WEST PAKISTAN SHOPS AND ESTABLISHMENTS ORDINANCE, 1969

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THE PUNJAB SHOPS AND ESTABLISHMENTS 
ORDINANCE, 1969 
(VIII of 1969) 
CONTENTS 
1. Short title, extent, commencement and application 
2. Definitions 
3. Reference to time of day 
4. Power to grant exemptions 
5. Ordinance not applicable to certain establishments and persons 
6. Weekly holiday in establishments 
7. Opening and closing hours of establishments 
8. Daily, weekly hours and over-time 
9. Over-time wages 
10. Spread-over 
10-A. Daycare rooms for children 
11. Time and conditions of payment of wages 
12. Claims arising out of delay in payment of wages and penalty for 
malicious or vexatious claims 
13. Bar of suits 
14. Annual leave 
15. Casual and sick leave 
16. Festival holidays 
17. Wages during leave or holiday period 
18. Sections 14, 15, 16 and 17 not to apply to certain establishments 
19. Termination of employment 
20. Prohibition of employment of children 
20-A. Adolescent to carry card giving reference to certificate of age 
20-B. Register of adolescents on work  
21. Contracting out 
21-A. Compulsory vaccination and inoculation 
21-B. Provision of canteen 
21-C. Prohibition on lifting excessive weight 
21-D. Provision of separate toilets 
22. Guarding of machinery 
23. Maintenance of records and registers 
24. Registration of establishment and fee for registration 
25. Appointment of Chief Inspector, Deputy Chief Inspectors and Inspectors 
26. Powers of Inspectors 
27. Penalties 
28. Procedure 
28-A. Presumption as to employment 
29. Limitation of prosecutions 
30. Indemnity 
31. Delegation of powers 
32. Power to make rules 
33. Saving of certain rights and privileges 
34. Repeal and saving 
TEXT 
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THE 
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[PUNJAB] SHOPS AND ESTABLISHMENTS ORDINANCE, 1969 
(VIII of 1969) 
[3rd June, 1969] 
An 
Ordinance 
to amend and consolidate the law relating to the hours and other conditions of work 
and employment of persons employed in shops and commercial, industrial and other 
establishments in 
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[the Punjab] and matters connected therewith. 
Preamble.– WHEREAS it is expedient to amend and consolidate the law relating to 
the hours and othe r conditions of work and employment of persons employed in 
shops and commercial, industrial and other establishments 
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[in the Punjab]  and 
matters connected therewith; 
NOW, THEREFORE , in pursuance of the Martial Law Proclamation of 25 th 
March, 1969, read wi th the Provisional Constitution Order, the Admi nistrator of 
Martial Law, Zone A, in exercise of the powers of the Governor of West Pakistan 
conferred on him by the Chief Martial Law Administrator, is pleased to make and 
promulgate the following Ordinance:– 
1. Short title, extent, commencement and application. – (1) This Ordinance 
may be called the 
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[Punjab] Shops and Establishments Ordinance, 1969. 
 (2) It extends to the whole of 
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[the Punjab]. 
 (3) It shall come into force at once in such areas, and its pro visions shall 
automatically apply to such establishments or classes thereof, to which any law on 
the subject was applicable immediately before the coming into force of this 
Ordinance. 
 (4) Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, extend the  
operation of this Ordinance or any provisions thereof to any other area or 
establishment, or exclude  any area or establishment to which it extends, from its 
operation. 
                                                           
1This Ordinance was promulgated by the Administrator Martial La w, Zone ‘A’ on 30th June, 1969; published in the West 
Pakistan Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 30th July, 1969, pages 1057 -1076; saved by Article 281 of the Interim Constitution of 
Pakistan (1972); and, validated by the Validation of Laws Act, 1975 (LXIII of 1975). 
2Substituted for the words “West Pakistan” by the Punjab Shops Establishments (Amendment) Act 2014 (II of 2014), 
w.e.f.24.2.2014, s.2; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), pages 2647-2648. 
3Substituted for the words “West Pakistan”  by the Punjab Shops Establishments (Amendment) Act 2014 (II of 2014), 
w.e.f.24.2.2014, s.2; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), pages 2647-2648. 
4Substituted for the words “ in West Pakistan” by the Punjab Shops Establishments (Amendment) Act 2014 (II of 2014), 
w.e.f.24.2.2014, s.2; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), pages 2647-2648. 
5Substituted for the words “West Pakistan” by the Punjab Shops Establishments (Amendment) Act 2014 (II of 2014), 
w.e.f.24.2.2014, s.2; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), pages 2647-2648. 
6Substituted for the words “Pakistan” by the Punjab Shops Establishments (Amendment) Act 2014 (II of 2014), w.e.f.24.2.2014, 
s.2; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), pages 264 7-2648. Which were earlier substituted for the words and 
comma“West Pakistan , except the Tribal Areas ” by the Federal Adaptation of Laws Order, 1975 (P.O.  No.4 of 1975), 
w.e.f.1.8.1975, Article 2 and the Schedule; and published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), pages 435-467. 
2. Definitions.– In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires– 
7[(a) “adolescent” means a person who has attained the age of fifteen years 
but has not attained the age of eighteen years;] 
8[(aa) “adult” means a person who has completed his eighteenth year of age;] 
(b) “apprentice” means a person who is employed, whether on payme nt of 
wages or not, for the purposes of being trained in any trade, craft or 
employment in any establishment; 
9[(bb) “Authority” means the Authority appointed under section 15 of the 
Payment of Wages Act, 1936 (IV of 1936);] 
(c) “child” means a person who has not completed his 
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[11[fifteenth]] year of 
age; 
(d) “closed” means not open for the service of any customer or to any 
business connected with the establishment; 
(e) “commercial establishment” means an establishment which carries on 
any business, trade o r profession or any work in connection with, or 
incidental or ancillary to, any business, trade or profession, and 
includes– 
(i) a society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 
(XXI of 1860), and a charitable or other trust, whether registe red 
or not, which carries on, whether for purposes of gain or not, any 
business, trade or profession, or any work in connection with or 
incidental or ancillary thereto; 
(ii) an establishment wherein there is conducted the business of 
advertising, commission, forwarding or a commercial agency; 
(iii) a clerical department 12[*****] of any industrial or commercial 
undertaking; 
13[iv) an insurance company, joint stock company, Information 
Technology (IT) company, software house, bank, brokers’ offices 
or exchange  and office of lawyers, income -tax practitioners, IT 
                                                           
