Gazette, exclude any particular class of employee from the operation of subsection (1).

Terms defined in s 2

day
Defined · s 2
“day” means a period of twenty-four hours beginning at midnight;
Open s 2
Director General
Defined · s 2
“Director General” means the Director General of Labour;
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restaurant
Defined · s 2
“restaurant” means any premises in which is carried on principally or wholly the business of supplying meals or refreshments to the public or a class of the public for consumption on the premises;
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shop
Defined · s 2
“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;
Open s 2
theatre
Defined · s 2
“theatre” includes any premises intended principally or wholly for the presentation of moving pictures, dramatic performances or stage entertainment or for use as a dance hall;
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unassisted shop
Defined · s 2
“unassisted shop” means any shop in which the controlled business is carried on by the sole proprietor without assistance other than that of the husband, wife or one of the children of the proprietor; Weekly Holidays 7
Open s 2
week
Defined · s 2
“week” means the period between midnight on any Saturday night and midnight on the succeeding Saturday night. Closing of shops
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6. Weekly holidays in shops, restaurants and theatres

Terms defined in s 2

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