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MINES ACT

1952

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  • Child Labour Act, 1986
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  • Dangerous Machines Act, 1983
  • Dangerous Machines Rules, 1984
  • EDLIS Scheme, 1976
  • Employees Compensation Act, 1923
  • Employees Pension Scheme, 1995
  • Employees Provident Fund Scheme, 1952
  • Employers Liability Act, 1938
  • Employment Exchanges Act, 1959
  • Employment Exchanges Rules, 1960
  • Equal Remuneration Act, 1976
  • Equal Remuneration Rules, 1976
  • ESI (Central) Rules, 1950
  • ESI (General Provident Fund) Rules, 1950
  • ESI (General) Regulations, 1950
  • ESI Act, 1948
  • Exemptions From Registers and Returns Act, 1988
  • Factories Act, 1948
  • Fatal Accidents Act, 1855
  • Gratuity Act, 1972
  • ID (Banking and Insurance Companies) Act, 1949
  • Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
  • Industrial Relations Code, 2020
  • Inter-State Migrant Workmen Act, 1979
  • Maternity Benefit Act, 1961
  • Mines Act, 1952
  • Minimum Wages Act, 1948
  • Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961
  • Occupational Safety and Working Conditions Code, 2020
  • Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Act, 1995
  • Payment of Bonus Act, 1965
  • Payment of Bonus Rules, 1975
  • Payment of Wages (Air Transport Services) Rules, 1968
  • Payment of Wages Act, 1936
  • Payment of Wages Nomination Rules, 2009
  • Payment of Wages Recovery Rules, 1966
  • PF Act, 1952
  • Plantations Labour Act, 1951
  • Prevention of Food Adulteration Rules, 1955
  • Prevention of Sexual Harassment Act, 2013
  • Prevention of Sexual Harassment of Women Rules, 2013
  • PSARA, 2005
  • Sales Promotion Employees Act, 1976
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  • Social Security Code, 2020
  • Standing Orders Act, 1946
  • Trade Unions Act, 1926
  • Transgender Persons Act, 2019
  • Unorganised Workers Social Security Act, 2008
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  • Working Journalists Act, 1955
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    Preliminary

    1. Short title, extent and commencement
    2. Definitions
    3. Act not to apply in certain cases
    4. References to time of day

    Inspectors and Certifying Surgeons

    5. Chief Inspector and Inspectors
    6. Functions of Inspectors
    7. Powers of Inspectors of Mines
    8. Powers of special officer to enter, measure, etc
    9. Facilities to be afforded to inspectors
    9-A. Facilities to be provided for occupational health survey
    10. Secrecy of information obtained
    11. Certifying surgeons

    Committees

    12. Committees
    13. Functions of the Committee
    14. Powers, etc., of the Committees
    15. Recovery of expenses

    Mining operations and management of mine

    16. Notice to be given of mining operations
    17. Managers
    18. Duties and responsibilities of owners, agents and managers

    Provisions as to Health and Safety

    19. Drinking water
    20. Conservancy
    21. Medical appliances
    22. Powers of Inspectors when causes of danger not expressly provided against exist or when employment is dangerous
    22-A. Power to prohibit employment in certain cases
    23. Notice to be given of accidents
    24. Power of Government to appoint court of inquiry in cases of accidents
    25. Notice of certain diseases
    26. Power to direct investigation of causes of disease
    27. Publication of reports

    Hours and Limitation of Employment

    28. Weekly day of rest
    29. Compensatory days of rest
    30. Hours of work above ground
    31. Hours of work below ground
    32. Night shift
    33. Extra wages for overtime
    34. Prohibition of employment of certain persons
    35. Limitation of daily hours of work including overtime work
    36. Notices regarding hours of work
    37. Supervising staff
    38. Exemption from provisions regarding employment
    39. Power to make exempting rules
    40. Employment of persons below eighteen years of age
    41. Certificate of fitness
    42. Effect of certificate of fitness granted to adolescents
    43. Power to require medical examination
    44. Working hours for adolescents not certified to be fit for work as adults
    45. Prohibition of the presence of persons below eighteen years of age in a mine
    46. Employment of women
    47. Disputes as to age
    48. Registers of persons employed

    Leave with Wages

    49. Application of Chapter
    50. Leave defined
    51. Calendar year defined
    52. Annual leave with wages
    53. Wages during leave period
    54. Payment in advance in certain cases
    55. Mode of recovery of unpaid wages
    56. Power to exempt mines

    Regulations, Rules and Bye-Laws

    57. Power of Central Government to make regulations
    58. Power of Central Government to make rules
    59. Prior publication of regulations and rules
    60. Power to make regulations without previous publication
    61. Bye-laws
    61-A. Laying of regulations, rules and bye-laws before Parliament
    62. Posting up of abstracts from Act, regulations, etc

    Penalties and procedure

    63. Obstruction
    64. Falsification of records, etc
    65. Use of false certificates of fitness
    66. Omission to furnish plans, etc.
    67. Contravention of provisions regarding employment of labour
    68. Penalty for employment of persons below eighteen years of age
    69. Failure to appoint manager
    70. Notice of accidents
    71. Owner, etc., to report to Chief Inspector in certain cases
    72. Obligation of persons employed in a mine
    72-A. Special provision for contravention of certain regulations
    72-B. Special provision for contravention of orders under Section 22
    72-C. Special provision for contravention of law with dangerous results
    73. General provision for disobedience of orders
    74. Enhanced penalty after previous conviction
    75. Prosecution of owner, agent or manager
    76. Determination of owner in certain cases
    77. Exemption of owner, agent or manager from liability in certain cases
    78. Power of court to make orders
    79. Limitation of prosecutions
    80. Cognizance of offences
    80-A. Special provision regarding fine
    81. Reference to Committee in lieu of prosecution in certain cases

    Miscellaneous

    82. Decision of question whether a mine is under this Act
    83. Power to exempt from operation of Act, regulations, etc
    84. Power to alter or rescind orders
    85. Application of Act to mines belonging to Government
    85-A. Persons required to give notice, etc., legally bound to do so
    85-B. Signing of returns, notices, etc
    85-C. No fee or charge to be realised for facilities and conveniences
    86. Application of certain provisions of Act 63 of 1948 to mines
    87. Protection of action taken in good faith
    88. Repeal of Act 4 of 1923

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