Act Info:Preamble1 - COAL MINES (NATIONALISATION) ACT, 1973
Chapter I
Section1 - Short title and commencement
Section2 - Definitions
Chapter II
Section3 - Acquisition of rights of owners in respect of coal mines
Section4 - Central Government to be the lessee of the State Government
Section5 - Power of Central Government to direct vesting of rights in a Government company
Section6 - Properties vested in the Central Government to be freed from mortgages etc
Section7 - Central Government or Government company not to be liable for prior liabilities
Chapter III
Section8 - Payment of amount to owners of coal mines
Section9 - Payment of further amount
Section10 - Income derived by the owners of coal mines after the appointed day to be refunded to the Central Government
Chapter IV
Section11 - Management, Etc., Of Coal Mines
Section12 - Duty of persons in charge of management of coal mines to deliver all assets, etc
Section13 - Accounts and audit
Chapter V
Section14 - Liability of officer or other employee of a coal mine for transfer to any other coal mine
Section15 - Provident and other funds
Section16 - Superannuation fund, etc., to be distributed to employees whose employment becomes terminated under this Act
Chapter VI
Section17 - Commissioner of Payments to be appointed
Section18 - Payment by the Central Government to the Commissioner
Section19 - Statement of accounts in respect of the period of management by the Central Government, etc
Section19A - Validation of certain collections
Section20 - Claims to be made to the Commissioner
Section21 - Priority of claims in relation to arrears of providend fund, etc
Section22 - Priority in relation to other claims
Section23 - Admission or rejection of claims
Section23A - Application of sections 5 and 12 of the Limitation Act
Section24 - Disbursement of money by the Commissioner to claimants
Section24A - Interest on admitted claims
Section25 - Recovery of excess payments made by Central Government or Custodian
Section25A - Notice to owners of coal mines and managing contractors, etc
Section26 - Disbursement of amounts to the owners of coal mines
Section27 - Undisbursed or unclaimed amounts to be deposited to the general revenue account
Chapter VII
Section28 - Effect of this Act on other laws
Section29 - Contracts to cease to have effect unless ratified by Government
Section30 - Penalties
Section31 - Offences by companies
Section32 - Mining companies not to be wound up by the Court
Section33 - Delegation of powers,
Section34 - Power to make rules
Section35 - Power to remove difficulties
ScheduleI - SCHEDULE