The Ministry of Law and Justice (MoL&J), on November 19, 2025, issued the Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Amendment Regulation, 2025, to further amend the Gujarat Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 2019.
The following amendment has been stated:-
• In section 2, after clause (p), a new clause shall be inserted, namely:-‘(pp) “State Government” means the Administrator of the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu appointed by the President under article 239 of the Constitution;’.
• In section 13, sub-section (2), for the proviso, the following provisos shall be substituted, namely:— “Provided that women workers may, with their consent, be allowed to work even between the hours of 9 P.M. and 6 A.M. in any establishment in which adequate safety and security measures or provisions for holidays, as may be prescribed, are provided by the employer:
Provided further that where the Administrator considers that the employment of women in any particular hazardous or dangerous processes in an establishment is dangerous for their health and safety due to the operation carried out therein, the Administrator may require the employer to provide adequate safeguards as may be prescribed, prior to the employment of women for such operation.”.
[Notification No. 14 of 2025]
