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Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 · XI

Section 67: Managers

Reviewed by Finin2min Editorial Desk · Last reviewed 30 August 2026

Section 67 — Governs managers and the rights, duties, powers or procedure expressly stated in this section. Key operative text: (1) Save as may be otherwise prescribed, every mine shall be under a sole manager who shall have such qualifications as may be prescribed by the Central Government and the owner or agent of every mine shall appoint a person…

Full official textSource checked: 20 August 20261 direct Central Rule link(s)

Current-law status

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.

Primary sources

Provision / India Code ↗ · Official Act PDF ↗ · 2026 Central Rules ↗

Finin2min analysis — what the section actually does

Operative clauses

(1) Save as may be otherwise prescribed, every mine shall be under a sole manager who shall have such qualifications as may be prescribed by the Central Government and the owner or agent of every mine shall appoint a person having such qualifications to be the manager:
Provided that the owner or agent may appoint himself as manager if he possesses the prescribed qualifications.
(2) Subject to any instructions given to him by or on behalf of the owner or agent of the mine, the manager shall be responsible for the overall management, control, supervision and direction of the mine and all such instructions when given by the owner or agent shall be confirmed in writing forthwith.
(3) Except in case of an emergency, the owner or agent of a mine or anyone on his behalf shall not give, otherwise than through the manager, instructions affecting the fulfilment of his statutory duties, to a person, employed in a mine, who is responsible to the manager.

Provisos, explanations & qualifications

Provided that the owner or agent may appoint himself as manager if he possesses the prescribed qualifications.

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

Central Government

Full statutory text — Section 67

Official English text transcribed from the current India Code consolidation; page headers/line breaks are normalised for web reading. The Gazette/India Code PDF remains authoritative for typography, amendment footnotes and schedules.

67. Managers.— (1) Save as may be otherwise prescribed, every mine shall be under a sole manager
who shall have such qualifications as may be prescribed by the Central Government and the owner or
agent of every mine shall appoint a person having such qualifications to be the manager:
   Provided that the owner or agent may appoint himself as manager if he possesses the prescribed
qualifications.
   (2) Subject to any instructions given to him by or on behalf of the owner or agent of the mine, the
manager shall be responsible for the overall management, control, supervision and direction of the mine
and all such instructions when given by the owner or agent shall be confirmed in writing forthwith.
   (3) Except in case of an emergency, the owner or agent of a mine or anyone on his behalf shall not
give, otherwise than through the manager, instructions affecting the fulfilment of his statutory duties, to a
person, employed in a mine, who is responsible to the manager.

How to apply this provision

Primary statutory test — (1) Save as may be otherwise prescribed, every mine shall be under a sole manager who shall have such qualifications as may be prescribed by the Central Government and the owner or agent of every mine shall appoint a person having such qualifications to be the manager:
Additional operative limb — Provided that the owner or agent may appoint himself as manager if he possesses the prescribed qualifications.
Qualification / exception to test — Provided that the owner or agent may appoint himself as manager if he possesses the prescribed qualifications.
Central Rule mapping — 107. Read the mapped provision together with this text rather than treating the concordance as a substitute for it.
Prescribed-form link recorded in the corpus — IX. Confirm the current notified form/version before filing.
Evidence file — retain facts and records proving the role/status of: Central Government.

Why this is section-specific: the operative-clause, exception, threshold and cross-reference panels above are extracted from Section 67 itself rather than a generic “trigger/control/evidence” template.

Rules, forms and cross-references

Direct 2026 Central Rule mapping

Rule 107

Forms mapped

Other sections cited in this text

None expressly mapped in the current concordance.

Related Labour Hub resources

State overlays Forms Labour litigation

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 managers, 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) Save as may be otherwise prescribed, every mine shall be under a sole manager who shall have such qualifications as may be prescribed by the Central Government and the owner or agent of every mine shall appoint a person having such qualifications to be the manager:” Also test the express qualification/proviso before concluding the result. Read the mapped Central Rule(s) 107. Use the current notified IX where the process requires it.

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 67

What does Section 67 of the OSHWC Code cover?

What is the main legal requirement or power in Section 67?

The first operative clause identified from the official text is: “(1) Save as may be otherwise prescribed, every mine shall be under a sole manager who shall have such qualifications as may be prescribed by the Central Government and the owner or agent of every mine shall appoint a person having such qualifications to be the manager:” Read it with the remaining subsections and any proviso below.

Does Section 67 contain a proviso or explanation?

Yes. A qualification extracted from the official text is: “Provided that the owner or agent may appoint himself as manager if he possesses the prescribed qualifications.”

What time limit, percentage or amount appears in Section 67?

No explicit day/month/year/hour/percentage/rupee expression was detected in the official section text.

Which 2026 Central Rules are linked to Section 67?

The current concordance maps Section 67 to Central Rule(s) 107.

Is a prescribed form mapped to Section 67?

The current corpus records: IX. Confirm the current notified version before filing or service.

Is Section 67 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.

Reliance note: This page is an educational legal-reference layer. Verify the current official text, the applicable Central/State rules, notifications, schemes and judicial decisions before acting on a live matter.