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SHOPS AND ESTABLISHMENT REGISTRATION
@ Rs. 5,999
TO WHOM IT IS APPLICABLE?
- All commercial establishments in the Maharashtra, (not covered under the Factories Act), which employ 10 or more workers.
- Wholesalers or the retailer’s shops and establishments
- Service Centres
- Warehouses, Store-rooms, and Godowns
- Additionally, any other working places
- Hotels
- Eating joints and restaurants
- Entertainment houses, Amusement parks, Theatres, etc.
DOCUMENTS REQUIRED
- A self-attested copy of PAN card Of Proprietor/Partner/ Director
- Self- attested copy of address proof of Proprietor/Partner/Director
- Rent agreement/ Ownership Deed/ Lease Deed
- NOC from the owner if rented property
- MOA – AOA of Company, Partnership Deed/ LLP Agreement, etc. along with registration certificate, if any, recently clicked the photo of the establishment.
- 2 passport sized photograph of the business owners
FAQs
Every Indian state has enacted certain rules and regulations with regard to conditions of work. The objective is to secure uniform benefits for employees working in different establishments, from shops, commercial establishments and residential hotels to restaurants, theatres and other places of public amusement or entertainment.
The establishment of the Central Government and the State Government are exempted from all provisions of the Act.
“Establishment” means a shop, commercial establishment, residential hotel, restaurant, eating house, theatre, or other place of public amusement or entertainment to which this Act applies and includes such other establishment as the [State] Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare to be an establishment for the purposes of this Act.
Shops Act Application is mandatory in some cases for businesses, as long as they qualify as an “Establishment” under the Shops and Establishment Act.
So if you run a business in Maharashtra, you need to obtain Shop Act License under Bombay Shops and Establishments Act, 2018.
Broadly speaking the premises governed by the Act are shops, commercial establishments, residential hotels, clubs, restaurants, eating houses, theatres and other places of public amusement or entertainment.
Reading the law, it becomes clear that any business which is involved in selling goods or services to customers out of a commercial office becomes liable to register.
No, there are different laws for different regions in the country.
The employer of every establishment engaging less than ten workers shall submit an online intimation of commencement of the business along with the required documents. After receiving an Information along with all the documents, a receipt of such intimation in Form ‘G’ shall be issued to the applicant online.
The penalty for contravention of the Act and the rules has been enhanced to Rs.100,000 and in case of continuing contravention an additional fine which may extend to Rs.2000 for every day during which the contravention continues. Further, for repeated offenders the fine may extend to Rs.2,00,000.