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Mines Act, 1952 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1952

.....(i) At present workshops run by a mine for the maintenance of its machinery and plant in safe and efficient working order are subject to the Factories Act, 1948. which is administered by Provincial Governments. Workers in workshops such as Fitters, blacksmiths, welders, electricians and others requently work for a. part of the shift underground and while so employed Come within the scope of the Mines Act. It is inconvenient that the same personnel should be subject to two different Acts administered by two different authorities. It is now proposed to bring all personnel engaged solely on work relating to mines within the scope of the Mines Act. For similar reasons it is proposed to bring within the scope of the Mines Act ower stations which generate power used wholly In connection with the mine concerned. (ii) Provision has been made in the Bill for the issue of adolescents and the appointment of certifying surgeons. (iii) The provisions in the existing Act regarding conservancy and sanitary conveniences are of a general nature. , The Bill provides for more definite arrangements for drinking water, latrines, urinals, etc. (iv) It has been made obligatory on the part of the.....

Mines Act, 1952 Chapter I

Title: Preliminary

State: Central

Year: 1952

.....different States but not later than 31st December, 1953. _____________________ 1. The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 25 of 1968, section 2 and Schedule (w.e.f. 15-8-1968). 2. Came into force on 1-7-1952, vide Notification No. S.R.O. 967, dated 27th May, 1952, published in the Gazette of India, 1952, Pt. II, section 3, p. 869. Section 2 - Definitions 1 [(1)] In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-- 2 [* * *] (b) "adult" means a person who has completed this eighteenth year; 3 [(c) "agent", when used in relation to a mine, means every person, whether appointed as such or not,who, acting or purporting to act on behalf of the owner, takes part in the management, control, supervision or direction of the mine or of any part thereof;] (d) "Chief Inspector" means the Chief Inspector of Mines appointed under this Act; 3 [(e) "Committee" means a committee constituted under section 12;] (f) "day" means a period of twenty-four hours beginning at midnight; (g) "district magistrate" means, in a presidency-town, the person appointed by the Central Government to perform the duties of a district magistrate under this Act in.....

Mines Act, 1952 Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1952

.....ground; and (b) "above ground" if he is working in an open cast working or in any other manner not specified inclause (a)]. ________________________ 1. Re-numbered as sub-section (1) by Act 62 of 1959, section 2 (w.e.f. 16-1-1960). 2. Clause (a) omitted by Act 42 of 1983, section 2 3. Substituted by Act 42 of 1983 section 2, for clause (c) (w.e.f. 31-5-1984). 4. Substituted by Act 42 of 1983, section 2, for clause (h) (w.e.f. 31-5-1984). 5. Clause (ii) omitted by Act 42 of 1983, section 2 (w.e.f. 31-5-1984). 6. Substituted by Act 42 of 1983, section 3, for clause (j) (w.e.f. 31-5-1984). 7. Clause (jjj) omitted by Act 42 of 1983, section 2 (w.e.f. 31-5-1984). 8. Inserted by Act 62 of 1959, section 2 (w.e.f. 16-1-1960). 9. Certain words omitted by Act 42 of 1983, section 2 (w.e.f. 31-5-1984). 10. Substituted by Act 42 of 1983, section 2, for "any contractor" (w.e.f. 31-5-1984). 11. Substituted by Act 42 of 1983 section 2, for clause (n) (w.e.f. 31-5-1984). 12. Inserted by Act 42 of 1983, section 2 (w.e.f. 31-5-1984). 13. Substituted by Act 42 of 1983, section 3, for clauses (q) and (r) (w.e.f. 31-5-1984).

