CAP. 185.

CYPRUS

SHOP ASSISTANTS

CHAPTER 181 OF THE LAWS

1959 EDITION

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... ... ... ... Short title ... Ifiterpetat iom ... ... ... .." Appointment of Inspectors ... ... ... Closing of shop3 ... .._ ... . . I

Closing of shops not later tlaan 1 p.m. on one week-day Sunday closing ... ... ... ... Restriction in number cpb hours a shop assistant may be employed. Weekly half-holidays ? . . ... ... ... Allowance for meals . . ... ... ... Seating accommodation ... ... ... ... List of shop assistants and table of working hours to be exhibited ... Penalties ... Right of entry of Inspectors appointed under this Law and of certain

Ships and aeroplanes may be served after clowing hour? in certain cases

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police officers ... ..- .I. ...

Exemptions . . .., ... ... ... Provisions as to trading elsewhere thana in shops .". ... shops where more than one trade or business i s carried on Application ob Law ... ... ... ...

and may vary such Schedules ... ... ...

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Governor in Council may make special provision regarding shop assistants employed in trades and hiisinems set oiit in Schedules,

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Trades and Businesses Exempted from Closing Hours.

Trades and Businesses Exempted from Sunday Closing.

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SECOND SCHEDULE. ...

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LAW TO SHOP HOURS AND THE HOURS T OF SHOP ASSISTANTS.

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1. This Law may e cited as the Shop Assistants Law.

a In this Law- e or ~ ~ s i ~ e s s '' includes t riresser, the sale of

intoxicating liquors, and retail sales does not include the sale of prograrnrn and other similar sales at theatres and places of amusement ;

I ' shop '' means any premises (including markets) where any retail trade 01- business is carried on ;

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( b ) any Order made under the piovisions of vxtion 10

shall be guilty of an offeiic-c and shall be liaidv, on convlc(ion, lo imprisonment for a term 1 1 0 6 cxcecclirig six riiontlis or to ;I, fine not exceeding on(‘ huiidrecl pounds or to both such imprisonment and fine :

Provided that, in the cast. o f a sliop assistant t~iiiploycxi within fifteen minutes after the closing hour in cornitr-a\;cn- tion of the provisions of this J,aw or of any Ordcr rnatfe under the provisions of section 19 of this Law, the shop- keeper shall not be guilty of an offence against this Law or any such Order, if he proves that the shop assistant was engaged only in scrvirig customers whom he was already serving or who were in the shop h’fore the closing hoiir or that there was reasonable ground for believing that the article supplied to the customer was rcquked in tlie case 01 illness.

of this Law,

13. (.I ) Any Inspector apyoin t ecl under the p r o ~ ~ ~ i o i i \ of ~~$~~~~ section 3 of this Law, and any police officer riot below the 1risyectoli

dppointctl under thv, rank of sergeant may

( 0 ) enter, inspect and exaniinc ai all reasonable houi 5

by day and night a diop ;mtl e iwy part tlnereof <,leictr\

if he has reasonable caiiw to believe lhal any shop assistant is employed t liercin ,

( h ) make such examination a r i d inquiq as may i)c necessary to ascertain whet her the pro\isiotac, of this Law arc being complied \vith.

(2) Every shopkeeper, hi ; agerats anti wvants s t d l iurnish such facilities as way be required I)y any such Inspector or police off~cer 101- the p~~rpose crf a.ny such inspection, inquiry or examination.

(3) 11 any person ~~~~~~~~y delays 01 obstructs an Inspector or police officer in the exercise oi the powers given by this section, such person shall be guilty of an offence against this Law and shall be liable, 011 cam iifction, ti^ a fim not exceed- ing twenty pourids 01- to imp onrntaiil not exceediaig 4.v o xaronths Of to both s1rch fine anti nnprisonanen8.

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before her departure from a port, or far an aeroplane on its arrrwall at or immediately before its departure from an aexotlwrne or airport.

‘IS’ ,L- 15. Nothing in this Law shall apply to any bazaar for the sale o1i work for charitable or other purposes from which no private kjmfit is derived, nor to the business of an under- taker.

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!$ not be lawful in any locality to carry on in any ing a shop, retail trade. or business ot any class when it would be unlawful in that locality to

open for the purposes of retail trade or business , and, if any person carries on any trade or ontravention of this section, this Law shall were a shopkeeper whose shop was being kept

1: iri contravention of this Law : P rovided that--

(.) nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing a barber or hairdresser from attend- ing a customer in the customer’s residence, or the holding of an auction sale of private effects in a private dwelling house ; and

( b ) nothing in this section shall apply to the sale of , newspapers.

