This Act may be called the Maharashtra Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and conditions of service) (Amendment) Act 2022
In section1 of the Maharashtra Shops and Establishments(Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as “the principal Act”), for sub-section (3), the followingsub-section shall be substituted, namely:—
“(3)(a) The provisions of this Act, except section 7, shall apply to the establishments employing ten or more workers.
(b) The provisions of sections 7 and 36A shall apply to the establishments employing less than ten workers.”.
- In section 17 of the principal Act, clause(g) shall be deleted.
- After section 36 of the principal Act, the following section shall be
inserted, namely:-” 36A. (1) The Name Board of every establishment registered under
section 6, or of every establishment to which section 7 apply, shall be
in the Marathi language in Devnagari script :Provided that, the employer of such establishment may also have
the Name Board in any other language and script in addition to Marathi
in Devnagari script :Provided further that, lettering in the Marathi language shall
essentially be written at the beginning on the Name Board and the font
size of the letters in the Marathi Language shall not be smaller than the
the font size of the letters in any other language.(2) No establishment where liquor is served or sold shall have a
Name Board in the name of legends or forts.”.
For greater details, attached is the notification
Shop and Establishment Maharashtra Shop and Establishment Act Amendment 2022