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| (1) No young person shall work or be engaged or permitted to work underground in a mine except as hereinafter provided. |
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| (2) No young person who has not completed the age of sixteen years shall work or be engaged or permitted to work underground in any mine. |
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| (3) On the application of any young person who has completed the age of sixteen years and who wishes to work in a mine, or of the parent or guardian of such young person, or of the manager of the mine where the young person wishes to work, the medical officer shall examine the young person, and if he is satisfied that that person has completed sixteen years of age and is fit for a full day's work in a mine, shall issue a certificate of fitness accordingly. |
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| (4) No young person shall work or be engaged or permitted to work in a mine, unless a certificate of fitness issued in respect of that young person is first deposited with the manager of the mine. |
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| (5) At the time of the engagement of a young person as a worker, the manager of the mine shall issue to the young person a token bearing a reference to the certificate of fitness deposited under subsection (4). |
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| (6) No young person shall work or be permitted to work in a mine unless he carries on his person while he is at work the token issued to him under subsection (5). |
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| (7) Any young person working in a mine may, at the instance of an Inspector of Mines or of any other officer duly authorized by the Director, be examined at any time by the medical officer, and if upon such examination he is found to be no longer fit to work in the mine, his certificate of fitness shall be revoked by the medical officer. |
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| (8) Every young person whose certificate of fitness is revoked under subsection (7) shall forthwith be discharged from employment by the manager of the mine. |
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