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nkc)re 17. (I) Where several trades or businesses are carried on in the same shop and any of these trades or businesses Is of such a nature that, if it were the only-trade or business carried on in the shop, the shop would be exempt from the obligation to be closed, such shop may be kept open during closing hours for the carrying on of such trade or business

ever that the following conditions are

(a)! during such hours, the shop is divided or yarti- tir;med into separate places of business and amngements are made, to the satisfaction of i lw Commissioner of Labour, that only those aratles or businesses in respect of which such iy is exempl from the obligation to be closed,

#.*arried on in that part of the said shop ich it is proposed to keep open during that

onnection therewith and so that, so onably practical, no goods in connec-

tion with the trade or business not exempted

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shall be exhibited either inside or outside the shop ;

( b ) the written approval of the Commissioner of Labour, to be exhibited in a conspicuous place in the interior of the shop, regarding the parti- tioning and other arrangements required under paragraph ( a ) , is obtained ;

(c) no change in the approved partitioning and other arrangements shall be made unless writ ten approval thereof is obtained from the Commis- sioner of Labour ;

(d ) there shall be exhibited in conspicuous places on the exterior and the interior of the shop a notice in English, Greek and Turkish in letters of the size oi not less than one inch in the form st.t out in the 'Third Scliedule t o this Law, specifying r1,,,,1

the trade or business in connection with which +\~rdu!~

the shop is kept open.

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(2) Where the exempted trade or business is carried 011

in any shop under the provisions of subsection (1) in virtue of any licence or permit, such licence or permit shall, upon conviction of the shopkeeper for any contravention or for failing to comply with the provisions of such subsection, he forkited.

18. This Law shall apply to such towns, villages or other A~plicatlo11 of Law. areas as the Governor in Council may bjr Order appoint.

19. Notwithstanding anything in this Law contained the Govern01 Council ma\ 111

spec,n~ (kwernor in Council at any time, by Order published in the Gazette, niay- provision

regardm : (.) inake provision as to the daily or weekly hours of shop

employment oi any shop assistants or class of z$J:i in shop assistants employed in any trade or business trades anti set out in the Schedules to this Law, and as to ~~~~~~' their wholeday or half-day holidays, and the Schedules,

time to be allowed them for rest and meals ; ~ ~ $ ~ ~ ~ , 1

( b ) vary the hours at which shops are required to be Schedules closed under the provisions of section 4 of this Law and may appoint different closing hours for different shops or tor shops in different parts of a town, village or other area ;

shops shall be closed in accordance with the provisions of section 5 of this Law and vary

(c) appoint the day on which any shop or class of 4(a) of8152.

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the hour at which such shop or class of shops are required to be closed under the provisions of such section and may appoint different days and hours for different shops or different days and hours for different parts of a town, village or other area ;

(d ) appoint a day on which any shop or class of shop shall be closed in each week in lieu of the Sunday closing provided for by section 6 ~i this Law ;

( e ) vary the number of hours during which a shop- keeper shall employ a shop assistant under the provisions of section 7 of this Law ;

(f) delete provisions from or add provisions to any of the Schedules to this Law and vary or annelid any such Schedules or any part thereof.

20. Nothing in this Law contained shall, affect the provisions of the Summer Afternoon Recess Law.

FIRST SCHEDULE. TRADES AND BIJSIXESSES EXEMPTED FKOM CLOSING HOWRS’.

(Sectiom 4 and 5.)

1. The sale by retail of intoxicating liquor>. 2, The delivery of ice to hospitals and nursing iiistitutions or, in cast’ oi

3. Thc sale by retail of motor fuel and oil and of motor accesroric.;. 4. The repair and servicing of motor vehicles. 5. The supply of fuel and lubricants to aircraft. 6. The sale of medicines and of medcal and surgical aypliancc~s. 7. The sale of refreshments for consumption on the premises or hy

hawkers. 8. The sale, in pavilions (commonly known as “kiosks”), of sweets,

chocolates, biscuits, fresh and dry fruit, newspapers and periodicals and liquid refreshments, other than intoxicating liquors as defined in the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors Law.

sickness, to private persons.

9. The sale of tobacco and smokers’ requisites. 10. Hotels, khans and restaurants. 11. The repair and hire of bicycles. 12. The sale of any goods a t any fair.

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