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Mines and Minerals Law (No. 4 of 1973) - Sect 44

Hours of work for young persons

44.
(1) No young person shall work or be permitted to work during the night in any mine.
(2) No young person shall be ordered or compelled to work underground in a mine for more than eight hours on any one day, inclusive of one hour for meals and rest, or for more than forty-four hours during any six consecutive days.
(3) The hours of work of every young person in a mine shall be so arranged that they shall not spread over more than ten hours on any one day.
(4) No young person shall work or be permitted to work in any mine on any day on which he has already worked in any other mine for the maximum number of hours prescribed by subsection (2) for any one day.


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