Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
33. Extra wages lor overtime— -(1) Where a person emplovod in a mine works therein for more than forty-eight hours whether above or below ground, he shall in respect of euch overtime work be entitled to wages at the ri.te of twice his ordinary r;ite of wnges if he works below ground, and at one and a 'half times that rate if he works above ground.
(2) Where &ny persou employed in a mine is paid on piece-rate basis, the 'Central Government shall, in eonsultafon with the employer concerned and -the representatives of the persons employed in the mine, fix for the purposes <oi this section time rates which shall, as nearly as possible be equivalent to
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the average rate of earnings of the persons so employed, and the rates so fixed shnll be deemed to be the ordinal y rates of wages of such persons,.
(3) For the purposes uf this section 'ordinary rate of wages' means the basic wages plus such allowances including the cash equivalent of the advantage accruing through the snle on a concessional basis of foodgrainB and other articles as persons employed in a mine may, lor lhe nine being, be entitled to, but does, nut include a bonus. (4-) The Central Government nun prescribe (he registers to he maintained in n mine for the purpose of securing compliance with the provisions of this S L ' c l i u i ] 34. Prohibition of eiii^cynont of ce-'tain persons.—No person sh/il be allowed to work in a mine who has already been working in any other mine within the preceding twelve hours.
Source: India Code