Section 22CHours of work below ground

s. 22C

22C. Hours of work below ground (1) A person employed below ground in a mine shall not be allowed to work for more the nine hours in any day. (2) Work of the same kind shall not be carried on below ground in any mine for a period spreading over more than nine hours in any day except by a system of relays so arranged that the periods of work for each relay are not spread over more than nine hours. (3) No person employed in a mine shall be allowed to be in any part of the mine below ground except during the periods of work shown in respect of him in the register kept under sub-section (1) of section 28.