Section 25. Notice of certain diseases

25. Notice of certain diseases.—(I) Where any person employed in a mine contracts any disease notified by.the Central Government in the Official Gazetteas a diseiise connected with mining operations, the owner, agent or manager of the mine, as the case rany be, shall semd notice thereof to the Chief Inspector and to such other authorities, in such form and within such time f.s may be prescribed. (2) If any medi'iul practitioner attends on a person who is or haa b9en employed in a 'mine and who is or is believed by the medical practitioner to beEuff'crinK from any disease notified under sub-section (1), the medical practitioner shall wilhou[1] delay send a report in writing to the Chief Inspector stating— (a) the name and address of the patient, (b) the disease from which the patient is or is believed to be suffering, and - (c) the mune and address of the mino in which the patient is or wan- - last employed. (3) Where the report under sub-section (3) is confirmed to the satisfaotioaof the Chief Injector by the certificate of a certifying surgeon or otherwise that the person is suffering from a disease notified under sub-section (1), the Chief Inspector shall pay to the medical practitioner such fee as may be prescribed, and the fee so paid shall be recoverable as an arrear of land revenue from the owner, agent or manager of the mine in which the person r-ontractedthe disease. (4) If nny medical practitioner fails to comply with the provis[:] ons of subsection (2), he shall be punishable with fine which mny exieud to fifty rupees.