Act Info:
Preamble1 - MINES ACT, 1952
Chapter I Section1 - Short title, extent and commencement
Section2 - Definitions
Section3 - Act not to apply in certain cases
Section4 - References to time of day
Chapter II Section5 - Chief Inspector and Inspectors
Section6 - Functions of Inspectors
Section7 - Powers of Inspectors of Mines
Section8 - Powers of Special Officer to enter, measure, etc.
Section9 - Facilities to be afforded to Inspectors
Section9A - Facilities to be provided for occupational health survey
Section10 - Secrecy of information obtained
Section11 - Certifying surgeons
ChapterIII - COMMITTEES
Section12 - Committees
Section13 - Functions of the Committee
Section14 - Powers, etc., of the Committees
Section15 - Recovery of expenses
Chapter IV Section16 - Notice to be given of mining operations
Section17 - Managers
Section18 - Duties and Responsibilities of owners, agents and managers
Chapter V Section19 - Drinking water
Section20 - Conservancy
Section21 - Medical appliances
Section22 - Powers of Inspectors when causes of danger not expressly provided against exist or when employment of persons is dangerous
Section22A - Power to prohibit employment in certain cases
Section23 - Notice to be given of accidents
Section24 - Power of Government to appoint court of inquiry in cases of accidents
Section25 - Notice of certain diseases
Section26 - Power to direct investigation of causes of disease
Section27 - Publication of Reports
Chapter VI Section28 - Weekly day of rest
Section29 - Compensatory days of rest
Section30 - Hours of work above ground
Section31 - Hours of work below ground
Section32 - Night shift
Section33 - Extra wages for overtime
Section34 - Prohibition of employment of certain persons
Section35 - Limitation of daily hours of work including overtime work
Section36 - Notices regarding hours of work
Section37 - Supervising staff
Section38 - Exemption from provision regarding employment
Section39 - Power to make exempting rules
Section40 - Employment of persons below eighteen years of age
Section41 - [Omitted]
Section42 - [Omitted]
Section43 - Power to require medical examination
Section44 - [Omitted]
Section45 - Prohibition of the presence of persons below eighteen years of age in a mine
Section46 - Employment of women
Section47 - Disputes as to age [Repealed]
Section48 - Registers of persons employed
Chapter VII Section49 - Application of Chapter
Section50 - Leave defined
Section51 - Calendar year defined
Section52 - Annual leave with wages
Section53 - Wages during leave period
Section54 - Payment in advance in certain cases
Section55 - Mode of recovery of unpaid wages
Section56 - Power to exempt mines
Chapter VIII Section57 - Power of Central Government to make regulations
Section58 - Power of Central Government to make rules
Section59 - Prior publication of regulations and rules
Section60 - Power to make regulations without previous publication
Section61 - Bye-laws
Section61A - Laying of regulations, rules and bye-laws before Parliament
Section62 - Posting up of abstracts form Act, regulations, etc.
Chapter IX Section63 - Obstruction
Section64 - Falsification of records, etc.
Section65 - Use of false certificates of fitness
Section66 - Omission to furnish plans, etc.
Section67 - Contravention of provisions regarding employment of labour
Section68 - Penalty for employment of persons below eighteen years of age
Section69 - Failure to appoint manager
Section70 - Notice of accidents
Section71 - Owner, etc., to report to Chief Inspector in certain cases
Section72 - Obligation of persons employed in a mine
Section72A - Special provision for contravention of certain regulations
Section72B - Special provision for contravention of orders under section 22
Section72C - Special provision for contravention of law with dangerous results
Section73 - General provision for disobedience of orders
Section74 - Enhanced penalty after previous conviction
Section75 - Prosecution of owner, agent or manager
Section76 - Determination of owner in certain cases
Section77 - Exemption of owner, agent or manager from liability in certain cases
Section78 - Power of Court to make orders
Section79 - Limitation of prosecutions
Section80 - Cognizance of offences
Section80A - Omitted
Section81 - Reference to Mining Board or Committee in lieu of prosecution in certain cases
Chapter X Section82 - Decision of question whether a mine is under this Act
Section83 - Power to exempt from operation of Act
Section84 - Power to alter or rescind orders
Section85 - Application of Act to mines belonging to Government
Section85A - Persons required to give notice, etc., legally bound to do so
Section85B - Signing of returns, notices, etc.
Section85C - No fee or charge to be realised for facilities and conveniences
Section86 - Applicatgion or certain provisions of Act 63 of 1948 to mines
Section87 - Protection of action taken in good faith
Section88 - Repeal of Act 4 of 1923 [Repealed]