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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Mines Act, 1952 Section 31

Hours of Work Belowground

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Mines Act, 1952 Section 31 is part of Mines Act, 1952 - Hours of Work Belowground. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1[31. Hours of work below ground

(1) No adult employed below ground in a mine shall be allowed to work for more than forty-eight hours in any week or for more than eight hours in any day:

Provided that, subject to the previous approval of the Chief Inspector, the daily maximum hours specified in this sub-section may be exceeded in order to facilitate the change of shifts.

(2) No work shall be carried on below ground in any mine except by a system of shifts so arranged that the period of work for each shift is not spread over more than the daily maximum hours stipulated in sub-section (1).

(3) No person employed in a mine shall be allowed to be present in any part of a mine below ground except during the periods of work shown in respect of him in the register maintained under sub-section (4) of section 48.]

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1. Substituted by Act 62 of 1959, section 15, for section 31 (w.e.f. 16-1-1960).

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