7Substituted by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 2023), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.2. 
8Substituted by the Punjab Shops and Establis hments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 2023), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.2. 
9Inserted by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 202 3), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.2. 
10Substituted for the word “twelfth” by the West Pakistan Shops and Establishments (Punjab Amendment) Act, 1975 (X of 1975), 
w.e.f.5.3.1975, s.2; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), pages 147-YY to 147-ZZ, and the same substituted by 
the Labour Laws (Amendment) Act, 1977 (XVII of 1977), w.e.f.9.5.1977, s.2 and the first Schedule; and published in the Gazette 
of Pakistan (Extraordinary), pages 339-344 . 
11Substituted for the word “fourteenth” by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 2023), published 
in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.2. 
12Omitted the words “of a factory or” by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 2023), published in 
the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.2. 
13Substituted by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 2023), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.2. 
professionals, registered accountants, contractors, engineers 
and private clinics of doctors;] 
(v) such other professional establishment or class thereof as 
Government may, by notification in the officia l Gazette, declare 
to be commercial establishment for the purposes of this 
Ordinance; 
but does not include a factory, shop, residential hotel, restaurant, 
eating house, theatre or other place of public amusement or 
entertainment; 
(f) “day” means the period  of twenty four hours beginning at mid -night, 
provided that in the case of an employee, whose hours of work extend 
beyond mid-night, day means the period of twenty four hours beginning 
when such employment commences, irrespective of mid-night; 
(g) “employee” means any person employed whether directly or otherwise, 
about the business of an establishment for the owner or occupier 
thereof, even though he receives no reward or remuneration for his 
labour, but does not include a member of the employer’s family; 
(h) “employer” means a person owning or having charge of the business of 
an establishment, and includes an agent or manager or any other 
person acting on behalf of such person in the general management or 
control of such establishment; 
(i) “employer’s family” means the employer’s husband or wife, as the case 
may be, sons, daughters, father, mother , and brothers and sisters living 
with and dependent on the employer; 
14[(j) “establishment” means a shop, commercial establishment, industrial 
establishment, private healthcare facilities, residential hotel, restaurant, 
eating house, cafe, cinema, theatre, circus, or other place of public 
amusement or entertainment, schools, educational institutions, teaching 
academies, technical and vocational training institutes a nd such other 
establishments or class thereof as Government may, by notification in 
the official Gazette, declare to be establishments for the purposes of 
this Ordinance;] 
(k) “factory” means a factory as defined in clause (j) of section 2 of the 
Factories Act, 1934 (XXV of 1934); 
(l) “form” means a form specified in the Schedule; 
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[(m) “Government” means Government of the Punjab;] 
(n) “hours of work” or “working hours” with reference to an establishment 
means the time during which the employees in the esta blishment are at 
                                                           
14Substituted by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 2023), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.2. 
15Substituted by the Punjab Shops Establishments (Amendment) Act 2014 (II of 2014), w.e.f.24.2.2014, s.3; and published in the 
Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), pages 2647-2648.which were earlier Substituted for the words “ Government of West Pakistan ” 
by the Federal Adaptation of Laws Order, 1975 (P.O. No.4 of 1975), w.e.f.1.8.1975, Article 2 and the Schedule; and published in 
the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), pages 435-467. 
the disposal of the employer, exclusive of any interval allowed for rest 
and meals; 
(o) “industrial establishment” means a workshop or other establishment in 
which the work of 16[mending, assembling, fabricating, blending, 
construction of b uilding, erection of machinery, ] making, altering, 
repairing, ornamenting, finishing or packing or otherwise treating any 
article or substance with a view to its use, sale, transport, delivery, or 
disposal is carried on , or where any such service is render ed to a 
customer, and includes such other class or classes of establishments 
as Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, declare to be 
industrial establishments for the purposes of this Ordinance, but does 
not include a factory; 
(p) “permanent employee” means an employee who has been engaged on 
a permanent basis, and includes an employee who has completed nine 
months continuous service in one or different occupations in the same 
establishment, including breaks due to sickness, accident, leav e, illegal 
lock outs, legal strikes or involuntary closure of the establishment, and 
has satisfactorily completed a probationary period of three months; 
(q) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Ordinance; 
(r) “residential hotel” means any premises in which a bona fide business is 
carried on for the supply of dwelling accommodation and meals on 
payment of a sum of money by a traveller or any other member of the 
public or class of the public and includes a club; 
(s) “restaurant” and “eating house” mean any premises in which is carried 
on wholly or principally the business of the supply of meals or 
refreshments to the public or a class of the public for consumption on 
the premises; 
(t) “retail trade” includes the business of a  barber or hair-dresser, the sale 
of refreshments or intoxicating liquors, and sales by auctions; 
(u) “shop” means any premises used wholly or in part for the whole -sale or 
retail sale of commodities or articles, either for cash or on credit, or 
where services are rendered  to customers, and includes an office, a 
store room, godown, warehouse or place of work, whether in the same 
premises or otherwise, mainly used in connection with such trade or 
business; 
(v) “temporary employee” means an employee who has been engaged for 
work which is of an essentially temporary nature likely to be finished 
within a period not exceeding nine months; 
(w) “wages” means wages as defined in the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 
(IV of 1936); 
                                                           
