Overview
- Indecopi’s specialized chamber, which ruled Monday in a second and final instance, annulled ordinances in Villa El Salvador, San Luis, San Martín de Porres, San Juan de Miraflores, Rímac, and Ate.
- Only the provincial government can set sales hours in Lima, making the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima the competent authority.
- Indecopi ordered non-application with general effect, so no citizen or business in those districts can be fined under the struck rules.
- The canceled limits had cut hours for bodegas, minimarkets, and venues like restaurants or bars, so late sales may resume where city rules allow.
- The ruling cites the Organic Law of Municipalities and Law 28681, which place hour-setting at the provincial level and should end patchwork rules.