Decision of question whether a mine is under this Act
45. If any question arises as to whether any excavation or working is a mine within the meaning of this Act, the Government may decide the question, and a certificate signed by a Secretary to the Government shall be conclusive on the point.
Power to exempt from operation of Act
46.(1) The Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, exempt either absolutely or subject to any specified conditions any local area or any mine of group or class of mines or any part of a mine or any class of persons from the operation of all or any specified provisions of this Act:
Provided that no local area or mine or group or class of mines shall be exempted from the provisions of section 26 unless it is also exempted from the operation of all other provisions of this Act:
Provided further that no exemption from the operation of the provisions of section 23C shall be granted unless, in the case of an emergency, the national interest so requires and the employers' and workers' organizations concerned have been consulted.
(2) [Omitted by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937.]
Power to alter or rescind orders
47. The Government may reverse or modify any order passed under this Act.
Application of Act to Government mines
48. The Act shall apply to mines belonging to the Government.
Saving
49. No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding whatever shall lie against any person for anything who is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act.
[ Repealed]
50. [Repealed by section 2 and Schedule of the Repealing Act, 1927 (Act No. XII of 1927).]