Mines Act, 1952 Chapter VIII

Title: Regulations, Rules and Bye-laws

State: Central

Year: 1952

.....form of registers required by section 48 and the maintenance and form of registers for the purposes of Chapter VII;] (m) for prescribing 8 abstracts of this Act and of the regulations and rules and the language in which the abstracts and bye-laws shall be posted as required by sections 61 and 62; (n) for requiring notices, returns and reports in connection with any matters dealt with by rules to be furnished by owners, agents and managers of mines, and for prescribing the forms of such notices, returns and reports, the persons and authorities to whom they are to be furnished, the particulars to be contained in them, and the times, within which they are to be submitted; (o) for requiring the provision and maintenance in mines, wherein more than 9 [* * *] fifty persons are ordinarily employed, of adequate and suitable shelters for taking food with provision for drinking water; (p) for requiring the provision and maintenance in any mine specified in this behalf by the Chief Inspector or Inspector, wherein more than two hundred and fifty persons are ordinarily employed, of a canteen or canteens for the use of such persons; (q) for requiring the employment in every mine.....

Mines Act, 1952 Section 57

Title: Power of Central Government to Makeregulations

State: Central

Year: 1952

.....result in or to aggravate the collapse of9[workings] or irruptions of water or ignitions in mines; (t)10[for prescribing under clause (g) of sub-section (1) of section 23, the types of accidents and for prescribing the notices] of accidents had dangerous occurrences, and the notices, reports and returns of mineral output, persons employed and other matters provided for by regulations, to be furnished by owners, agents and managers of mines and for prescribing the forms of such notices, returns and reports, the persons and authorities to whom they are to be furnished, the particulars to be contained in them, and the time within which they are to be submitted; 11[(u)12[for requiring owners, agents and managers of mines to have fixed boundaries for the mines, for prescribing the plans and sections and field notes connected therewith to be kept by them] and the manner and places in which such plans, sections and field notes are to be kept for purposes of record and for the submission of copies thereof to the Chief Inspector; and for requiring the making of fresh surveys and plans by them, and in the event of non-compliance, for having the survey made and plans prepared through.....

Mines Act, 1952 Chapter V

Title: Provisions as to Health and Safety

State: Central

Year: 1952

.....(2) and for the examination by prescribed authorities of the supply and distribution of drinking water. ____________________ 1. Substituted by Act 62 of 1959, section 10, for sub-section (1) (w.e.f. 16-1-1960). 2. Substituted by Act 42 of 1983, section 14, for "twenty feet" (w.e.f. 31-5-1984). Section 20 - Conservancy (1) There shall be provided, separately for males and females in every mine, a sufficient number of latrines and urinals of prescribed types so situated as to be convenient and accessible to persons employed in the mine at all times. (2) All latrines and urinals provided under sub-section (1) shall be adequately lighted, ventilated and at all times maintained in a clean and sanitary condition. (3) The Central Government may specify the number of latrines and urinals to be provided in any mine, in proportion to the number of males and females employed in the mine and provide for such other matters in respect of sanitation in mines (including the obligations) in this regard of persons employed in the mine as it may consider necessary in the interests of the health of the persons so employed. Section 21 - Medical appliances 1[21. Medical appliances .....

Mines Act, 1952 Section 23

Title: Notice to Be Given of Accidents

State: Central

Year: 1952

.....life or serious bodily injury to any person, the place of accident shall not be disturbed or altered before the arrival or without the consent of the Chief Inspector or the Inspector to whom notice of the accident is required to be given under sub-section (1) of section 23, unless such disturbance or alteration is necessary to prevent any further accident, to remove bodies of the deceased or to rescue any person from danger, or unless discontinuance of work at the place of accident would seriously impede the working of the mine: Provided that where the Chief Inspector or the said Inspector fails to inspect the place of accident within seventy-two hours of the time of the accident, work may be resumed at the place of the accident.] ____________________ 1. Substituted by Act 62 of 1959, section 12, for sub-section (1) (w.e.f. 16-1-1960). 2. Inserted by Act 42 of 1983, section 17 (w.e.f. 31-5-1984). 3. Substituted by Act 42 of 1983, section 17, for sub-section (3) (w.e.f. 31-5-1984). 4. Substituted by Act 62 of 1959, section 12, for certain words (w.e.f. 16-1-1960).