The Ministry of Law and Justice (MoLJ) on November 19, 2025, issued the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Regulation, 2025 to further amend the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Shops and Establishments Regulation, 2004.
The following amendments have been stated:
• After section 1, the following section shall be inserted, namely:––
“1A. This Regulation applies to all establishments in which twenty or more persons are employed or were employed on any day of the preceding twelve months.”.
• In section 3 of the principal Regulation, in sub-section (1), in clause (d), for the words “three persons”, the words “twenty persons” shall be substituted.
• In section 4 of the principal Regulation,—
• for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:—
“(2) The employer of an establishment shall, within the period specified in sub-section (6), apply online to the Registering Officer for registration of the establishment in the prescribed form.”;
• for sub-section (4), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:—
“(4) On receipt of the application under sub-section (2) and on being satisfied about the correctness of the particulars contained therein, the Registering Officer shall register the establishment and upon registration, the employer shall generate the registration certificate from the web portal of the Labour Department on payment of such fees electronically, not exceeding the amount specified in column (3) of the Schedule, which the Administrator may, from time to time, by order, determine.”;
• For section 21 of the principal Regulation, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—
“21. No woman or young person shall be required or permitted to work whether as an employee or otherwise in any establishment between the hours of 7 P.M. and 6 A.M.
Provided that women workers may, with their consent, be allowed to work even between the hours of 7 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.”
It extends to the whole of the Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
It shall come into force on such date as the Administrator may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
[Notification No. 10 of 2025]
