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

(10) “District Magistrate” in relation to any mine, means the District
Magistrate or the Deputy Commissioner, as the case may be, who is vested with
the executive powers of maintaining law and order in the revenue district in which
the mine is situated;
Provided that in the case of a mine which is situated partly in one district and
partly in another, the District Magistrate for the purposes of these regulations shall be the
District Magistrate authorised in this behalf by the Central Government;
(11) “explosive” shall have the same meaning as is assigned to that term in the
Indian Explosive;
(12) “face” means the moving front of any working place or the inbye end of
any drive, level, crosscut, raise or winz;
(13) “gas” includes fume or vapour;
(14) “landing” means any floor or platform in a winze, which is an authorised
stopping place of the cage or other means of conveyance, and includes a ‘plate’;
(15) “machinery” means –
(i) any locomotive or any stationary or portable engine, air
compressor, boiler or steam apparatus which is, or
(ii) any such apparatus, appliance or combination of appliances
intended for developing, storing transmitting, converting or
utilising energy, which is, or
(iii) any such apparatus, appliance or combination of appliances if any
power developed, stored transmitted, converted or utilised threby
is,
used or intended for use in connection with mining operations;
(16) “Manager” means a person possessing the prescribed qualifications and
appointed in writing by the owner or agent to be in charge of a mine under the
Act, and includes Mine Superintendent if appointed under section 17 of the Act;
(17) “material”. Includes rock, debris, stone, mineral, ore or any other material;
(18) “Metalliferous mine” includes every mine other than a coal or an oil mine;
(19) “mine foreman” means a person possessing a Manager’s or Foreman’s
Certificate and and appointed by the manager in writing, under the designation
whatsoever, to perform the duties of supervision or control in a mine or part
thereof and includes a Shift Boss;
(20) “mining mate” means a person possessing a Manager’s, Foreman’s or
Mate’s Certificate and appointed by the Manager in writing, under any
designation whatsoever, to perform the duties of a mining mate under these
regulations, and includes an Overseer or Head Mestri;
(21) “misfire” means the failure to explode of an entire charge of explosives in
a shot-hole;
(22) “month” means a calendar month;
(23) “Official” means a person appointed in writing by the owner, agent or
manager to perform duties of supervision in a mine or part thereof and includes an
assistant manager, an underground manager, a mine foreman, a mining mate, an
engineer and a surveyor;