16Inserted by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 202 3), published in the Pu njab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.2. 
(x) “week” means a period of seven days beginning at mid -night on 
Saturday night17[.] 
18[* * * * * * * * * * * *] 
3. References to time of day. – References to time of day in this Ordinance are 
references to 
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[Pakistan] Standard time. 
4. Power to grant exemptions. – Government may, by notification in the official 
Gazette, exempt from the operation of all or any of the provisions of this Ordinance 
any establishment or any class thereof or any employer or employee or class of 
employers or employees on such conditions as it may think fit. 
5. Ordinance not applicable to cer tain establishments and persons. – (1) 
Nothing in this Ordinance shall apply to– 
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[(i) Offices of the Government 21[as mentioned in the Punjab Government 
Rules of Business] or the Federal Government;] 
(ii) offices of or under the Pakistan 
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[*] Railway Board,  including railway 
stations; 
(iii) offices of or under any  23[local government, ] local authority, a trust, a 
corporation or any other public statutory body, which is not run for profit 
or gain or in the course of its business does not make any profit or gain; 
(iv) shops or stalls in any public exhibition or show, in so far as such shops 
or stalls deal in retail trade which is solely subsidiary or ancillary to the 
main purpose of such exhibition or show; 
(v) shops or stalls in any public fair or bazar held for religious or charitable 
purposes; 
(vi) clubs, hostels and messes not maintained for profit or gain; 
(vii) establishments for the treatment or care of the sick, infirm, destitute or 
mentally unfit persons  24[financed and managed by the Government, 
Federal Government, local government or any local authority of the 
Government]; 
                                                           
17Substituted for the “semi colon” by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 2023), published in the 
Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.2. 
18Omitted the “clause y” by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 2023), published in the Punjab 
Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.2. 
19Substituted for the words “West Pakistan” by the Federal Adaptation of Laws Order, 1975 (P.O.  No.4 of 1975), w.e.f.1.8.1975, 
Article 2 and the Schedule; and published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), pages 435-467. 
20Substituted by the Punjab Shops Establishments (Amendment) Act 2014 (II of 2014), w.e.f.24.2.2014, s.4; and published in the 
Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), pages 2647-2648. 
21Inserted by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 202 3), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.3. 
22Omitted the words “Western”by the Federal Adaptation of Laws Order, 1975 (P.O.  No.4 of 1975), w.e.f.1.8.1975, Article 2 and 
the Schedule; and published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), pages 435-467. 
23Inserted by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 202 3), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.3. 
24Inserted by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 202 3), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.3. 
(viii) stalls and refreshment rooms at railway stations, steamer and launch 
stations, docks, wharves and air ports, and on trains, steamers or air 
crafts, so far as the sale of commodities is concerned; 
(ix) any person employed as manager, travelling agent, canvasser, 
messenger, watchman, caretaker or conservancy staff or any person 
employed exclusively in connection with the collection, despatch, 
delivery, and conveyance of, or custom formalities on, goods; 
(x) any person employed for the business of any shop or commercial 
establishment mentioned in clauses (i) to (viii). 
(2) Nothing 25[*****] in section 7 shall apply to– 
(i) clubs, hostels and messes maintained for profit or gain, so fa r as 
service and attendance upon customers is concerned; 
(ii) shops dealing solely in any vegetables, meat, fish, dairy products, 
bread, pastries, sweet -meats and flowers, so far as the sale of these 
articles is concerned; 
(iii) shops dealing mainly in med icines, surgical appliances, bandages or 
other medical requisites, so far as the sale of these articles is 
concerned; 
(iv) shops dealing in articles required for funerals, burials or cremations, so 
far as the sale of these articles is concerned; 
(v) shops dealing mainly in tobacco, cigars, cigarettes, biries, pan, liquid 
refreshments sold retail for consumption on the premises, ice, 
newspapers or periodicals, so far as the sale of these articles is 
concerned; 
(vi) automobile service stations (not being repa ir shops) and petrol pumps 
for the retail sale of petrol; 
(vii) barbers and hair -dressers’ shops, so far as service to customers is 
concerned; 
(viii) cinemas, theatres and other places of public entertainment. 
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub -section (2), Government 
may, by general or special order , fix the opening and closing hours for all or any of 
the classes of establishments specified therein. 
(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub -sections (1) and (2), 
Government may, by notificati on in the official Gazette, direct that any of the 
establishments or persons specified therein shall not be exempted from the operation 
of such provisions of this Ordinance as are specified in such notification, and 
thereupon the provisions of this Ordinance specified in such notification shall apply to 
such establishments or persons. 
6. Weekly holiday in establishments. – 
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[(1) Except as otherwise provided in 
this Ordinance, every person employed in any establishment shall, in addition to the 
                                                           
25Omitted by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 202 3), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.3.  
leave and holi days as may be admissible to him under sections 14, 15 and 16, be 
allowed as holiday, one day in each week.] 
(2) No deduction on account of any holiday allowed under sub -section (1) 
shall be made from the wages of any employee of any establishment. 
(3) If an employee is employed on daily wages, he shall none -the-less be 
paid his daily wages for the holiday, and where an employee is paid on piece -rate, he 
shall receive for the holiday the average of the wages received during the week. 
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[(4) * * * * * * * * * * *   ] 
(5) The choice of a closed day shall rest with the employer, who shall 
intimate such choice to the 28[Inspector appointed under section 25 of this Ordinance:] 
(a) in the case of an establishment existing at the time this Ordinance 
comes into force, within two months thereof; and 
(b) in the case of an establishment set up after the coming into force of this 
Ordinance, or to which the provisions of this Ordinance are 
subsequently applied, within two months of the setting up of the 
establishment or the application of the provisions of this section thereto, 
as the case may be. 
(6) An employer who has intimated his choice of a closed day under the 
provisions of sub -section (5), shall not change the closed day for the establishment 
without the prior approval in writing of the 29[Inspector]. 
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[7. Opening and closing hours of establishments .– (1) No establishment shall 
on any day remain open after 8:00 p.m.: 
Provided that any customer who was being or was waiting in the establishment 
to be served at such hour,  may be served during the period of thirty minutes 
immediately following such hour: 
Provided further that Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, fix 
any other hour after 31[or before ] which establishments generally or any class of 
establishment shall not remain open. 
(2) Every employer shall display, at a prominent place in the establishment, 
a board specifying the hours during which the establishment will remain open. 
(3) No employee shall be required or permitted to work continuously in a ny 
establishment for more than six hours in the case of an adult and for more than three 
                                                                                                                                                                                      
