1.What are the rules regarding the opening
and closing hours of shops?
The opening and closing hours for shops in
Tamil Nadu are tabulated below:-
S.No.
Nature of Shop
Opening hours
Closing hours
1.
All shops
Not earlier
than 6 a.m.
Not later than
10 p.m.
Note:
a. Exception is given in the case of a
person who is already being served or waiting to be served.
In such cases, the premises can be kept open for a further
quarter of an hour to help finish the job at hand.
b. No person shall carry on, in or adjacent to a street or
public place, the sale of any goods after the hour fixed for
closure of the establishment dealing in the same class of
goods in the locality in which such street or public place
is situated. This provision does not apply to newspapers.
c. All shops are exempted from the above rules during
festival times. For details please refer Proc. No. 5.
2.Which organisations are exempt from the
rules for opening and closing hours?
The following organisations/establishments
are exempt from the rules regarding the opening and closing
hours:
1. Hospitals and other institutions for
the treatment or care of the sick, the infirm, the destitute
or the mentally sick;
2. Chemists or druggists shops as specified, by general or
special order, by the state government;
3. Clubs and residential hotels, hostels attached to schools
or colleges, and establishments maintained in boarding
schools;
4. Stalls and refreshments rooms at railway stations, docks,
wharves or ports.
5. Software industries.
6. Special Economic Zone (SEZ) units.
