Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant iu tions. the subject or context,— (a) "Board" means a Mines Board of Health established or deemed to have been established under this Act and when used in relation to a mining settlement means the Board for such mining settlement; (b) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette; (o) "owner", when used in relation to a mine, means any person who is in occupation of the mine or any part thereof and carries on the business, or is a contractor for the working, 'of such mine or part and, except for the purposes of section 27, includes the Government : Provided that where any person is deemed, under the proviso to section 76 of the Mines Act, 1952, to be the owner of a mine for the purposes of that Act, such person shall be deemed to be the owner of the mine also for the purposes of this Act; (d) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made by the State Government under this Act; (e) the expressions "employed" and "mine" have the same meaning as. in the Mines Act, 1952. Ben. Lot II of 1912. 35 of 1952. rizr Welt Bengal Muting Settlements (Health and Welfare) 3 Act, 1964. XxV et 914.1 (Chapter 1.—Preliminery.—Sections 4, j.---Chapter 11.--?'Its Mines finned of Health.--Sertion 6.)