Section 4
Change of the festivals specified – (1) The employer or a majority of the
4. Change of the festivals specified – (1) The employer or a majority of the
employees or any trade union representing a substantial number of employees in any
industrial establishment in respect of which festivals have been specified under section
3, may, at any time, apply to the Inspector for a change in all or any of the festivals so
specified.
(2) The application for changing the specified festivals shall be sent to the
Inspector having jurisdiction over the area in which the industrial establishment is
situated in Form No. IV in duplicate.
(3) The provisions of rule 3 shall, mutatis mutandis apply to the change of
festivals under this rule.
(4) The change made by the Inspector in the specified festivals under this rule
shall be communicated to the employer in Form No. III in duplicate. The employer shall,
within seven days of receipt of the communication, exhibit in his industrial establishment
a copy thereof in such manner as can be readily seen and read by the employees. The
festivals so changed by the Inspector shall take effect from the 1st day of the calendar
year immediately following the year in which such change is effected.