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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Mines Act, 1952 Section 40

Employment of persons below eighteen years of age 3

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Mines Act, 1952 Section 40 is part of Mines Act, 1952 - Employment of persons below eighteen years of age 3. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

a) [a] Substituted by the Mines (Amendment) Act (42 of 1983), S. 22 (31-5-1984). [(1) After the commencement of the Mines (Amendment) Act, 1983 no person below eighteen years of age shall be allowed to work in any mine or part thereof.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), apprentices and other trainees, not below sixteen years of age, may be allowed to work, under proper supervision, in a mine or part thereof by the manager:

Provided that in the case of trainees, other than apprentices, prior approval of the Chief Inspector or an Inspector shall be obtained before they are allowed to work.

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Section Section 40 of the Mines Act, 1952 (Employment of persons below eighteen years of age 3) is reproduced on this page as part of the Mines Act, 1952. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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