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CAP. 59 Factories and Industrial Undertakings
[1985 Ed.
"inspector" means any person appointed under section 3 as chief factory inspector, a deputy chief factory inspector, a superintendent of factory inspectors, a divisional factory inspector, a factory or an assistant factory inspector, a chief labour inspector, a senior labour inspector or a labour inspector; (Replaced, 10 of 1965, s. 2. Amended, 73 of 1977, s. 2 and 37 of 1983, s. 2)
"mine" means any works or system of works for the extraction of minerals from the earth; (Replaced, 4 of 1969, s. 2)
"mineral" includes-
(a) metalliferous ores and other substances in their natural state which are obtainable only by mining or in the course of prospecting operations;
(b) metalliferous ores and other substances in their natural state mined or obtained in the course of prospecting operations;
(c) the valuable parts of such ores or other substances when unmanufactured;
(d) the product of treating or dressing such ores or other substances for marketing or export; and
(e) kaolin,
but does not include
(i) any clay other than kaolin;
(ii) granite, porphyry, limestone or sand;
(iii) any common mineral substance which the Governor by notice in the Gazette under the Mining Ordinance has declared not to be a mineral for the purposes of the provisions of that Ordinance other than section 3 thereof; or
(iv) any mineral oil; (Added, 4 of 1969, s. 2)
"notifiable workplace" means-
(a) any factory, mine or quarry; and
(b) any premises or place in which a dangerous trade or scheduled trade is carried on or is proposed to be carried on,
but does not include a construction site within the meaning of the Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations; (Added, 50 of 1985, s. 2)
"prohibition notice" means a notice issued under section 9A(1); (Added, 50 of 1985 s. 2)
"proprietor" in relation to any industrial undertaking or notifiable workplace includes the person for the time being having the management or control or receiving the profits of the business carried on in such industrial undertaking or notifiable workplace and includes a body corporate and a firm and also
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