26Substituted by the Finance Act, 2006 (III of 2006), w.e.f.1.7.2006, s.9; and published in the Gazette of Pakistan  
(Extraordinary), pages 183-567. 
27Omitted by the Finance Act, 2006 (III of 2006), w.e.f.1.7.2006, s.9; and published in the Gazette of Paki stan(Extraordinary), 
pages 183-567. 
28Substituted by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 2023), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.4. 
29Substituted by the Punjab Shops and Es tablishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 2023), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.4. 
30Substituted by the West Pakistan Shops and Establishment (Amendment) Ordinance, 1969 (XVII of 1969) , w.e.f.16.8.1969, 
s.2; and published in the Gazette of West Pakistan (Extraordinary), pages 1325-A to 1325-B. 
31Substituted by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 2023), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.5. 
32[*****] hours in the case of a 33[an adolescent ], unless he has been allowed an 
interval for rest or meal of not less than one hour. 
(4) Except with the permission of Government, no woman 34[*****] shall be 
employed in any establishment other wise than between the hour s of 9: 00 a.m. to 
35[8]:00 p.m.] 
36[8. Daily, weekly hours and overtime .– (1) Save as otherwise expressly 
provided in this Ordinance, no adult employee shall be required or permitted to work 
in any establishment in excess of nine hours a day and forty -eight hours a week, and 
no adolescent in excess of seven hours a day and forty-two hours a week: 
Provided that in any day or in any week, in which there occurs st ock-taking, 
making up of accounts, settlement or such other business operation, and during such 
other periods as may be prescribed, an adult employee of an establishment may be 
required or permitted to work over -time in such establishment for more than nin e 
hours in such day and for more than forty -eight hours in such week, but so that the 
total number of hours so worked by an adult does not exceed six hundred and twenty 
four hours in any one year. 
(2) The employer shall not: 
(a) allow an adolescent to work  in an establishment except 
between 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.; 
(b) allow an adolescent to work in any establishment on any day 
on which he has already been working in another 
establishment; 
(c) fix the hours of an adolescent in such manner that the working 
hours are in conflict with the timings of the educational or 
vocational institution, where he is enrolled; and  
(d) allow an adolescent to work overtime.]  
9. Over-time wages.– When any employee is required to work over -time in any 
establishment, as provide d in the  proviso to section 8, the wages payable to such 
employee in respect of such over-time work shall be calculated at double the ordinary 
rate of wages payable to him
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[:] 
 
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[Provided that no overtime shall be payable to the contract worker employed 
on piece rate basis.] 
                                                           
32Omitted the words “and half” by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 2023), published in the 
Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.5. 
33Substituted for the words “young pe rson” by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 202 3), 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.5. 
34Omitted the words “or young persons” by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amen dment) Act 2023 (VI of 202 3), 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.5. 
35Substituted for the figure “7” by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 2023), published in the 
Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.5. 
36Substituted by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 2023), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.6. 
37Substituted for the full-stop by the Finance Act, 2006 (III of 2006), w.e.f.1.7.2006, s.9; and published in the Gazette of Pakistan 
(Extraordinary), pages 183-567. 
38Added by the Finance Act, 2006 (III of 2006), w.e.f.1.7.2006, s.9; and published in the Gazette o f Pakistan (Extraordinary), 
pages 183-567. 
39[10. Spread-over.– The period of work of an adult and adolescent shall be so 
arranged that inclusive of the interval for rest or meals under section 7, it shall not 
spread-over more than twelve hours in the case of adult and seven hour s in the case 
of adolescent: 
 Provided that the total period of work so worked out, in case of an adult 
employee, shall not exceed sixty hours and by an adolescent forty -two hours in a 
week.] 
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[10-A. Daycare rooms for children. – (1) Where twenty -five or mo re women are 
employed in an establishment, the employer shall reserve a suitable daycare room 
for under-six years old children of the women. 
(2) The daycare room shall be established, managed and conformed to 
such standards, as may be prescribed.] 
11. Time and conditions of payment of wages. – (1) Every employer or his 
agent or the manager of an establishment shall fix the period in respect of which 
wages to employees shall be payable and shall be responsible for the payment to 
persons employed by him of all wages required to be paid under this Ordinance. 
(2) No wage period, so fixed, shall exceed one month. 
(3) The wages of every employee in any establishment shall be paid on a 
working day before the expiry of the seventh day of the last day of the wage peri od in 
respect of which the wages are payable. 
41[(4) All wages shall be paid in legal tender in such manner as may be 
prescribed.] 
(5) Where the employment of any person is terminated by or on behalf of 
the employer, the wages and other dues earned by such person shall be paid before 
the expiry of the second working day after the day on which his employment is 
terminated. 
12. Claims arising out of delay in payment of wages and penalty for 
malicious or vexatious claims.– 42[(1) The Authority shall hear and dec ide all 
claims arising out of delay in the payment or non-payment of the wages of employees 
in the area assigned to it.] 
(2) When contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance, wages of any 
employee have been delayed or withheld, such employee himself or th rough any 
                                                           
39Substituted by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 2023), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.7. 
40Inserted by the Punjab Shops Es tablishments (Amendment) Act 2014 (II of 2014), w.e.f.24.2.2014, s.5; and published in the 
Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), pages 2647-2648. 
41Substituted by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 2023), published in the Punjab Gazet te 
(Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.8. 
42Substituted by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 2023), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.9. 
other person, whom he may authorise in this behalf, may within 
43
[one year] from the 
day on which such payment was to be made, apply to the Authority 44[*****]: 
Provided that an application may be admitted after the said period of 
45
[one 
year] but n ot later than 
46
[one year and six months] , if the applicant satisfies the 
Authority that he had sufficient cause for not making the application within such 
period. 
(3) When any application under sub-section (2) is entertained, the Authority 
shall hear the a pplicant and the employer or other person responsible for the 
payment of wages or give them an opportunity of being heard and , after such further 
inquiry, if any, as may be necessary , may without prejudice to any other penalty to 
which such employer or oth er person is liable under this Ordinance , direct that 
payment be made to the applicant of delayed wages together with the payment of 
such penalty, not exceeding 
47
[two thousand] rupees, as the Authority may fix: 
Provided that no direction for the payment of penalty shall be made in the case 
of delayed wages if the Authority is satisfied that the delay was due to– 
(a) a bona fide error or bona fide dispute as to the amount payable to the 
employee; or 
(b) the occurrence of an emergency, or the existence of suc h exceptional 
circumstances that the person responsible for the payment of the 
wages was unable to make prompt payment; or 
(c) the fault of the employee. 
(4) If the Authority hearing any application under this section is satisfied 
that 48[the application] was either malicious or vexatious, the Authority may direct that 
a penalty not exceeding 49[five hundred ] rupees be paid to the employer or other 
person responsible for the payment of wages by the person presenting the 
application. 
(5) Any amount directed to be paid under this section may be recovered– 
(a) if the Authority is a Magistrate, by the Authority as if it were a fine 
imposed by him as Magistrate; and 
50[(b) if the Authority is not a Magistrate, by the Authority as arrears of land 
revenue or, in the p rescribed manner by distress and sale of the 
                                                           
