CHAPTER II

REGISTRATION

3. Application for registration.- (1) An employer seeking registration for an establishment shall apply electronically in FORM-I containing the particulars of the establishment, accompanied by documents relating to registration of the establishment, proof of identity and address on the Shram Suvidha Portal or Portal as may be designated by the Central Government by giving details about the establishment.

(2) Where an application under sub-rule (1) is complete in all respects, the certificate of registration shall be issued in FORM-III electronically forthwith, but in any case not later than seven days from the date of submission of complete application:

Provided that if the certificate of registration is not issued within the period specified, the establishment shall be deemed to have been registered and the certificate of registration shall be auto-generated in FORM-III.

(3) The late fee for registration after expiry of sixty days from the date of notification of these rules, shall be specified through general or special order by the Central Government issued from time to time.

(4) The certificate of registration shall be non-transferable and shall be displayed at conspicuous places within the premises of the establishment.

(5) Where an employer fails to comply with the requirements of sub-rule (1), the Registering Officer under the Code may, by order, direct such employer to comply with such requirements within the time specified in such order.

(6) An employer of an establishment already registered under any other Central labour laws for the time being in force shall within six months from the date on which rules come into force, update the registration particulars in FORM-I:

Provided that no such cancellation shall be made unless the establishment has been given an opportunity to show cause, within a period of thirty days, either electronically or by speed post, as to why the certificate of registration should not be cancelled.

(7) The employer shall quote the registration number on all documents prepared or completed by the employer in connection with the rules or the schemes, made thereunder and in all correspondence with the office concerned.

(8) Any change in the particulars furnished in FORM-I shall be updated on the portal by the employer within thirty days of such change and where the application for amendment is complete in all respects, the amended certificate of registration shall be issued electronically in FORM-III not later than seven days from the date of submission of complete application, failing which amended certificate of registration shall be auto generated.

(9) The registering officer shall maintain in FORM-V showing the particulars of establishment in relation to which certificates of registration have been issued.

(10) The employer shall within thirty days of the closing of the establishment other than mines, intimate to the Registering Officer and also to Inspector-cum-Facilitator having jurisdiction in the area where the establishment is situated intimating the actual date of closing of establishment in FORM-II along with certificate of payment of all dues and statutory returns to the workers employed in such establishments and such information shall be auto-shared to Employees' Provident Fund Organisation and Employees' State Insurance Corporation.

(11) On receipt of FORM-II complete in all respects, the registering officer shall cancel the certificate of registration and issue cancellation of certificate of registration in FORM-IV electronically within sixty days from the receipt of FORM-II. If registering officer fails to cancel the registration certificate of the establishment within sixty days then the cancellation of registration certificate shall be auto generated in FORM-IV.