3. (1) Every employer shall,—
(a) in relation to an establishment to which this Code applies on its
commencement, within a period of sixty days from such commencement; and
(b) in relation to any other establishment to which this Code may be
applicable at any time after such commencement, within a period of forty-five
days from the date on which this Code becomes applicable to such establishment,
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make an application to the registering officer appointed by the appropriate Government
(hereinafter referred to as the registering officer) for the registration of such
establishment:
Provided that the registering officer may entertain any such application for
registration after the expiry of such period on payment of such late fees as may be
prescribed by the appropriate Government.
(2) Every application under sub-section (1) shall be submitted to the registering
officer in such manner, in such form, contain such particulars and shall be accompanied
by such fees as may be prescribed by the appropriate Government.
(3) After the receipt of an application under sub-section (1), the registering officer
shall register the establishment and issue a certificate of registration to the employer
thereof in such form and within such time and subject to such conditions as may be
prescribed by the Central Government:
Provided that if the registering officer fails to register an application so made or
entertained within the prescribed period, then, such establishment shall be deemed to
have been registered under this sub-section immediately on the expiration of such
period.
(4) Any change in the ownership or management or in any particulars referred to
in sub-section (2) which occurs after the registration of an establishment under this
Code, shall be intimated by the employer to the registering officer within thirty days of
such change in such form as may be prescribed by the Central Government.
(5) The employer of an establishment shall, within thirty days of the closing of
establishment—
(a) inform the closing of such establishment; and
(b) certify payment of all dues to the workers employed in such
establishment,
to the registering officer in such manner as may be prescribed by the Central Government
and the registering officer shall, on receiving such information and certificates remove
such establishment from the register of establishments maintained by him and cancel
the registration certificate within thirty days.
(6) If an employer of an establishment—
(a) violates any provision of this Code applicable to such establishment; or
(b) has misrepresented or misrepresents any fact relating to registration to
the registering officer,
the registering officer may after providing employer an opportunity of being heard,
revoke the registration of the establishment.
(7) No employer of an establishment—
(a) who has not registered the establishment under this section; or
(b) the registration of such establishment has been cancelled under
sub-section (5) or revoked under sub-section (6) and no appeal has been preferred
against such cancellation or revocation under section 4 or where such appeal has
been preferred, such appeal has been dismissed,
shall employ any employee in the establishment.