43Substituted for the words “four months”  by the Punjab Shops Establishments (Amendment) Act 2014 (II of 2014), 
w.e.f.24.2.2014, s.6; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), pages 2647-2648. 
44Omitted by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act  2023 (VI of 202 3), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.9. 
45Substituted for the words “four months” by the Punjab Shops Establishments (Amendment) Act 2014 (II of 2014), 
w.e.f.24.2.2014, s.6; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), pages 2647-2648. 
46Substituted for the words “six months” by the Punjab Shops Establishments (Amendment) Act 2014 (II of 2014), 
w.e.f.24.2.2014, s.6; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), pages 2647-2648. 
47Substituted for the words “fifty” by the Punjab Shops Establishments (Amendment) Act 2014 (II of 2014), w.e.f.24.2.2014, s.6;  
and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), pages 2647-2648. 
48Substituted the word “it” by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 2023), published in the Punjab 
Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.9. 
49Substituted the word “fifty” by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 2023), published in the 
Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.9. 
50Substituted for the word “fifty” by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 2023), published in the 
Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.9. 
moveable property belonging to the person by whom the amount is to 
be paid, or by the attachment and sale of the immovable property 
belonging to such person.]  
(6) An appeal against a direction made by the Autho rity under sub -section 
(3) or sub-section (4) may be referred to the 
51
[Labour Court establishment under the 
Punjab Industrial Relations Act, 2010 (XIX of 2010)]  within thirty days of the date on 
which the direction was made– 
(a) by the employer or other pe rson responsible for the payment of wages 
under section 11 if the total sum directed to be paid by  way of wages 
and penalty exceeds 52[two] 
53
[thousand] rupees; or 
(b) by an employee, if the total amount of wages claimed to have been 
withheld from him or fro m the unpaid group to which he belonged , 
exceeds 54[one hundred] rupees; or 
(c) by any person directed to pay a penalty under sub-section (4). 
(7) If there is no appeal, the direction of the Authority made under sub -
section (3) or sub-section (4) shall be final, and where there is an appeal as provided 
in sub-section (6), the decision in appeal shall be final. 
(8) 55[The Authority]  shall, for the purposes of determining any matter 
referred to in sub-section (3) or sub-section (4)– 
(a) have all the powers as a re vested in a Civil Court under the Code of 
Civil Procedure, 1908 (V of 1908), for enforcing the attendance of 
witnesses, compelling the production of documents , and taking of 
evidence; and 
(b) be deemed to a Civil Court for all the purposes of section 1 95 and 
Chapter XXXV of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (V of 1898). 
13. Bar of suits.– No Court shall entertain any suit for the recovery of wages in so 
far as the sum so claimed– 
(a) forms the subject of an application made under sub -section (2) of 
section 12, which is pending before the Authority 56[*****], or of an 
appeal under sub-section (6) of the said section; 
(b) has formed the subject of a direction made under sub -section (3) of 
section 12; 
                                                           
51Substituted for the words “District Court” by the Punjab Shops Establishments (Amendment) Act 2014 (II of 2014), 
w.e.f.24.2.2014, s.6; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), pages 2647-2648. 
52Substituted for the word “one” by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 2023), published in the 
Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.9. 
53Substituted for the words “hundred” by the Punjab Shops Establishments (Am endment) Act 2014 (II of 2014), w.e.f.24.2.2014, 
s.6; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), pages 2647-2648. 
54Substituted for the word “fifty” by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 2023), published in the 
Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.9. 
55Substituted by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 2023), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.9. 
56Omitted by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 202 3), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.10. 
(c) has been adjudged in any proceedings under section 12 not to be owed 
to an employee; or 
(d) could have been recovered by an application under section 12. 
14. Annual leave.– (1) Every employee shall be allowed leave with full wages for 
a period of fourteen days after continuous employment in an establishme nt, whether 
in the same or different capacities, for a period of twelve months. 
(2) If an employee does not in any period of twelve months avail of the 
whole or any part of the leave allowed to him under sub-section (1)– 
(a) any leave not availed of by him  shall be added to the leave to be 
allowed to him under that sub -section in the succeeding period of 
twelve months; provided that when the total leave due to an employee 
under this section amounts to thirty days, no further accumulation of or 
addition to such leave will be permissible; 
(b) he may, at his request, in lieu of the leave not availed of by him, be paid 
by the employer full wages for such leave. 
(3) For the purposes of computing the period during which an employee 
has been in continuous employment within the meaning of sub-section (1), the period 
during which he was on leave under this section, or sections 15 and 16, shall be 
included. 
15. Casual and sick leave. – (1) Every employee shall be entitled to casual leave 
with full wages for ten days in a calendar year. Such leave shall not ordinarily be 
granted for more than three days at a time and shall not be accumulated. 
(2) Every employee shall be entitled to sick leave with full wages for a total 
period of eight days in every year. Such leave, if n ot availed of by any employee 
during a calendar year, may be carried forward, but the total accumulation of such 
leave shall not exceed sixteen days at any one time. 
16. Festival holidays. – Every employee shall be allowed ten days festival 
holidays with full wages in a year. The days and dates for such festival holidays shall 
be notified to the employees by the employer in the beginning of the calendar year. 
17. Wages during leave or holiday period. – (1) For each day of the leave or 
holidays allowed to an e mployee under sections 14, 15 and 16, he shall be paid at 
the rate equivalent to the daily average amount, which, during the three months 
preceding the leave or holidays, was being earned by the employee. 
(2) An employee, who has been allowed leave under s ection 14 for any 
period not less than four days in the case of an adult and five days in the case of 57[an 
adolescent], shall before the leave begins, be paid his wages for the period of the 
leave allowed. 
18. Sections 14, 15, 16 and 17 not to apply to cer tain establishments.– The 
provisions of sections 14, 15, 16 and 17 shall not apply in relation to employees 
employed in commercial establishments as defined in clause (b) of section 2 of the 
                                                           
