Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) If the State Government on any authority empowered by it in this behalf has any reason to believe that any mine or part thereof or any matter or thing or practice in, or connected with, the prospecting or mining operations, or control, su- pervision management or direction thereof, is dangerous to human life or safety or defective so as to threaten, or tend to threaten the bodily injury to any person, that Government or as the case may be, that authority may give a notice in writing to the holder of the prospecting licence or mining lease, stating therein the particulars it respect of which that Government or authority consider the mine or part thereof or the matter thing or practice to be dangerous or defective and require the same to be remedied within such time and in such manner as may be specified in the notice. (2) Without prejudice to the provisions of Sub-section (1), the State Government or the authority empowered under Sub section (1) may, by order in writing, addressed to the holder of, the prospecting licence or mining lease, prohibit the extraction or reduction of pillars or blocks of minerals in any land or mine or part thereof if, in the opinion of that Government or, as the case may be, that authority, such operation is likely to cause the crushing of pillars or blocks of minerals or the premature collapse of any part working or otherwise endanger the land or mine or the life or safety of persons employed therein or if adequate provisions against the outbreak of fire or flooding has not been made by providing for the sealing off and isolation of the part of the land or in which such operation has been undertaken or is contemplated and for restricting the area that might he affected by fire or flooding. (3) If the authority empowered in this behalf under Sub-section on (1) is of opinion that there is urgent or immediate danger to the life or safety of any person employed in any land or mine or part thereof. it may, by an order in writing, containing a Statement of the grounds of his opinion prohibit until it is satisfied that the danger has been removed, the employment in or about the land or mine on the concerned part thereof any person, whose employment is not, in its opinion reasonably necessary for the purpose of removing the danger, (4) Every person whose employment is prohibited under Sub-section (3) shall be entitled to thee payment of full wages for wages for the period for which he would have been, but for the prohibition, in employment and the holder of the prospecting licence or, as the case may be, mining lease shall be liable for the payment of the full wages of the person so prohibited from being employed. Provided that the holder of the prospecting licence or mining lease may, instead of paying such full wages, provide such, person with the alternative employment at the same wages which such person was receiving in the employment which was prohibited. (5) Where a notice has been given under Sub-section (1) or an order has been made under Sub-section (4), the holder of the prospecting licence or, as the case. may be, mining lease may, within ten days of the receipt of the notice or order, as the case may be, appeal against the same to the State Government and that Government may, after giving to the appellant a reasonable opportunity of being heard, confirm, modify or cancel the notice or order. (6) An appeal shall not operate as a stay of operation of any notice or order unless the operation of such notice or order has been stayed by the appellate authority and in the absence of any such stay order, such notice or order shall he complied with. Steps which may be taken in the event of omission to take steps for providing safety