Title : Dissolution of the Coal Board
State : Central
Year : 1974
(1) On the appointed day, the Coal Board, established under section 4 of the Coal Mines (Conservation, Safety and Development) Act, 1952, shall stand dissolved. (2) On the dissolution of the Coal Board,-- (a) all rights and privileges of the Coal Board shall become the rights and privileges, respectively, of the Central Government; (b) the Central Government shall be deemed to be the lessee of all properties held by the Coal Board, immediately before the appointed day, under any lease and that Government shall hold the lease under the same terms and conditions under which the lease was held by the Coal Board; (c) all other properties, movable and immovable, including cash balances, reserve funds, investments and moneys lying to the credit of the Coal Mines Safety and..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Contracts, Etc., in Bad Faith or Detrimental May Be Cancelled or Varied
State : Central
Year : 1973
(1) Every person with whom the owner or occupier of any coal mine has, before the appointed day, entered into any contract for any service (other than a contract of employment), sale or supply shall, within fifteen days from the date on which this Act receives the assent of the President; intimate to the Central Government the particulars of such contract and if any default is made in giving such intimation, such contract shall, on the expiry of the said period of fifteen days, be voidable at the option of the Central Government. (2) If the Central Government is satisfied, after such inquiry as it may think fit, that any contract or agreement between the owner, agent or manager of a coal mine and any other person, in so far as such contract or agreement relates to the coal mine, has..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power to Terminate Contract of Employment
State : Central
Year : 1973
If the Custodian is of opinion that any contract of employment entered into by any owner or agent of a coal mine, at any time before the appointed day, is unduly onerous or if he considers that it is necessary so to do in the interests of the proper management of a coal mine, he may, by giving to the employee concerned one month's notice in writing or the salary or wages for one month in lieu thereof, terminate such contract of employment. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionState : Central
Year : 1972
LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE MINES LABOUR WELFARE FUND ACT, 1972 LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE MINES LABOUR WELFARE FUND ACT, 1972 62 of 1972 2nd December, 1972 Welfare measures to ameliorate the living conditions of the labour employed in the limestone and dolomite muling industry are not generally satisfactory. Statutory Welfare Funds exist for mica, coal and iron ore mining industries, such Funds having been established under the Mica Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1946; The Coal Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1947 and the Iron Ore Mines Labour Welfare Cess Act, 1961, respectively. In order to provide welfare measures for the labour employed in the limestone and dolomite mining industry also, it is proposed to establish a Welfare Fund in relation to that industry. For this purpose it..... List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Definitions
State : Central
Year : 1974
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-- (a) "appointed day" means the day on which this Act comes into force; (b) "blending" means the process of intimately mixing different varieties of coal so as to provide a mixture which on carbonisation results in coke; (c) "coal" includes coke in all its forms but does not include lignite; (d) "Chief Inspector" and "Inspector" mean the persons respectively appointed as the Chief Inspector of Mines and Inspector of Mines under the Mines Act, 1952 and the provisions of that Act shall apply to the Chief Inspector and to all Inspectors while exercising their powers under this Act or the rules made thereunder; (e) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette; (f) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power to Make Rules
State : Central
Year : 1974
(1) The Central Government may, by notification and subject to the condition of previous publication, make rules to carry out the provisions of this Act. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the forgoing power such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely :-- (a) the measures to be taken for the purpose of conservation of coal and maintenance of safety in coal mines; (b) the measures to be taken for the development of coal mines; (c) the manner in which and the conditions subject to which, sums at the credit of the Coal Mine Conservation and Development Account may be applied; (d) the form in which the Coal Mine Conservation and Development Account shall be kept; (e) any other matter which is required to be, or may be, prescribed. (3) Any..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Payment of Amount
State : Central
Year : 1973
(1) Every owner of a coal mine shall be given by the Central Government an amount, in cash, for the vesting in it, under section 3, of the management of such mine. (2) For every month during which the management of a coal mine remains vested in the Central Government, the amount referred to in sub-section (I) shall be computed at the rate of twenty paise per tonne of coal on the highest monthly production of coal from such mine during any month in the years 1969, 1970, 1971 and 1972: Provided that if in relation to any such coal mine, there was no production of coal during the said years, the amount referred to in sub-section (1) shall be computed at the rate of four paise per tonne of such highest monthly coal producing capacity of the coal mine, before the appointed day as may be..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Coal Mines to Which This Act Shall Not Apply
State : Central
Year : 1973
(1) Nothing contained in this Act shall apply to any coal mine-- (a) owned, managed or controlled by Government, or by a Government company or by a corporation which is owned, managed or controlled by Government; (b) owned or managed by a company engaged in the production of iron and steel: Provided that clause (b) shall not extend to such part of the coal mine or production thereof which, in the opinion of the Central Government, is company owning or managing such coal mines: Provided further that any coal obtained from any such coal mine as is referred to in the foregoing proviso in excess of the requirements for the production of iron and steel by the company owning or managing such coal mine, shall not be sold, delivered, transferred or otherwise disposed of except with the..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act, 1972
State : Central
Year : 1972
THE GENERAL INSURANCE BUSINESS (NATIONALISATION) ACT, 1972 [Act, No. 57 of 1972] [20th September, 1972] PREAMBLE An Act to provide for the acquisition and transfer of shares of Indian Insurance companies and undertakings of other existing insurers in order to serve better the needs of the economy by securing the development of general insurance business in the best interests of the community and to ensure that the operation of the economic system does not result in the concentration of wealth to the common detriment, for the regulation and control of such business and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:-- View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power to Exempt
State : Central
Year : 1948
1[11C. Power to exempt.-- (1) The Central Government may, if requested so to do by the employer, by notification in the Official Gazette, and subject to such conditions as may be specified in the notification, exempt any coal mine from the operation of all or any of the provisions of the Insurance Scheme, if it is satisfied that the employees of such coal mine are without making any separate contribution or payment of premium, in enjoyment of benefits in the nature of life insurance, whether linked to their deposits in provident fund or not, and such benefits are more favourable to such employees than the benefits admissible under the Insurance Scheme. (2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), the Insurance Scheme may provide for the exemption of any person or..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section