Repealed or not in force

The Mines (Amendment) Act, 1959, 62 of 1959, (Rep., Act 52 of 1964)

58 sections · As amended up to 2026-08

Sections

  1. 1Section 1
  2. 2(1) If, in respect of any matter for which no express provision is made by or under this Act, it app
  3. 3For section 3 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:
  4. 4In section 30 of the principal Act,
  5. 5For section 44 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:
  6. 6Section 6
  7. 7For section 46 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:
  8. 8For section 34 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:
  9. 9For section 35 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:
  10. 10In section 19 of the principal Act, for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:
  11. 11For sections 21 and 22 of the principal Act, the following sections shall be substituted, namely:
  12. 12In section 23 of the principal Act,
  13. 13In section 24 of the principal Act,
  14. 14In section 30 of the principal Act,
  15. 15For section 31 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:
  16. 16For section 32 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:
  17. 17In section 33 of the principal Act,
  18. 18For section 34 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:
  19. 19For section 35 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:
  20. 20In section 38 of the principal Act, in the proviso to sub-section (1), for the word "coal", the word "mineral" shall be substituted
  21. 21For section 39 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:
  22. 22(1) If, in respect of any matter for which no express provision is made by or under this Act, it app
  23. 23In section 42 of the principal Act, after the word "shall", the words ", subject to the conditions referred to in that section," shall be inserted
  24. 24For section 43 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:
  25. 25For section 44 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:
  26. 26Section 26
  27. 27For section 46 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:
  28. 29In section 48 of the principal Act,
  29. 30For sections 49 to 56 of the principal Act, the following sections shall be substituted, namely:
  30. 31In section 57 of the principal Act,
  31. 32In section 58 of the principal Act,
  32. 33In section 59 of the principal Act,
  33. 34In section 60 of the principal Act,
  34. 35In section 64 of the principal Act,
  35. 36In section 65 of the principal Act, for the word "fifty", the words "two hundred" shall be substituted
  36. 37Section 37
  37. 38In section 67 of the principal Act,
  38. 39In section 69 of the principal Act,
  39. 40For sections 73 and 74 of the principal Act, the following sections shall be substituted, namely :
  40. 41For section 76 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:
  41. 42Section 42
  42. 43To section 79 of the principal Act, the following Explanation shall be added, namely:
  43. 44After section 80 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:
  44. 45In section 82 of the principal Act, after the words "excavation or working", the words "or premises
  45. 46Section 46
  46. 47In section 85 of the principal Act, after the word "shall", the word "also" shall be inserted
  47. 48After section 85 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:
  48. 50For the purposes of this Chapter, leave shall not include leave weekly days of rest or holidays for
  49. 51Section 51
  50. 52Section 52
  51. 53For the leave allowed to a person employed in a mine under section 52, he shall be paid at a rate eq
  52. 54Section 54
  53. 55Any sum required to be paid by the owner, agent or manager of a mine under this Chapter but not paid
  54. 56Where the Central Government is satisfied that the leave rules applicable to persons employed in any
  55. 72BWhoever continues to work a mine in contravention of any order issued under sub-section (1A), sub-se
  56. 72C(1) Whoever contravenes any provision of this Act or of any regulation, rule or bye-law or of any or
  57. 73Whoever contravenes any provision of this Act or of any regulation, rule or bye-law or of any order
  58. 74If any person who has been convicted for an offence punishable under any of the foregoing provisions