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Power to grant exemptions - Government or any officer empowered by the Government in this behalf may, by notification in the official Gazette, exempt from the operation of all or any of the provisions of this Act for any period it considers desirable, any establishment or any class thereof or any employer or employee or class of employers or employees to whom this Act applies on such conditions it may think fit. Note-I: In a notification issued under section 28 of the Punjab Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1958 (Punjab Act 15 of 1958) the Governor of Haryana has exempted the establishment of the Banks specified below located in the State of Haryana from the operation of Sections 7, 8, 9, 10, and 22 of the said Act, under Haryana Govt. Notification No. 12(14) 81-1-Lab, dated the 31st March, 1986. (i) Scheduled Banks within the meaning of clause (e) of Section 2 of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (Act 2 of 1934) and all other financial commercial Banks; (ii) Subsidiary Banks within the meaning of clause (k) of Section 2 of the State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) Act 38 of 1959; and (iii) All Regional Rural Banks set up under the Regional Rural Banks Act, 1976 (Act 21 of 1976) Note-II : In a notification issued under section 28 of the Punjab Shops and Commercial Establishment Act, 1958, (Act No. 15 of 1958) the Governor of Haryana has exempted, s all Shops and Commercial Establishment in the place mentioned under column 2 of the Schedule given below, from the provisions of sub-section (2) of Section 8 and section 9 and 10 of the said Act, for the number of days mentioned against such places under column 3 on account of the festivals. The persons required to work on such days in excess of their usual working hours on the working days shall be paid remuneration at double the rate of their normal wages calculated by the hour and in case of festival falls on Sunday of a festival holiday, the employer will be liable for payment of double the wages for all the working hours of the day. He will, however, have option to grant another weekly close 30 THE PUNJAB SHOPS AND COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT ACT, 1958 day in lieu thereof. The festivals mentioned under column 3 of the Schedule are also declared to be the holidays as required under sub-section (b) of Section 12 of the Act, vide Haryana Govt. Notification No. 9046-3 Lab-70, dated 23.11.1970: - SCHEDULE Sr. No. Places Festivals Number of days