Shop Act License

Eligibility & Applicability

• Covered establishments must use the applicable registration or intimation route; exclusions and current workforce-based provisions require review.
• Check later amendments and the current service before using historical thresholds or form instructions.

Application / Transaction Process

1. 1Assess establishment coverage, workforce and current registration/intimation requirements.
2. 2Create the employer/business profile on the accepted service.
3. 3Submit establishment and employer particulars with prescribed declarations and supporting evidence.
4. 4Retain acknowledgement/certificate and handle changes or renewal where applicable.

Documents & Information to Prepare

Indicative checklist; include conditional items only where applicable. The authority or transaction adviser confirms the final requirements.

• Employer identity and premises ownership/lease evidence.
• Establishment photograph with signboard where requested.
• Entity documents: partnership deed, company/trust/society records as relevant.
• Nomination/resolution, declarations and prior activity-specific permission where requested.