Section 3 in The U.P. Dookan Aur Vanijya Adhishthan Niyamavali, 1963
3. Hours of business [Section 5 (1)].
(1)No employer shall on any day open before 10 a. m. or keep open after 8 p.m. any shop, not mentioned in Schedule II of the Act:Provided that in summer the employer may open before 10 a.m. but not before 9-30 a. m.Explanation. - For the purposes of the above proviso "Summer" means the period from midnight of March 14 to midnight of September 14, in any year :Provided further that shops exclusively or mainly dealing in foodgrains, pulses and oilseeds may open earlier but not before 9 a. m.(2)No employer shall on any day open before 9 a. m. or keep open after 7 p. m. any commercial establishment, not mentioned in Schedule II of the Act.(3)The shops and commercial establishments wherein only wholesale business of foodgrains, pulses and oil seeds is carried on, and which are situated in a grain mandi specified in this behalf by the District Magistrate having jurisdiction over the area may open earlier, but not before 6 a. m.
