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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 390<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2024, chapter 135<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1451139,"object_type":"law","relational_id":364019,"identifier":"45.2-1105","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/11\/1\/45.2-1105","url":"\/45.2-1105\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1105\/","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/11\/1\/45.2-1105","dublin_core":{"Title":"Prohibited acts by miners or other persons; miners to comply with law","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1105","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No miner or other person shall (i) knowingly damage any shaft, lamp, instrument, air course, or brattice or obstruct any airway; (ii) carry in a mine any intoxicating liquors or controlled drugs without the prescription of a licensed physician; (iii) disturb any part of the machinery or appliances in a mine; (iv) open a door used for directing ventilation and fail to close it again; (v) enter any part of a mine against caution or a warning sign or barricade; (vi) use cyanide or a cyanide compound in any mineral mining or processing operation; or (vii) disobey any order<\/span> issued pursuant to the provisions of the Act. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Each miner at any mine shall comply fully with the provisions of the Act and other mining laws<\/span> of the Commonwealth, including regulations adopted by the Department<\/span>, that pertain to his duties. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROHIBITED ACTS BY MINERS OR OTHER PERSONS; MINERS TO COMPLY WITH LAW (\u00a7\n45.2-1105)\n\nA. No miner or other person shall (i) knowingly damage any shaft, lamp,\ninstrument, air course, or brattice or obstruct any airway; (ii) carry in a mine\nany intoxicating liquors or controlled drugs without the prescription of a\nlicensed physician; (iii) disturb any part of the machinery or appliances in a\nmine; (iv) open a door used for directing ventilation and fail to close it\nagain; (v) enter any part of a mine against caution or a warning sign or\nbarricade; (vi) use cyanide or a cyanide compound in any mineral mining or\nprocessing operation; or (vii) disobey any order issued pursuant to the\nprovisions of the Act.\n\nB. Each miner at any mine shall comply fully with the provisions of the Act and\nother mining laws of the Commonwealth, including regulations adopted by the\nDepartment, that pertain to his duties.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 390, \u00a7 45.1-161.292:6; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387; 2024, c.\n135.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}