Rule 3. Application for registration under section 3

The employer/occupier seekingregistration for an establishment/factory not already registered shall apply electronically in Form 1 annexed to these rules, on the portal of Commissioner of Labour by giving details about the lestablishment/factory, and submitting/uploading documents related to Registration of the establishincnt/factory, proof of Identity and address ofthe employer(s) /occupier as specified in the Forn. The Form shall be signed digitally or in any other manner as may be required. The applicant shall be responsible for veracity of all infonnation submitted in the application. Grant of Certificate of registration for Factories/ building or other construction work/establishment.-

(1) The employer seeking registration for an establishment not already registered shall apply electronically in Form 1 on Portal of the Commissioner of Labour by giving details about the establishment, and uploading documents related to Registration of the establishment, proof of Identity and address of the employel(s) as specified in the Form. The Form shall be signed digitally or in any other mannet as may be required on the portal. The applicant shall be responsible for veracity of all information submitted in the application.

(2) The Permanent Account Number (PAN) of the applicant or the establishment allotted under Income Tax Act, 1961 or any other unique number allotted to the establishment under any other Act for the time being in force or any other particular furnished in the form,may be verified online. The certificate of registration shall be issued in Form 2 electronically immediately if the (3) application is complete in all respect but not later than seven days from the date of submission of complete application, failing which such establishment shall be deemed 1o have been registered and the certificate of registration shall be auto generated:

Provided that in exceptional circumstances the State Government may, for such period, by notification, dispense with requirement of electtonic registration, in respect of establishment or class of establishment, for part or whole of India, and subinission of application in the form so provided, may be allowed. The certificate of registration shall be non-translerable and a copy of the certificate of registration shall be displayed in the premises of the establishment at the conspicuous place in hard copy or electronically.

(5) The registering officer under the Code may direct the employer who fails to comply with the requirements of sub-rule (1), to do so within the time stated therein and such employer shall, thereupon comply with the instruction issued by the officer in this behalf.

(6) The employer in respect of an establishment already registered under any other central labour law for the time being in force shall, update the registration particulars on Portal of the Commissioner of Labour, within six months from the date on which the Code comes into force.

(7) Any registration obtained by providing wrong information shall be liable to be cancelled provided that establishment has been given an opportunity to show cause, electronically or by registered post, as to why the certificate of registration should not be cancelled.

(8) The employer shall quote the Registration Number on all documents prepared or completed by him in connection with the Code or the Rules or the Regulations or the Scheme, as the case may bc, and in all correspondence with the office concerned.

(9) Any change in the ownership, management or any particular furnished in Registration Form submitted on the specified portal shall be updated on the portal by the employer within thirty days of such change.

(10) The employer of an establishment to which the provisions of the Code apply and whose business activities are in process of closure, may apply for cancellation of registration online on Portal of the Commissioner of Labour after giving complete details of the dues payable under the Central Labour Codes:

Provided that no such application for cancellation of registration shall be entertained unless the employer has furnished all statutory returns, paid all statutory dues under the Central labour Codes and any other Central labour law in force in accordance with the law applicable forthe time being and submitted a self-certification to that effect along with the application.

(11) The registering officer shall maintain a register of establishment electronically in Form 3 showing the particulars of establishment in relation to which certificates of registration have been issued by him.

(12) The employer shall, svithin thirty days of the commencement and completion of any work, intinate to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator, having jurisdiction in the area where HTII the proposed establishment or as the case may be, the work is to be executed, intimating date of the commencement, completion bf work and cessation of the actual establishment, as the case may be, in Form 4 annexed to these rules electronically and the same shall be auto-shared to EPFO and ESIC.