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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Mines Act, 1952

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https://sooperkanoon.com/act/133908

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Preamble1 - Mines Act, 1952
Section1 - Short title, extent and commencement
Section2 - Definitions 3
Section3 - Act not to apply in certain cases 3
Section4 - References to time of day In this Act, references to time of day are references to Indian standard time, being five and
Chapter2 - : INSPECTORS AND CERTIFYING SURGEONS
Section5 - Chief Inspector and Inspectors
Section6 - Functions of Inspectors 3
Section7 - Powers of Inspectors of Mines
Section8 - Powers of special officer to enter, measure, etc. Any person in the service of the government duly authorised in this
Section9 - Facilities to be afforded to Inspectors Every owner, agent and manager of a mine shall afford the Chief Inspector and
Section9A - Facilities to be provided for occupational health survey 3
Section10 - Secrecy of information obtained
Section11 - Certifying surgeons
Section12 - Committees
Section13 - Functions of the Committee
Section14 - Powers etc., of the Committees
Section15 - Recovery of expenses The Central Government may direct that the expenses of any inquiry conducted by 3
Chapter4 - : MINING OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT OF MINES
Section16 - Notice to be given of mining operations
Section17 - Managers [
Section18 - Duties and responsibilities of owners, agents and managers
Section19 - Drinking water 3
Section20 - Conservancy
Section21 - Medical appliances 3
Section22 - Powers of Inspectors when causes of danger not expressly provided against exist or when employment of persons is
Section22A - Power to prohibit employment in certain cases 3
Section23 - Notice to be given of accidents 3
Section24 - Power of Government to appoint Court of Inquiry in cases of accidents 3
Section25 - Notice of certain diseases
Section26 - Power to direct investigation of causes of disease
Section27 - Publication of reports The Central Government may cause any report submitted by a Committee under [
Chapter6 - : HOURS AND LIMITATION OF EMPLOYMENT
Section28 - Weekly day of rest No person shall be allowed to work in a mine on more than six days in any one week
Section29 - Compensatory days of rest
Section30 - Hours of work above ground
Section31 - Hours of work below ground 3
Section32 - Night shift 3
Section33 - Extra wages for overtime 3
Section34 - Prohibition of employment of certain persons 3
Section35 - Limitation of daily hours of work including overtime work 3
Section36 - Notices regarding hours of work
Section37 - Supervising stall Nothing in
Section38 - Exemption from provisions regarding employment
Section39 - Power to make exempting rules 3
Section40 - Employment of persons below eighteen years of age 3
Section41 - Certificate of fitness [Omitted by the Mines
Section42 - Effect of certificate of fitness granted to adolescents [Omitted by the Mines
Section43 - Power to require medical examination 3
Section44 - Working hours for adolescents not certified to be fit for work as adults [Omitted by the Mines
Section45 - Prohibition of the presence of persons below eighteen years of age in mine 3
Section46 - Employment of women 3
Section47 - Disputes as to age [Omitted by the Mines
Section48 - Registers of persons employed [
Section49 - Application of Chapter 3
Section50 - Leave defined For the purposes of this Chapter, leave shall not include weekly days of rest or holidays for festivals
Section51 - Calendar year defined For the purposes of this Chapter, a calendar year shall mean the period of twelve months
Section52 - Annual leave with wages
Section53 - Wages during leave period For the leave allowed to a person employed in a mine under
Section54 - Payment in advance in certain cases Any person employed in a mine who has been allowed leave for not less than four
Section55 - Mode of recovey of unpaid wages Any sum required to be paid by the owner, agent or manager of a mine under this Chapter
Section56 - Power to exempt mines Where the Central Government is satisfied that the leave rules applicable to persons employed in
Section57 - Power of Central Government to make regulations The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette,
Section58 - Power of Central Government to make rules The Central Government may, by notification in Official Gazette, make rules a
Section59 - Prior publication of regulations and rules
Section60 - Power to make regulations without- previous publication Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections
Section61 - Bye-laws
Section61A - Laying of regulations, rules and bye-laws before Parliament 3
Section62 - Posting up of abstracts from Act, regulations, etc There shall be kept posted up at or near every mine in English and
Chapter9 - : PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE
Section63 - Obstruction
Section64 - Falsification of records, etc Whoever
Section65 - Use of false certificates of fitness Whoever knowingly uses or attempts to use as a certificate or fitness granted to
Section66 - Omission to furnish plans, etc Any person who, without reasonable excuse the burden of proving which shall lie upon
Section67 - Contravention of provisions regarding employment of labour Whoever, save as permitted by
Section68 - Penalty for employment of persons below eighteen years of age 3
Section69 - Failure to appoint manager Whoever in contravention of the provisions of
Section70 - Notice of accidents
Section71 - Owner, etc., to report to Chief Inspector in certain cases Where the owner, agent or manager of a mine, as the case may
Section72 - Obligation of persons employed in a mine No person employed in a mine shall
Section72A - Special provision for contravention of certain regulations 3
Section72B - Special provision for contravention of orders under section 22 Whoever continues to work a mine a contravention of any
Section72C - Special provision for contravention of law with dangerous results
Section73 - General provision for disobedience of orders Whoever contravenes any provision of this Act or of any regulation, rule
Section74 - Enhanced penalty after previous conviction If any person who has been convicted for an offence punishable under any of
Section75 - Prosecution of owner, agent or manager No prosecution shall be instituted against any owner, agent or manager for any
Section76 - Determination of owner in certain cases 3
Section77 - Exemption of owner, agent or manager from liability in certain cases Where the owner, agent or manager of a mine,
Section78 - Power of Court to make orders
Section79 - Limitation of prosecutions No Court shall take cognizance of any offence under this Act, unless complaint thereof has
Section80 - Cognizance of offences No Court inferior to that of a 3
Section80A - Special provision regarding fine [Omitted by Mines
Section81 - Reference to Mining Board or Committee in lieu of prosecution in certain cases
Chapter10 - : MISCELLANEOUS
Section82 - Decision of question whether a mine is under this Act If any question arises as to whether any excavation or working 3
Section83 - Power to exempt from operation of Act 3
Section84 - Power to alter or rescind orders 3
Section85 - Application of Act to mines belonging to Government This Act shall 3
Section85A - Persons required to give notice, etc., legally bound to do so 3
Section85B - Signing of returns, notices etc 3
Section85C - No fee or charge to be realised for facilities and conveniences No fee or charge shall be realised from any person
Section86 - Application of certain provisions of Act 63 of 1948 to mines The Central Government may, by notification in the
Section87 - Protection of action taken in good faith No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding whatever shall lie against any
Section88 - Repeal of Act IV of 1923 [Repealed by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1957

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