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THE HIMACHAL PRADESH SHOPS AND COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS 5 ACT, 1969 (xxi) “opening hour” means the hour at which an establishment opens; (xxii) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (xxiii) “quarter” means a period of three months commencing on the first day of January, first day of April, first day of July or first day of October, every year; (xxiv) “retail trade or business” includes the business of a barber or hair dresser, the sale of refreshments or intoxicating liquors, and retail sales by auction; (xxv) “register of establishments” means a register maintained for the registration of establishments under this Act; (xxvi) “registration certificate” means a certificate showing the registration of an establishment; (xxvii) “shop” means any premises where any trade or business is carried on or where services are rendered to customers, and includes offices, store-rooms, godowns, sale depots or warehouses, whether in the same premises or otherwise, used in connection with such trade or business, but does not include a commercial establishment or a shop attached to a factory where the persons employed in the shop are allowed the benefits provided for workers under the Factories Act, 1948 (Central Act No. 63 of 1948); (xxviii) “spread-over” means the period between the commencement and the termination of work of an employee on any day; (xxix) “wages” shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 (Central Act No. 4 of 1936); (xxx) “wage period” means the period after which the wages of an employed person shall be paid; (xxxi) “week” means the period between midnight on Saturday and midnight on the following Saturday; (xxxii) “young person” means a person who has attained the age of fourteen years but has not attained the age of eighteen years; and 1[(xxxiii) “year” means any year reckoned according to British Calendar.]