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LKA-1973-L-15659
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Title_of_text
Mines and Minerals Law 1973, (No. 4 of 1973).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Sri Lanka
Subjects (Classification)
Occupational safety and health; Mining and quarrying workers
Adopted on (Date of text)
1973-02-24
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
A Law to provide for the vesting of the absolute ownership of certain minerals in the Republic, to regulate the mining of, prospecting for, collection, processing, sale and export of minerals, to provide for the health, safety and welfare of workers in mines, to enable the compulsory acquisition or requisition of immovable or movable property for any corporation established to develop the mineral industry, and to make provision for other matters connected with or incidental to the matters aforesaid [Part IV, ss. 42 to 48: prohibition or restriction on the employment of women and young workers; hours of work; sanitary and medical equipment].
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Act on-line in English
Author
CommonLII
URL
http://www.commonlii.org/lk/legis/num_act/maml4o1973233/
Serial region
Serial title
Printed separately