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Under section 41 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, a person in the…

Section 41 (formerly section 8 of the Mines Act, 1952) allows any person in the service of the Government, duly authorised by a special order in writing of the Chief…

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Under section 41 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, a person in the service of the Government may enter a mine for the purpose of surveying, levelling or measuring it if he is duly authorised by a special order in writing of:

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Section 41 (formerly section 8 of the Mines Act, 1952) allows any person in the service of the Government, duly authorised by a special order in writing of the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator or of an Inspector-cum-Facilitator, to enter a mine for surveying, levelling or measuring the mine or any output from it, after giving not less than three days' notice to the manager of the mine. Where either officer considers that an emergency exists, he may by order in writing authorise entry without such notice.

Since either officer may issue the authorisation, the two ‘only’ options are incomplete, and a local authority has no power under section 41.

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