Whether a shopkeeper, having very small business, also needs to get registration for its shop ? What provisions of the law are applicable ?

The Shops and Establishments Act, 1953 was enacted to provide statutory obligations and rights to employees and employers in the unorganised sector of employment, i.e., shops and establishments. It is applicable to all persons employed in an establishment with or without wages, except the members of the employer's family. It is a State legislation and each State has framed its own rules for the Act. The State Government can exempt, either permanently or for a specified period, any establishments from all or any provisions of this Act. The Act provides for compulsory registration of shop/ establishment within thirty days of commencement of work and all communications of closure of an establishment within 15 days from its closing. It also lays down the hours of work per day and week as well as the guidelines for spread-over, rest interval, opening and closing hours, closed days, national and religious holidays, overtime work, etc.