Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) Nothing in this Act shall apply to- (a) offices of the Union or the State Government or of local authorities and of the Reserve Bank of India, the State Bank of India and other nationalised banks and corporations ; (b) any transport service, motor service, any industry, business or undertaking which supplies power, light or water to the public and such other public utility corporate bodies and associations or classes thereof as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, exempt from . the operation of this Act ; (c) establishments run by the Union or the State Government : (d) establishments for the treatment or care of the sick, the infirm or the mentally deranged; and for the benefit of the destitute ; (e) pharmacies or shops dealing mainly in medicines, surgical or medical applicances, so far as the sale of these articles is concerned ; · (f) surgical or clinical homes ; Declaration by the State Governtllent. Act not ·applicable to certain s.hops establish- ments and perSOlll. 4 (g) shops dealing in articles required for funerals, burials or cremations so far as the sale of these articles is concerned ; (h) (i) (j) (k) (1) shops or stalls dealing mainly in vegetables, meat, fish, dairy produce, bread, pastries, sweetmeats, flowers so far as the retail sale of these article; is concerned ; stalls or refreshment roo .ns run by, or with the permission of, the Union or the State Government, and situate within the premises or precincts of institutions belonging to, or run by such Government ; shop, stalls or refreshment rooms in any public exhibition M show, or so far as such shops, stalls or refreshment rooms deal in retail trade which is solely subsidiary or ancillary to the main purposes of such exhibition or show ; shops or stalls in any public fair ; shops or establishments dealing in petroleum products ; Suspension of provisions of the Act. Exemption of child. Woman and young-man to work only between 7 a. m. and