Section 23. Notice to be glvan Of accidents

23. Notice to be glvan Of accidents. — (1) Where there occivs in or nbout a mine— (a) nu Rccident cousin" loss of ]};'._• or serious bo lily injury, or (h) an accidental explosion, ignition, fpontnneous heating, outbreak of fire or irruption of water, or (c) an accidental breakage of ropes, chains or other gear by which men are lowered or raised, or (d) an acoidertal overwinding of cages, while men tire being lowered or raised, or (c) a premature coHapsc of any pard of the woikings, the owner, agent or manager of the mine sha'l give notice of the occurrence to such authority, in such form and within such time as may be prescribed, nnd he shall simultaneously post one copy of the notice on a special notice boaid in the prescribed manner st a place where it may be inspected by trade union officials and shall ensure that the notice is kept on -the board for not leas than two months froru the date of such poaiing, (2) Where a notice given under sub-section (1) rebates to an accident causing loss of life, the authority shall make an inquiry into the occurrence within two months of the receipt oi' the notice and, if the authority is not the Inspector, he shall cause the Inspector to make an inquiry within the said period. (3) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gamlte, direct that accidents other than those specified in sub-section (1), which cause bodily inj'iry resulting in the enforced absence from work of the person injured for a periol exoeeding forty-eighL hours shall be entered In i\ register in the prescribe] form or shall be subject to the provisions of sub-section (.1), (4) A copy of the entries in the register referred to in sub-section (3) shall be sent by the owner, agent, or manager of the mine, within fourteen days after the 30th day of JUDO and the 31st day of December in each year, to the Chief Inspector.