Metalliferous Mines Regulations, 1961 - Directorate General of ...

mining as may be approved by the Board in this behalf, from appearing at the
examination or part thereof for the grant of a certificate referred to in regulation 12.]
(2) The examinations shall be held at such times and at such centres as may e
fixed by the Board, and shall be conducted by examiners appointed by the Board.
(3) The examiners so appointed shall be subject to the orders of the Board in
respect of all matters relating to the conduct of the examinations, and shall receive such
remuneration as the Board, with the sanction of the Central Government, may fix.
(4) The Board may make 2bye-laws as to the conduct of the examinations and as
to the granting o certificates of competency and of fitness as required under these
regulations, and shall, so far as may e practicable; provide that the standard of knowledge
required for the grant of certificates of any particular class and the standard of medical
fitness shall be uniform throughout the territories to which these regulations extend.
Every bye-law made by the Board under this regulation shall be published in the Official
Gazette; and no such bye-law shall have effect until three months after the date on which
it was so published.
14. Submission of applications – (1) Applications for an examination conducted by the
Board shall made on a form supplied for the purpose.
(2) Notice regarding the date and place of the examinations for the Manager’s and
Surveyor’s certificates shall be published under the order of the Board, in such
periodicals as the Board may direct, not less than 60 days prior to the date fixed by the
Board for receiving applications. The closing date for receipt of applications shall not be
less than 60 days prior to the date fixed for the examination.
15. Age and general qualifications etc. of candidates – (1) (a) No person shall be admitted
as a candidate at any examination held by the Board unless he is 3[20 years of age].
(b) No person shall be admitted as a candidate at any examination for a
Manager’s, Surveyor’s, Foreman’s, Mate’s or Blaster’s Certificate unless he holds a
valid first-aid certificate or the standard of the St. John Ambulance Association (India):
Provided that if any candidate satisfied the Board that he has not had sufficient
opportunity to obtain such first-aid certificate, the Board may admit him to the
examination on such conditions, if any, as it thinks fit to impose.
(d) Every application for any examination as aforesaid shall be accompanied by :-
(i)
A certificate of age granted by a Gazetted Officer or by the head
master of a school or a Higher Secondary or equivalent standard;