THE DELHI SHOPS AND ESTABLISHMENTS ACT, 1954
Section 15: Opening and closing hours of shops and commercial establishments.
(1)
No shop or commercial establishment on any day, be opened earlier than such hour or closed later than
such hour, as may be fixed by the Government by general or special order made in that behalf:
Provided that any customer who was being served or was waiting to be served in any shop or commercial establishment at the closing hour so fixed may be served during the period of fifteen minutes immediately following such hour.
Provided that any customer who was being served or was waiting to be served in any shop or commercial establishment at the closing hour so fixed may be served during the period of fifteen minutes immediately following such hour.
(2)
Before making an order under sub-section (1), the Government shall hold an enquiry in
such manner as may be prescribed.
(3)
The Government may, for the purposes of this section, fix different opening hours and
different closing hours for different classes of shops or commercial establishments or for different
areas or for different times of the year.
COMMENTS
The opening and closing hours of all shops, within the urban, semi-urban and rural areas of the Union Territory of Delhi, whether comprised in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, the New Delhi Municipal Committee or the Delhi Cantonment Board, are 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. respectively, while in respect of commercial establishments within such territory, the opening and closing hours are 8 a.m. and 6 p.m respectively, vide Notification No. F. 9(1)/79/LC (S), dated 19th July, 1979. Same relexations have been given and as such.1