57Substituted by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 2023), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.11. 
West Pakistan Industrial and Commercial Employment (Standing Orde rs) Ordinance, 
1968 (West Pakistan Ordinance VI of 1968). 
19. Termination of employment. – (1) For terminating employment of a 
permanent employee, one month’s notice in writing shall be given either by the 
employer or by the employee and in lieu of notice, one month’s wages calculated on 
the basis of average of wages earned during the preceding three months shall be 
paid. 
(2) No temporary employee, whether monthly rated, weekly rated or daily 
rated, and no apprentice shall be entitled to any notice or pay in  lieu thereof if his 
services are terminated, but the services of a temporary employee shall not be 
terminated as a punishment unless he has been given an opportunity of explaining 
the charges levelled against him. 
20. Prohibition of employment of children .– No child shall be required or 
allowed to work in any establishment. 
58[20-A. Adolescent to carry card giving reference to certificate of age .– No 
adolescent shall be allowed to work in any establishment unless:  
(a) a certificate of his registration with the  National Database and 
Registration Authority (NADRA) or a certificate of his birth registration 
with the respective local government are in the custody of the employer; 
and 
(b) he carries, while at work, the card issued by the employer giving a 
reference to such certificate.] 
59[20-B. Register of adolescents on work .– The employer of every 
establishment shall maintain a register containing the following particulars of the 
adolescents working in his establishment: 
(a) name and date of birth of each adolescent in emp loyment of the 
establishment; 
(b) date of start of employment of the adolescent; 
(c) nature of work assigned to the adolescent and his working hours, which 
shall not be in conflict with the provisions of the Punjab Restriction on 
Employment of Children Act 2016 (L of 2016); 
(d) reference number of certificate mentioned in section 20 -A and its date 
of issuance;  
(e) blood group of the adolescent;  
(f) contact number of the adolescent and his near relative for contact in 
case of an emergency; and 
(g) such other particulars of the adolescent as may be prescribed.] 
21. Contracting out.– Any contract or agreement, whether made before or after 
the commencement of this Ordinance, whereby an employee relinquished any right 
                                                           
58Inserted by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 202 3), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.12. 
59Inserted by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 202 3), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.12. 
conferred by this Ordinance shall be null and void in so far as it purports to deprive 
him of such right. 
60[21-A. Compulsory vaccination and inoculation .– (1) Every employee in an 
establishment shall be vaccinated and inoculated against such diseases and at such 
intervals as may be prescribed. 
(2) The expenses of compulso ry vaccination and inoculation as mentioned 
at sub-section (1) shall be borne by the employer of the establishment.] 
61[21-B. Provision of canteen .– (1) The Government may direct that in an 
establishment wherein more than one hundred employees are ordinaril y employed, 
an adequate canteen shall be provided for the employees in such manner as may be 
prescribed. 
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of sub -section (1), the rules under 
that sub-section may provide for: 
(a) the date by which such canteen shall be made functional; 
(b) the standards of construction, accommodation, furniture and 
other necessities of the canteen; 
(c) the foodstuff to be served therein and the charges thereof; and 
(d) representation of the employees in the management of canteen.] 
62[21-C. Prohibition on lifting excessive weight .– (1) No person shall be 
employed in any establishment to lift, carry or move any load so heavy as to likely 
cause him an injury. 
(2) The Government may make rules prescribing the maximum weights 
which may be lifted, carried or moved by an adult man, adult woman and adolescent 
employed in an establishment or in any class or description of establishments or in 
carrying on any specified process.] 
63[21-D. Provision of separate toilets .– The employer shall make provi sion of 
enclosed and separate toilets for male and female employees, and such toilets shall 
be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition at all times.] 
64[22. Guarding of machinery .– In every industrial establishment, all mechanically 
or electrically propelled machinery shall be properly guarded by the employer to avoid 
any occupational hazard or injury to the employee in such manner as may be 
prescribed.] 
                                                           
60Inserted by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amend ment) Act 2023 (VI of 202 3), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.13. 
61Inserted by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 202 3), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.13. 
62Inserted by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 202 3), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.13. 
63Inserted by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 202 3), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.13. 
64Substituted by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 2023), published in the Pun jab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.14. 
23. Maintenance of records and registers. – Every employer shall, for the 
purpose of this Ordinance, maintain such records and registers and furnish such 
information 65[to the Authority on demand] as may be prescribed. 
24. Registration of establishment 66[*****].– (1) Every establishment, other than 
a one man shop, as hereinafter defined, and factories empl oying clerical staff within 
the factory premises, shall be registered with the Deputy Chief Inspector for the area 
within which such establishment is situated. 
67[68[(2) An application for registration of an establishment shall be made by the 
employer as per format in Form ‘A’. 
Explanation– For the purposes of this section, “one man shop” means a shop 
run by an employer or by any member of employer’s family without engaging an 
employee.] 
(3) An application for registration of an establishment shall be made– 
(a) in the case of an establishment existing at the time this Ordinance 
comes into force, within three months thereof; and 
(b) in the case of an establishment set up after the coming into force of this 
Ordinance or to which the provisions of this Ordinance are 
subsequently applied, within two months of the setting up of the 
establishment or the application of this Ordinance thereto, as the case 
may be. 
(4) On receipt of the application  69[*****] specified in sub-section (2), the 
Deputy Chief Inspector shall, on being satisfied about the correctness of the 
application, register the establishment in the Register of Establishments to be 
maintained in form ‘B’ and shall issue a registration certificate to the employer in  form 
‘C’70[:] 
71[Provided that such registrat ion and issuance of registration certificate may 
be done through electronic mode online.] 
(5) The registration certificate shall be prominently displayed by the 
employer at the establishment and shall be renewed after every two years  72[or such 
other interval as the Government may notify in the official Gazette]. 
                                                           
