Mines and Quarries Act, 1965

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Register of women and young persons employed.

111.—(1) It shall be the duty of the responsible person to keep at the office of a mine or quarry, or at some other place approved by an inspector, a register in such form as may be specified by the Minister and to enter in that register in such form and manner as may be so specified the name, date of birth, residence and date of first employment at the mine or quarry of all women and young persons employed thereat, indicating, in the case of male young persons employed at a mine, which of them are employed below ground.

(2) It shall, in the case of every mine or quarry, be the duty of the responsible person to produce on request any register kept by him in pursuance of this section to an inspector.

(3) Before a male young person is first employed below ground in a mine his employer (if not the owner of the mine) shall inform the manager or some other person appointed in that behalf by the manager, that the young person is to be so employed.

Employed Persons Generally