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Lighting and contraband regulations.
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64.—(1) Regulations may provide for—
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(a) the construction, provision, maintenance, issue, use and any other matter with respect to safety lamps, lighting apparatus and detection apparatus for use in a mine for the purposes of the foregoing sections;
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(b) the prohibition of taking into prescribed mines or parts of mines of articles capable of producing flame or sparks;
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(c) the prohibition of taking into prescribed mines or parts of mines of smoking materials;
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(d) the manner of search of persons and articles for such prohibited articles and materials;
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(e) the posting of notices warning persons of their liability under this section.
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(2) No person shall be searched except in the presence of a third person and no person shall search another unless he has given on that occasion an opportunity to some two other persons to search himself and, if searched by them, has not been found to have in his possession any prohibited article or material.
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(3) Any prohibited article or material found upon a search under this section may be seized by the person making the search and dealt with in such manner as may be directed by the manager of the mine.
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(4) A person found upon a search under this section to have in his possession a prohibited article or material shall be guilty of an offence.
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(5) A person who refuses to allow himself or an article which he has with him to be searched under this section shall be guilty of an offence and, if the refusal occurs before he goes below ground he shall not be allowed to go below ground on that occasion and, if it occurs when he is in a mine, he shall not be allowed to remain in it on that occasion.
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Electricity and Electrical Apparatus
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