65Inserted by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 202 3), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.15. 
66Omitted by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 202 3), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.16. 
67Substituted by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment)  Ordinance 2018 (VI of 2018), published in the Punjab 
Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 01 June 2018, pp,8415-8416 s.2 
68Substituted by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 2023), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.16. 
69Omitted the words “and the fees” by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 2023), published in 
the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.16. 
70Substituted for the “full stop” by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 2023), published in the 
Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.16. 
71Inserted by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 202 3), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.16. 
72Substituted by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 2023), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.16. 
25. Appointment of Chief Inspector, Deputy Chief Inspectors and 
Inspectors.– (1) Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint– 
(a) a Chief Inspector of Shops for the whole of the Province; 
(b) Deputy Chief Inspectors of Shops for such areas as may be notified; 
and 
(c) such persons or class of persons as it thinks fit to be Inspectors for the 
purposes of this Ordinance within such local limits as may be specified 
by the Chief Inspector of Shops. 
(2) The Chief Inspector of Shops and the Deputy Chief Inspectors of 
Shops– 
(a) shall supervise the work of Inspectors appointed under clause (c) of 
sub-section (1) in such manner as may be prescribed; and 
(b) may exercise all or any of the powers of an Inspector. 
(3) The Chief Inspector of Shops, Deputy Chief Inspectors of Shops and 
Inspectors appointed under sub -section (1) shall be deemed to be public servants 
within the meaning of section 21 of the Pakistan Penal Code (XLV of 1860). 
26. Powers of Inspectors.– An Inspector appointed under section 25 may, for the 
purposes of this Ordinance and within the local limits for which he is appointed, at all 
reasonable times enter into any place which is, or which he has reason to believe is, 
an esta blishment, with such assistants, if any, being persons in the service of 
Government, and make such examination of that place or of any prescribed record, 
register, or other documents maintained therein, and may require such explanation of 
any prescribed re cord, register or other documents and do all such things as he 
considers necessary for the purpose of this Ordinance. 
27. Penalties.– (1) If any employer, with intent to deceive, makes or causes or 
allows to be made, in any register, record or notice requi red to be maintained under 
the provisions of this Ordinance or the rules made thereunder, any entry, or wilfully 
omits or causes or allows to be omitted from any such register, record or notice, any 
entry which is required to be made thereunder, or maintains or causes or allows to be 
maintained more than one set of any such register, record or notice except the office 
copy of such notice, or sends or causes or allows to be sent to an Inspector any 
statement, information or notice required to be sent under t he provisions of this 
Ordinance or the rules made thereunder, which to his knowledge is false in any 
material particulars, he shall, on conviction, be punished with fine which shall not be 
less than 
73
[74[two thousand]] rupees and which may extend to 
75
[five thousand] 
rupees. 
(2) Whoever contravenes any of the provisions of section 6, 7, 19 or 20 
shall, on conviction, be punishable with fine which for the first offence may extend to 
                                                           
73Substituted for the word “fifty” by the Punjab Shops Establishments (Amendment) Act 2014 (II of 2014), w.e.f.24.2.2014, s.8; 
and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), pages 2647-2648. 
74Substituted for the words “one thou sand” by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 202 3), 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.17. 
75Substituted for the words “two hundred and fifty” by the Punjab Shops Establishm ents (Amendment) Act 2014 (II of 2014), 
w.e.f.24.2.2014, s.8; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), pages 2647-2648. 
rupees 
76
[five thousand], and for a second or subsequent offence with fine whic h may 
extend to rupees 
77
[ten thousand] or with simple imprisonment which may extend to 
three months, or with both. 
(3) Whoever contravenes any other provisions of this Ordinance shall, on 
conviction, be punishable with fine which for the first offence may extend to rupees 
78
[three thousand] , and for a second or any subsequent offence , to rupees 
79
[five 
thousand] or with simple imprisonment which may extend to three months, or with 
both. 
28. Procedure.– (1) No prosecution under this Ordinance or any rules made  
thereunder shall be instituted except by or with the previous sanction of an Inspector, 
or other officer or authority specially empowered by Government in this behalf. 
(2) No Court inferior to that of a Magistrate of the first class shall try an 
offence punishable under this Ordinance or any rule made thereunder. 
 80[(3) Every offence under section 27 shall be cognizable on the complaint 
made by an Inspector appointed under this Ordinance, and may be tried summarily.] 
81[28-A. Presumption as to employment .– If a child over the age of six years is 
found inside any part of an establishment in which adolescents are employed, he 
shall, until the contrary is proved, be deemed to be working in the establishment.] 
29. Limitation of prosecutions. – No Court shall take  cognizance of any offence 
punishable under this Ordinance or any rule made thereunder unless complaint 
thereof is made within three months from the date on which the alleged commission 
of the offence comes to the knowledge of an Inspector. 
30. Indemnity.– No suit, prosecution or legal proceedings shall lie against any 
person in respect of anything done in good faith under this Ordinance or the rules 
thereunder. 
31. Delegation of powers. – Government may, by notification in the official 
Gazette, delegate all  or any of its powers under this Ordinance or the rules 
thereunder to any subordinate authority 82[,the concerned Secretary to the 
Government] or agency as may be considered expedient by it. 
32. Power to make rules. – (1) Government may, by notification in t he official 
Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Ordinance. 
                                                           
