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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Mines Act, 1952 Section 17

Managers

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Mines Act, 1952 Section 17 is part of Mines Act, 1952 - Managers. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1 [17. Managers

(1) Save as may be otherwise prescribed, every mine shall be under a sole manager who shall have the prescribed qualifications and the owner or agent of every mine shall appoint a person having such qualifications to be the manager:

Provided that the owner or agent may appoint himself as manager if he possesses the prescribed qualifications.

(2) Subject to any instructions given to him by or on behalf of the owner or agent of the mine, the manager shall be responsible for the overall management, control, supervision and direction of the mine and all such instructions when given by the owner or agent shall be confirmed in writing forthwith.

(3) Except in case of an emergency, the owner or agent of a mine or anyone on his behalf shall not give, otherwise than through the manager, instructions affecting the fulfilment of his statutory duties, to a person, employed in a mine, who is responsible to the manager.]

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1. Substituted by Act 42 of 1983, section 13, for sections 17 and 18 (w.e.f. 31-5-1984).

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