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Commercial establishment, in the definition of a Commercial Establishment in s. 2 cl. 3 of the U.P. Shops and Commercial Eastblishment Act, 1947, the clerical and other establishments of a factory to whom the provisions of the Factories Act, 1934, do not apply, are included in the connotation of that expression. It is true that the reference in the definition by which clerical and other establish-ments of factories are included is to the Factories Act of 1934, but by virtue of s. 8 of the General Clauses (1987 10 of 1897), it must be construed as a reference to the provisions of the Factories Act LXIII of 1948 which repealed the Factories Act of 1934 and re-enacted it. It is difficult to say that field workers who are employed in guiding, supervising and controlling the growth and supply of sugarcane to be used in the factory are employed either in the precincts of the factory or in the premises of the factory; and if these workers are not employed in a factory, the provisions of the F...
Shop
Shop, a place where thins are kept for sale, usually in small quantities, to the actual consumers. By (English) Shops Act, 1912, s. 19, 'shop' includes any premises where any 'retail trade or business' is carried on; 'retail trade or business' includes the business of a barber or hairdresser, but not the sale of programmes, etc., at places of amusement.A business establishment or place of employment; a factory, office, or other place of business, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1384.The (English) Shops Act, 1934, deals with the employment of persons under eighteen years, repealing s. 2 of the (English) Shops Act, 1912; but the other provisions are unaffected. The 1934 Act, s. 1, provides that no young person (under eighteen) shall be employed for more than the normal maximum working hours, that is, forty-eight hours in any week; it makes restrictions on right employment, has special provisions as to the catering trade, the sale of accessories for Aircraft, motor vehicles and cycle...
Person employed
Person employed, 'person employed' means - (a) in the case of a factory or an industrial undertaking, a member of the clerical staff employed in such factory or undertaking; (b) in the case of a commercial establishment other than a clerical department of a factory or an industrial undertak-ing, a person wholly or principally employed in connection with the business of the establishment, and includes a peon, T. Devadasan v. Gordon Woodroffe and Co. (P) Ltd., AIR 1972 SC 1479: (1972) 3 SCC 700: (1973) 1 SCR 213. [T.N. Shops and Establishment Act, 1947, s. 2 (12) (iii)](ii) According to the definition in s. 2(14) of the Andhra Pradesh (Telengana Area) Shops and Establishments Act, 1951 even if a person is not wholly employed, if he is principally employed in connection with the business of the shop, he will be a 'person employed' within the meaning of the sub-section, Silver Jubilee Tailoring House v. Chief Inspector of Shops and Establishments, AIR 1974 SC 37 (44, 45): (1974) 3 SCC 498:...
Sunday closing law
Sunday closing law : a law that requires certain commercial establishments to close on Sundays or that restricts the sales that may be made on that day ...
ginmill
A commercial establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter a barroom a disparaging term suggesting a cheap or disreputable bar...
Motor transport worker
Motor transport worker, means a person who is employed in a motor transport undertaking directly or through an agency, whether for wages or not, to work in a professional capacity on a transport vehicle or to attend to duties in connection with the arrival, departure, loading or unloading of such transport vehicle and includes a driver, conductor, cleaner, station staff, line checking staff, booking clerk, cash clerk, depot clerk, time-keeper, watchman or attendant, but except in s. 8 does not include-(i) any such person who is employed in a factory as defined in the Factories Act, 1948;(ii) any such person to whom the provisions of any law for the time being in force regulating the conditions of service of persons employed in shops or commercial establishments apply. [The Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961 (27 of 1961), s. 2 (h) (i) (ii)]...
Establishment
Establishment, includes a shop, commercial estab-lishment, workshop, farm, residential hotel, restaurant, eating house, theatre or other place of public amusement or entertainment. [Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, s. 2(iv)]1. The act of establishing, the state or condition of being established, 2. An institution or place of business, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 566.It includes any place where any industry is carried on [and where an establishment consists of different departments or have branches, whether situated in the same place or at different places, all such departments or branches shall be treated as part of that establishment. [Apprentices Act, 1961 (52 of 1961), s. 2(g)]It means a corporation established by or under a Central, Provincial or State Act, or an authority or a body owned or controlled or aided by the government or a local authority or a Government company as defined in s. 617 of the Companies Act 1956 and includes Departments of a Gove...
Commercial Court
Commercial Court, the name given to a court presided over by a single judge for the trial, as expeditiously as may be, of cases set down in a commercial list at the Royal Courts of Justice. The list was established in 1896 [not by any Rule of the Supreme Court, but by inherent power of the High Court or any Division of it to arrange its business-see Barry v. Peruvian Corporation, (1896) 1 QB 109]-and Mr. Justice Mathew was the first judge. The particular circumstances and the question in issue must be considered in order to decide whether a case should be made a commercial cause, see Insurance Co. v. Carr, 1901 (1) KB 7. See Annual Practice, part vi., 'Commercial Causes,' and Encyclop'dia of the Laws of England....
boardwalk
a walkway made of wooden boards usually at a seaside The more elaborate boardwalks at shore resorts are lined with many commercial retail establishments on the side of the walk opposite the ocean...
funeral home
An establishment usually commercial where the bodies of dead persons are prepared for viewing before burial or cremation called also funeral parlor mortuary funeral chapel and informally undertakers The body may or may not be preserved by embalming before viewing or burial and in some cases the body is not exposed for viewing though present in a casket Often some form of memorial service is held for the deceased at the funeral home where friends and relatives may come to pay their respects to the dead and express condolence to the family The work of preparation of the body and many other arrangements related to the funeral and burial are carried out by an undertaker or mortician who manages the funeral home...
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