76Substituted for the words “two hundred and fifty” by the Punjab Shops Establishments (Amendment) Act 2014 (II of 2014), 
w.e.f.24.2.2014, s.8; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), pages 2647-2648. 
77Substituted for the words “five hundred” by the Punjab Shops Establishments (Amendment) Act 2014 (II of 2014), 
w.e.f.24.2.2014, s.8; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), pages 2647-2648. 
78Substituted for the words “one hundred and fifty” by the Punjab Shops Establishments (Amendment) Act 2014 (II of 2014), 
w.e.f.24.2.2014, s.8; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), pages 2647-2648. 
79Substituted for the words “two hundred and fifty” by the Punjab Shops Establishments (Amendment) Act 2014 (II of 2014), 
w.e.f.24.2.2014, s.8; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), pages 2647-2648. 
80Inserted by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 202 3), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.18. 
81Inserted by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 202 3), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.19. 
82Inserted by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 202 3), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.20. 
(2) In making rules under this section, Government may direct that any 
person committing breach thereof shall, on conviction, be punishable with fine which 
may extend to 83[one thousand] rupees, and where the breach is a continuing one, 
with a further fine which may extend to 84[fifty] rupees for every day, after the first, 
during which the breach continues. 
33. Saving of certain rights and privileges. – Nothing in this Ordinance shall 
affect any right or privilege to which an employee is entitled on the date of the 
commencement of this Ordinance under any law for the time being in force or under 
any award, agreement, settlement, contract, custom or usage which is in force on 
that date, if such right or privilege is more favourable to him than any right or privilege 
conferred upon him by this Ordinance. 
34. Repeal and saving.– (1) The following enactments, hereinafter referred to as 
the said Acts, are hereby repealed:– 
(a) The Sindh Shops and Establishments Act, 1940 ( Sind XVIII of 1940); 
(b) The Punjab Trade Employees Act, 1940 (Punjab X of 1940); 
(c) The North-West Frontier Trade Employees Act, 1947 (N.W.F.P. XX of 
1947); and 
(d) The Weekly Holidays Act, 1942 (XVIII of 1942). 
(2) Notwithstanding the repeal of the said Acts, everything done, orders 
passed, action taken, obligation, liability, penalty or punishment incurred, enquiry or 
proceeding commenced, officer appointed or person authorised, jurisdiction or power 
conferred, rule  made or notification issued, under any of the provisions of the said 
Acts, shall, if not inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance, continue in force 
and be deemed to have been done, passed, taken, incurred, commenced, appointed, 
authorised, conferred, made or issued under the provisions of this Ordinance. 
                                                           
83Substituted for the word “fifty” by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 2023), published in the 
Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.21. 
84Substituted for the word “ten” by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amend ment) Act 2023 (VI of 2023), published in the 
Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.21. 
SCHEDULE 
[See SECTION (2) (l) AND SECTION 24] 
85[FORM ‘A’ 
APPLICATION FORM 
1. Name of the establishment, if any. 
2. Complete Postal address of the establishment including name of city, 
tehsil and the district. 
3. E-mail and web address of the establishment.  
4. GPS coordinates of the location of the establishment. 
5. Full name of the employer (including his father’s/ husband’s   name). 
6. CNIC Number of the employer. 
7. Gender of the employer. 
8. Mobile contact number of the employer. 
9. E-mail address of the employer. 
10. Name, gender, date of birth and relation of employer’s family   
members with the employer. 
11. Full name of the Manager, if any (including his father’s name). 
12. CNIC Number of the Manager. 
13. Gender of the Manager. 
14. Mobile contact number of the Manager. 
15. E-mail address of the Manager. 
16. Category of the establishment,  i.e., whether a shop, industrial 
establishment, commercial establishment, residential ho tel, restaurant, 
eating house, theatre or other place of public amusement or 
entertainment etc. 
17. Name of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry with which the 
establishment is registered/ affiliated (if any). 
18. Total number of employees (state separat ely the number of men, 
women and/or adolescents, if any along with their category as 
permanent employee or temporary employee). 
19. Date, month and year in which the establishment commenced its work. 
20. I hereby declare that the details given above are correct to the best of 
my knowledge. 
 
 
Dated                    Signature of the employer 
 
Note–This statement shall be sent to the Deputy Chief Inspector of the area 
concerned. 
(b) in Form B, for the words “Young persons” wherever appearing, the word 
“Adolescents” shall be substituted. 
(c) for Form C, the following shall be substituted: 
                                                           
85Substituted by the Punjab Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act 2023 (VI of 2023), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp. 3869-3874, s.22. 
“Registration No.; 
Registration Date;  
REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE 
______________________________________________________________
_______________ 
It is hereby certified that t he establishment --------------------------------------- 
located at ------------------------------------------TEHSIL---------------------DISTRICT---
------------ has been registered under THE PUNJAB SHOPS AND 
ESTABLISHMENT ORDINANCE, 1969. 
 
Registration valid till -------------  Chief Inspector of Shops & Establishments”] 
 
 
 
FORM ‘B’ 
REGISTER OF ESTABLISHMENTS 
 
Part I–Shops. 
Part II–Commercial Establishments. 
Part III–Residential Hotels. 
Part IV–Restaurants and Eating Houses. 
Part V–Theaters and other places of Public Amusements or Entertainment 
Serial No. 
Registration certificate No. 
Name of the Manager, if any. 
 
Name of employer. 
Postal address of the establishment. 
Name of the establishment 
Nature of the business. 
NUMBER OF MEMBERS 
OF EMPLOYER’S FAMILY 
Number of other persons occupying managerial 
positions and employees engaged in 
confidential capacity. 
TOTAL NUMBER  
OF EMPLOYEES. 
Date of Inspection. 
Date of registration. 
 
Date of renewal. 
Male Female Young 
persons 
 
 
 
    Adult 
 
 
 
Young 
persons 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
         
FORM ‘C’ 
REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE 
Name of the Establishment, if any. 
Name of the employer. 
Postal address of the establishment. 
 
Registration No. 
 It is hereby certified that the establishment as mentioned herein has been registered as 
a *___________________ under the 
86
West Pakistan Shops and Establishments Ordinance, 
1969, this _________________ day of _________________ 
 
 
 Chief Inspector of Shops, 
87
West Pakistan 
 
RENEWALS 
Date of 
renewal 
From To Signature of 
the Chief 
Inspector of 
Shops with 
seal 
1. 
2. 
3. 
   
 
 
 
*Here insert category of the establishment. 
 
                                                           
86 Now Punjab. 
87 Now Punjab.