Section 7: Duties and responsibilities of owner, agent and manager in relation to mine
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Section 7 — Governs duties and responsibilities of owner, agent and manager in relation to mine and the rights, duties, powers or procedure expressly stated in this section. Key operative text: (1) The owner and agent of every mine shall jointly and severally be responsible for making financial and other provisions and for taking such other steps as may be necessary for compliance with the provisions of this Code and…
All provisions were brought into force from 21 November 2025 under S.O. 5321(E), subject to the Central/State appropriate-Government split and provision-specific appointments/notifications.
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Finin2min analysis — what the section actually does
Operative clauses
- (1) The owner and agent of every mine shall jointly and severally be responsible for making financial and other provisions and for taking such other steps as may be necessary for compliance with the provisions of this Code and the rules, regulations, bye-laws and orders made thereunder, relating to mine.
- (2) In the event of any contravention by any person whosoever of any of the provisions of this Code or of the rules, regulations, bye-laws or orders made thereunder, relating to mine, except those which specifically require any person to do any act or thing or prohibit any person from doing an act or thing, besides the person who contravenes, then, each of the following persons shall also be deemed to be guilty…
- (3) It shall not be a defence in any proceedings brought against the owner or agent of a mine under this section that the manager and other officials have been appointed in accordance with the provisions of this Code or that a person to carry the responsibility under section 24 has been appointed.
Provisos, explanations & qualifications
- No proviso/explanation was separately extracted from this section text.
Thresholds and timelines in the text
- No explicit day/month/year/hour/percentage/rupee expression was detected in this section text.
Actors expressly appearing in the text
No standard actor label extracted; identify the legal subject from the full text.
Full statutory text — Section 7
7. Duties and responsibilities of owner, agent and manager in relation to mine.—(1) The owner
and agent of every mine shall jointly and severally be responsible for making financial and other
provisions and for taking such other steps as may be necessary for compliance with the provisions of this
Code and the rules, regulations, bye-laws and orders made thereunder, relating to mine.
(2) In the event of any contravention by any person whosoever of any of the provisions of this Code or
of the rules, regulations, bye-laws or orders made thereunder, relating to mine, except those which
specifically require any person to do any act or thing or prohibit any person from doing an act or thing,
besides the person who contravenes, then, each of the following persons shall also be deemed to be guilty
of such contravention unless he proves that he had used due diligence to secure compliance with the
provisions and had taken reasonable means to prevent such contravention, namely:—
(a) the official or officials appointed to perform duties of supervision in respect of the provisions
contravened;
(b) the manager of the mine;
(c) the owner and agent of the mine;
(d) the person appointed, if any, to carry out the responsibility under section 24.
(3) It shall not be a defence in any proceedings brought against the owner or agent of a mine under this
section that the manager and other officials have been appointed in accordance with the provisions of this
Code or that a person to carry the responsibility under section 24 has been appointed.How to apply this provision
- Primary statutory test — (1) The owner and agent of every mine shall jointly and severally be responsible for making financial and other provisions and for taking such other steps as may be necessary for compliance with the provisions of this Code and the rules, regulations, bye-laws and orders made thereunder, relating to mine.
- Additional operative limb — (2) In the event of any contravention by any person whosoever of any of the provisions of this Code or of the rules, regulations, bye-laws or orders made thereunder, relating to mine, except those which specifically require any person to do any act or thing or prohibit any person from doing an act or thing, besides the person who contravenes, then, each of the following persons shall also be deemed to be guilty…
Rules, forms and cross-references
Direct 2026 Central Rule mapping
Forms mapped
No prescribed form is directly mapped in the current concordance.
Other sections cited in this text
Related Labour Hub resources
A direct concordance is not exhaustive. Central/State jurisdiction, schemes, authority appointments, saved instruments and later notifications may change the practical route without changing the section wording.
Worked example
For an establishment affected by duties and responsibilities of owner, agent and manager in relation to mine, the compliance owner should identify the applicable sector and authority, document the prescribed control/notice/record and retain inspection or training evidence. A text point to test is: “(1) The owner and agent of every mine shall jointly and severally be responsible for making financial and other provisions and for taking such other steps as may be necessary for compliance with the provisions of this Code and the rules, regulations, bye-laws and orders made ther”
Illustration only; it is not statutory text or a substitute for applying the actual facts, jurisdiction, current rule/scheme and official instrument.
Q&A — Section 7
What does Section 7 of the OSHWC Code cover?
Section 7 — Governs duties and responsibilities of owner, agent and manager in relation to mine and the rights, duties, powers or procedure expressly stated in this section. Key operative text: (1) The owner and agent of every mine shall jointly and severally be responsible for making financial and other provisions and for taking such other steps as may be necessary for compliance with the provisions of this Code and…
What is the main legal requirement or power in Section 7?
The first operative clause identified from the official text is: “(1) The owner and agent of every mine shall jointly and severally be responsible for making financial and other provisions and for taking such other steps as may be necessary for compliance with the provisions of this Code and the rules, regulations, bye-laws and orders made thereunder, relating to mine.” Read it with the remaining subsections and any proviso below.
Does Section 7 contain a proviso or explanation?
No standalone proviso or explanation was extracted from this section text. Check the full text below for clause-level qualifications.
What time limit, percentage or amount appears in Section 7?
No explicit day/month/year/hour/percentage/rupee expression was detected in the official section text.
Which 2026 Central Rules are linked to Section 7?
No direct Central Rule is recorded in the current concordance. That does not exclude a relevant scheme, notification, State rule or enabling provision.
Is Section 7 currently operative?
All provisions were brought into force from 21 November 2025 under S.O. 5321(E), subject to the Central/State appropriate-Government split and provision-specific appointments/notifications.
Source & verification trail
Act: Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 — official India Code PDF ↗
Central Rules: Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules, 2026 — G.S.R. 345(E), 8 May 2026 ↗
Official library: Ministry of Labour & Employment — Labour Codes ↗
Source check: 20 August 2026. Individual professional interpretation should be re-reviewed when the section, rules, notification, scheme, State overlay or controlling judgment changes.