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The Mines Act, 1923

( ACT NO. IV OF 1923 )

Chapter VI

HOURS AND LIMITATION OF EMPLOYMENT

Register of employees
28.(1) For every mine there shall be kept in the prescribed form and place a register of all persons employed in the mine showing, in respect of each such person,-
 
 
(a) name, date of birth and the nature of his employment,
 
 
(b) the periods of work fixed for him,
 
 
(c) the intervals for rest, if any, to which he is entitled,
 
 
(d) the days of rest to which he is entitled, and
 
 
(e) where work is carried on by a system of relays, the relay to which he belongs.
 
 
(2) The entries in the register prescribed by sub-section (1) shall be such that workers working in accordance therewith would not be working in contravention of any of the provisions of this Chapter.
 
 
(3) No person shall be employed in a mine until the particulars required by sub-section (1) have been recorded in the register in respect of such person and no person shall be employed except during the periods of work shown in respect of him in the register.
 
 
(4) For every mine to which the Government may, by general or special order, declare this sub-section to be applicable, there shall be kept in the prescribed form and place a register which shall show at any moment the name of every person then working below ground in the mine.

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