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Tamil Nadu Shops and Establishments Act, 1947: reference
Department-hosted Tamil Nadu Shops Act reference connecting establishment coverage, holidays with wages, sick and casual leave, registration amendments and the later 2025 amending Act.
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Tamil Nadu Shops and Establishments Act, 1947: reference
Department-hosted Tamil Nadu Shops Act reference connecting establishment coverage, holidays with wages, sick and casual leave, registration amendments and the later 2025 amending Act.
Who this applies to
Persons and establishments within the Tamil Nadu Shops Act; statutory exclusions and exemption orders must be checked
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Use the Act to establish jurisdiction and coverage before applying any leave table or form. Keep registration, employment conditions, holiday entitlements and penalties as separate questions.
Section 25 governs paid annual, sick and casual leave, with qualifying service and specified termination-payment conditions. A more favourable contractual benefit is not reduced by this reference.
Source and version
Sections 1–6 and 25–28; connected registration and annual-return amendments. This is the Labour Department archive compilation, including the 2018 leave-accumulation note. It is not a complete 2026 consolidation. Read the separate 2024 registration rules, final 2025 return rules and 2025 amending Act. The commencement of the 2025 amending Act requires separate notification verification.
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This is the Labour Department archive compilation, including the 2018 leave-accumulation note. It is not a complete 2026 consolidation. Read the separate 2024 registration rules, final 2025 return rules and 2025 amending Act. The commencement of the 2025 amending Act requires separate notification verification.
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- Tamil Nadu Shops (Amendment) Act, 2025: enacted text
- Tamil Nadu Shops: combined annual return by 31 January
- Tamil Nadu Shops annual-return rules: final 2025 amendment
- Tamil Nadu Shops Form Y: Registration application
- Tamil Nadu Shops Form Z: Registration certificate
- Tamil Nadu Shops Form ZA: Register of shops and establishments
- Tamil Nadu Shops Form ZB: Intimation by an existing establishment
- Tamil Nadu Shops Form ZC: Combined annual return
- Tamil Nadu Shops: annual, sick and casual leave
- Tamil Nadu Shops registration rules: July 2024 amendment