The Rajasthan Shops And Commercial Establishment Rules -Amendment

The State Government of Rajasthan on November 26, 2019, has notified the Rajasthan Shops and Commercial Establishment (Amendment) Rules, 2019. They shall come into force from the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette.

The following amendments in the Rajasthan Shops and Commercial Establishments Rules, 1959 were made as under:

The existing table of Rule 3 which specifies the application for registration and grant of registration certificate has been substituted, namely:

S. No.	Maximum Number of employees employed on any day	Amount of fees in Rs.
1.	0-10 employees	5000/-
2.	11 to 50 employees	20000/-
3.	51 to 100 employees	50000/-
4.	101 and above employees	150000/-

The validity of the certificate may be extended forever, after depositing one-time fees as prescribed above. 

Under Rule 4 which specifies the manner of registering establishment and form of registration certificate:

a)      Sub-rule (2) has been deleted

b)      In sub-rule (3) the word ‘return’ has been substituted by the word by the word ‘statement and the expression ‘under clause (1) and (2) in rule 3’ has been deleted.

•  Rule 6 which talks about the renewal of Certificate has been deleted,

•  Under Rule 8 which specifies the Procedure on death or disability of certificate holder: The existing expression ‘rule 6’ has been substituted by ‘rule 5’ and the expression ‘for the unexpired portion of the original certificate’ has been deleted.

•  Under Rule 10 which specifies the fees for payment, the existing word ‘renewals’ in sub-rule (1) and ‘renewal’ in sub-rule (2) has been deleted.

Ø  Amendment in Forms:

a)      Form3 which is related to issue of registration certificate: renewal portion has been deleted

b)      Form 5 which is an Application for Renewal of Registration Certificate, has been deleted.

[Notification No. G.S.R.43]

Notification :  The Rajasthan Shops And Commercial Establishment Rules -Amendment