Section 7
Certifying surgeons.
The Plantations Labour Act, 1951
About this Act
An Act to provide for the welfare of labour, and to regulate the conditions of work, in plantations.
(1) The State Government may appoint qualified medical practitioners to
be certifying surgeons for the purposes of this Act within such local limits or for such plantation or class
of plantations as it may assign to them respectively.
(2) The certifying surgeon shall carry out such duties as may be prescribed in connection with-- (a) the examination and certification of workers;
(b) the exercise of such medical supervision as may be prescribed where adolescents 1[are], employed in any work in any plantation which is likely to cause injury to their health.
(2) The certifying surgeon shall carry out such duties as may be prescribed in connection with-- (a) the examination and certification of workers;
(b) the exercise of such medical supervision as may be prescribed where adolescents 1[are], employed in any work in any plantation which is likely to cause injury to their health.
Notes
1. Subs. by Act 17 of 2010, s. 3, for "and children are, or are to be" (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).