References to Time of Day.

In this Act, references to time of day are references to Indian standard time, being five and a half hours ahead of Greenwich mean time:

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Provided that, for any area in which Indian standard time is not ordinarily observed, the Central Government may make rules--

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(a) specifying the area;

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(b) defining the local mean time ordinarily observed therein; and

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(c) permitting such time to be observed in all or any of the mines situated in the area.

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