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The Mines Act, 1923

( ACT NO. IV OF 1923 )

Chapter VI

HOURS AND LIMITATION OF EMPLOYMENT

Young persons not to be allowed underground without certificates of fitness
1[26A. No person who has not completed his 2[eighteenth year] shall be employed in any part of mine, unless-
 
 
(a) a certificate of fitness in the prescribed form and granted to him by a qualified medical practitioner is in the custody of the manager of the mine, and
 
 
(b) he carries while at work a token giving a reference to such certificate.]

  • 1
    Section 26A was inserted by section 12 of the Mines (Amendment) Act, 1951 (Act No. XXIX of 1951)
  • 2
    The words "eighteenth year" were substituted, for the words "seventeenth year" by sections 3 and 4 of the Mines (Amendment) Act, 2005 (Act No. IV of 2005)
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