Section 46

46. Section 83 of the principal Act shall be re-numbered as subsection (1) thereof, and after sub-section (1) as so re-numbered, the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:— "(2) The Central Government may, by general or special order and subject to such restrictions as it may think fit to impose, authorise the Chief Inspector or any other authority to 480 Mines (Amendment) [ACT 62 OF 1959] exempt, subject to any specified conditions, any mine or part thereof from the operation of any of the provisions of the regulations or rules under this Act if the Chief Inspector or such authority is of opinion that the conditions in any mine or part thereof are such as to render compliance with such provision unnecessary or impracticable.". Amendment of section 85.