Section 13 — Registration of establishments.

13. Registration of establishments.- (1) Within the period specified 

in sub-section (3), the employer of every establishment shall send to the 

prescribed authority a statement in the prescribed form accompanied by such 

fees as may be prescribed and containing:- 

(a)  the name of the employer and the manager, if any;  

(b)  postal address of the establishment; 

(c)  the name, if any, of the establishment; 

(d)  number of persons employed in the establishment; and  

(e)  such other particulars as may be prescribed. 

(2) (i) On receipt of the statement and the prescribed fee, the 

prescribed authority shall, on being satisfied about the correctness of the 

statement, register the establishment in the register of establishments in such 

manner as may be prescribed and shall issue in the prescribed form a 

registration certificate to the employer. The registration certificate shall, on 

demand by the Inspector, be shown to him by the employer. 

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[(ii) The registration certificate shall, on payment of the prescribed 

fee, be renewed for a period of five years.] 

(3) Within thirty days from the date mentioned in column 2 of the 

Table below in respect of an establishment mentioned in column 1 thereof, the 

statement together with the prescribed fee shall be sent to the prescribed 

authority under sub-section (1):- 

THE TABLE 

Establishment 

 

1 

Date from which the period of 30 

days is to commence 

2 

(i) Establishment existing in areas 

to which this Act applies or to 

which it is made applicable 

subsequently. 

(ii) New establishment in such 

areas. 

The date on which this Act comes 

into force or the date on which the 

Act is made applicable subsequently 

as the case may be. 

The date on which the establishment 

commences its work. 

                                                 
1. Clause (ii) substituted vide H.P. Act No. 15 of 2004. 



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(4) It shall be the duty of the employer to notify to the prescribed 

authority in the prescribed form any change in respect of any information 

contained m his statement under this section within seven days after the 

change has taken place and the prescribed authority shall on receiving such 

notice and on being satisfied about its correctness make the change in the 

register of establishments in accordance with such notice and shall amend the 

registration certificate, if necessary. 

(5) The employer shall, within ten days of his closing the 

establishment, notify to the prescribed authority in writing accordingly and the 

prescribed authority shall, on receiving the information and on being satisfied 

about its correctness, remove the name of such establishment from the register 

of establishments and cancel the registration certificate.