The Government of Puducherry vide its notification dated 2nd March 2021 has published the “Puducherry Factories (Amendment) Rules, 2020 which shall extend to the whole of the Union territory of Puducherry.
The Amendment is brought under sub rule 3-A of rule 6 which states that Every Licence granted or renewed under this rule shall remain valid or be in force for a minimum period of ten years or more as applicable.
The Licence so granted or renewed shall remain valid up to 31st December of the applied period, Provided that in case of temporary factories or the nature of activity demands for, the Chief Inspector may issue factory licence for less than ten year validity on an application made in this behalf by an occupier.
Provided further that in such cases, the fee payable for grant of or renewal of licence of a factory shall be proportionate to the annual fee as multiplied by number of years for which licence is sought for.
Further, under rule 6(4) If, the application has been made in accordance with this rule, the licence for the premises shall be deemed to have been automatically renewed for the applied period and an electronic certificate of registration/renewal shall be auto generated and issued after a period of 30 days from the date of submission of the application or until such date as the Chief Inspector may pass orders seeking clarifications on the application for the renewal.
