Employment Act 1968 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Truck System
60. Shops and canteens
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employer
“employer” means any person who employs another person under a contract of service and includes —(a)the Government in respect of such categories, classes or descriptions of officers or employees of the Government as are declared by the President to be employees for the purposes of this Act;(b)any statutory authority;(c)the duly authorised agent or manager of the employer; and(d)the person who owns or is carrying on or for the time being responsible for the management of the profession, business, trade or work in which the employee is engaged;
An employer must not establish or keep or permit to be established or kept, a shop or canteen on any place of employment for the sale of foodstuffs, provisions, meals or refreshments to the employer’s workmen otherwise than in accordance with subsection (1).
place of employment
“place of employment” means any place provided by the employer where work is carried on, for or on behalf of an employer, by an employee;