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

Section 16. For section 32 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:

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16. For section 32 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:— "32. Where a person employed in a mine works on a shift which extends beyond midnight— (a) for the purposes of sections 28 and 29, a weekly day of rest shall mean in his case a period of twenty-four consecutive hours beginning when his shift ends; (b) the following day for him shall be deemed to be the period of twenty-four hours beginning when such shift ends, Substitution of new section for section 32. Night shift. OF 1959] Mines (Amendment) 465 and the hours he has worked after midnight shall be counted in the previous day.".

Source: India Code