Lawgist40Employment of persons below eighteen years of age
1[40. Employment of persons below eighteen years of age.--(1)After the commencement of the the Mines (Amendment) Act, 1983 (42 of 1983), no person below eighteen years of age shall be allowed to work in any mine or part thereof.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), apprentices and other trainees, not below sixteen years of age, may be allowed to work, under proper supervision, in a mine or part thereof by the manager:
Provided that in the case of trainees, other than apprentices, prior approval of the Chief Inspector or an Inspector shall be obtained before they are allowed towork.
Explanation.--In this section and in section 43, "apprentice" means an apprentice as defined in clause (a) of section 2 of the Apprentices Act, 1961 (52 of 1961).]
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1. Subs. bys. 22,ibid., for section 40 (w.e.f. 31-5-1984).
- 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 [Omitted.]
- 42 [Omitted.]
- 43 Power to require medical examination
- 44 [Omitted.]
- 45 Prohibition of the presence of persons below eighteen years of age in a mine
- 46 Employment of women
- 47 [Omitted.]
- 48 Registers of persons employed
