Section 1. (1) Where under this Act any question rela- committees. ting to a mine is referred to a Committee, the Committee shall consist of

CHAPTER 111. i MINING BOARDS AND COMMITTEES . `10.` `(1)` The Local Government may constitute for the province, or for any part of the province, or for any group or class of mines in the province, a Mining Board consisting of- Mining (a) a person in the service of the Government, not being the Chief Inspector or an Inspector, nominated by the Local Government to act as chairman; (b) the Chief Inspector or an Inspector; (c) two persons, neither of whom shall be the Chief Inspector or an Inspector nominated by the Local Government, of 1 - 1 I I i whom s- I ! 6 I . . I . . 7 whom one shall be a person qualified to represent the interests of persons employed in mines; (d) two persons nominated by owners of mines or their representatives in such manner as may be prescr.i.bed. (2) The chairman shall appoint a person to actl as secretary to the Board. (3) The Local Government may give directions as to the payment of travelling expenses incurred by the secretary or any member of any such Mining Board in the performance of his duty as such secretary or member. 11. (1) Where under this Act any question rela- committees. ting to a mine is referred to a Committee, the Committee shall consist of- - (a) ' a chairman nominated by the Local Gorernment or by such oiTicer or authority as the Local Government may authorise in this behalf .; - fb) a person nominated by the chairman and qualified by experience to tfispose of the question referred to the Committee; and - (c) two persons of whom one shall be nomihated . by the owner, agent or manager of thp - . mine concerned, and the,.other shall be nominated by the Local Government t;o represent the interests of the persons employed in the mine. , - , - i - . . (2) No Inspector or person employed in or in the management of any mine concerned shall serve as chairman or member of a Committee appointed under this section. (3) Where an owner, agent or manager fails to exercise his power of noinination under clause (c) of sub-section ( I ) , the Committee may, notwithstanding such failure, proceed to inquire into and dispose of the matter referred to it. ----- End of picture text -----<br> |||OFf923.1|f923.1<br>IndianMines.| |---|---|---|---| ||||royalty, rent or fine from the mine, or is| ||||merely the proprietor of the mine subject| ||||to any lease, grant or license for the| ||||working thereof, or is merely the owner| ||||of<br>the soil and not interested in the| ||||minerals of the mine; but any contractor| ||||for the working of a mine or any part| ||||thereof shall he subject to this Act in| ||||like manner as if he were an owner, hut| ||||not so as to exempt the owner from any| ||||liability;| |||(h)"prescribed"means nre~cribed by regula-<br>'tions, rules or bye-la,ws;|| |||(i)"|"qualified medica,l ~ract,it~ioner<br>"meam| |21<br>C.|21&22Vict.<br>90.|Vict.|a,nv peyson repistered under the Medical<br>Act,3858,or anv Act, %mendine the same| ||||or irnder anvActc\fa,nvT,eqi~latnre in| ||||British Tndia nrovidino:f6rthe main-| ||||tenance of a renister of medical pra.ctj-| ||||tioners, and includes, in anv area where| ||||no such la,st8-mentioned Actisin force,| ||||any person decla,redEvthe Local Govern-| ||||ment. by notification in the local offlcial| ||||Gazette.toheaqua,ljfied medical practi-| ||||tioner for the purposes of this Act;| |||(j)"|"reeldations,""~ules"nnrl"bye-laws"| ||||mean respectiveIy regula,tions, rules and| ||||bye-laws made un.d.er this Act;"| |||(k)"|"serious bodily injury"means any injury| ||||which involves, or in all probabilitywiI1| ||rr||involve, the permanent loss of the use of,| ||||or permanent injury to, any limb, or| ||||the permanent loss of or injury to the| ||||sight or hearing, or the fracture of any| ||||limb or the enforced absence of the injur-| ||||ed person from workforaperiod exceed-| ||||ing twenty days; and| |||( I )"week"means the period between mid-|| ||||night on Sat~lrday night, and midnight| ||||on the sl~cceeding Saturday night.| ||||CHAPTERXI.| ||||S| ! I ' Indian Mines. `[ACT IV` ' CHAPTER 11. ~ ,tor and Inspec- 1114. (I) The Governor General in Council may, by spectors, notification in the Gazette of India, appoint a duly qualified person to be Chief Inspector of Mines for the whole of British India, and duly qualified persons to be Inspectors of Mines subordinate to the Chief Inspector. (2) No person shall be appointed to be Chief Inspector. or an Inspector, or, having been appointed shall continue to hold such office who is or becomes directly or indirectly interested in any mine or mining rights in India. (3) The ~istrict Magistrate may exercise the powers and perform the duties of an Inspector subject to the general or special orders of the Local Government : Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall be deemed to empower a District Magistrate to exercise any of the powers conferred by section 19 or section 32. , -. (4) The Chief Tnspector and every Inspebtor shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of the Indiam Penal Code. XLV of `1860.` Tnapeobor~, `5,` (1) The Chief Inspector may, by order in writing, prohibit or restrict the exercise by any In- spector named, or any class of Inspectors "specified, .,. & in the order of any power conferred on Inspectors by this Act, and shall, subiect as aforesaid, declare the local' area or areas within which, or the group or class of mines with respect to which, Inspectors shall exercise their respective powers. `a` (Z) The Inspector shall give informaticn to owners, agents and managers of mines, situate withill the local area or areas or belonging to the group or class of mines, in respect of which he exercises po\t1ers under sub-section (1) as to all read it t' lOnS and rules which concern them respectively and as to tbe 4 Indian Mines. the places where copies of such regulations and rules may be obtained.