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[(1) No working or gallery shall be extended to a distance of more than 4.5 metres from the
nearest ventilation connection unless the current of air is coursed upto a point within 4.5
metres of the face by means of fire resistant pipes, tubes, brattices or other material.]

(2) No narrow ‘main’ or advance gallery shall be driven more than three metres ahead of the
widened gallery.

(3) Every stopping between the main intake and the main return airways shall be substantially
built and every air-crossing shall be constructed and maintained as to withstand the force of
an explosion.

(4) The main air current shall be so split and coursed that an air current which ventilates a
goaved out area, whether packed or unpacked, or any disused working shall not, except with
the prior permission in writing of the Regional Inspector and subject to such conditions as he
may specify therein, ventilate any workings where coal is being extracted.

(5) No major alteration shall be made in the system of ventilation except with the prior
permission in writing of the Regional Inspector and subject to such conditions as he may
specify therein:

Provided that where the safety of the mine or of the persons employed therein is seriously
threatened the provision of this sub-regulation shall be deemed to have been complied with, if
information of such alteration is sent to the Regional Inspector forthwith.

(6) Except in an emergency, when a major alteration is made in the system of ventilation, only
such persons as are engaged in making the alteration shall be present belowground.
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147. Contrabands. – In every mine [* * * ,] the following provisions shall have effect,
namely–

(1) No person shall have in his possession belowground any cigar, cigarette, biri or
other smoking apparatus, or any match or other apparatus of any kind capable of
producing a light, flame or spark :

Provided that nothing in this sub-regulation shall be deemed to prohibit the use
belowground of any apparatus for the purpose of shot firing or of relighting safety lamps,
of a type approved by the Chief Inspector.

(2) For the purpose of ascertaining whether any person proceeding belowground has in
his possession any article as aforesaid, a competent person other than the
banksman, if any, shall be appointed to search every such person immediately
before he enters the mine. The competent person shall be on duty throughout the
shift, and no duties other than those under this regulation and regulation 155(2) shall
be entrusted to him.

(3) The competent person so appointed shall make a thorough search for the articles
aforesaid and in particular shall –

(a) search or turn out all pockets;

(b) pass his hand over all clothings; and
(c) examine any article in the possession of the person searched.

(4) If the competent person suspects that the person searched is concealing any articles
as aforesaid, he shall detain him, and as soon as possible refer the matter tot he
manager or assistant manager or underground manager. No such person shall be
allowed to enter the mine until the manager or other superior official is satisfied that
the person has no such article in his possession.

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