Title : Definitions
State : Central
Year : 1973
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-- (a) "appointed day" means the 31st day of January, 1973; (b) "coal mine" means a mine in which there exists one or more seams of coal; (c) "company" means a company as defined in section 3 of the Companies Act, 1956, and includes a foreign company within the meaning of section 591 of that Act; (d) "Custodian", in relation to a coal mine means the person appointed under section 6 to take over, or carry on, the management of the coal mine; (e) "Government company" has the meaning assigned to it by section 617 of the Companies Act, 1956; (f) "managing contractor" means the person, or body of persons, who, with the previous consent in writing of the State Government, has entered into an arrangement, contract or understanding,..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Exclusion of Period of Operation of Act in Computing Period of Limitation
State : Central
Year : 1973
In computing the period of limitation prescribed by any law for the time being in force for any suit or application against any person by the owner of any coal mine in respect of any matter arising out of any transaction in relation to the coal mine owned by him, the time during which this Act is in force shall be excluded. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Coal Mines Pension Scheme
State : Central
Year : 1948
1 ["3E. Coal Mines Pension Scheme.-- (1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, frame a scheme to be called the Coal Mines Pension Scheme for the purpose of providing for-- (a) superannuation pension, retiring pension or permanent total disablement pension to the persons employed in any coal mine or class of coal mines to which this Act applies; and (b) widow or widower pension, children pension or orphan pension and life assurance benefits, payable to the beneficiaries of such employees. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 3, there shall be established, as soon as may be after framing of the Pension Scheme, a Pension Fund into which there shall be paid, from time to time, in respect of every employee who is a member of the Pension..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Inspectors
State : Central
Year : 1948
(1.) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint such persons as it thinks fit to be Inspectors for the purposes of the Coal Mines Provident Fund Scheme1[or the Insurance Scheme] or the Coal Mines Bonus Scheme and may define their jurisdiction. (2) An Inspector may, in respect of any coal mine within his jurisdiction-- 2[(a) require an employer or any contractor from whom any amount is recoverable under section 10E-- (i) to furnish such information, or (ii) to produce in the office of the Inspector or such other place as may be nearer to the employer or, as the case may be, the contractor, such accounts, books, registers and other documents, relating to the employment of persons in a coal mine as the Inspector may consider necessary for the..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Imposition of Excise Duties
State : Central
Year : 1974
(1) With effect from the appointed day, there shall be levied and collected on all coal raised and despatched, and on all coke manufactured and despatched, from the collieries in India such duty of excise, not exceeding rupees ten per tonne, as may be fixed from time to time by the Central Government by notification, and different rates of duty may be levied on different grades or description of coal or coke : Provided that the Central Government may, by general or special order, exempt any special grade or grades or description of coal or coke from the levy of such duty of excise. (2) For the purposes of sub-section (1), coal shall be graded by the Central Government in accordance with such specifications as may be laid down by that Government from time to time. (3) All..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Protection of Action Taken in Good Faith
State : Central
Year : 1974
No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against the Central Government or against the Chairman or any other member of the Coal Board or any officer thereof or any other person in respect of anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of this Act or of any rules or orders made thereunder, or in pursuance of the Coal Mines (Conservation, Safety and Development) Act, 1952 or any rule made thereunder. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Penalties
State : Central
Year : 1973
(1) If any person-- (a) fails to deliver to the Custodian any assets, books of account, registers or any other document in his custody relating to the coal mine in respect of the management of which the Custodian has been appointed, or (b) retains any property of such coal mine or removes or destroys it, or (c) fails to comply with the provisions contained in sub-section (2) or sub-section (4) or sub-section (5) of section 5, or (d) fails to comply, with any directions given under sub-section (1), read with sub-section (6), of section 5, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees, or with both, (2) If any person fails without any reasonable excuse, to comply with the provisions of..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Delegation of Powers
State : Central
Year : 1948
(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Offical Gazette, direct that any power exercisable by it under this Act or any scheme framed thereunder shall, subject to such conditions, if any, as may be specified in the notification, be exercisable also by the Coal Mines Provident Fund Commissioner or any officer authorised in this behalf by the Central Government. (2) The Board may delegate to its Chairman or the Coal Mines Provident Fund Commissioner or any other officer or the Board, subject to such conditions and limitations, if any, as the Board may specify, such of the powers and functions of the Board und : this act or any scheme framed thereunder, as the Board may deem necessary for the efficient .i Iministration of any scheme framed under this Act. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power of Central Government to Direct Vesting of Rights in a Government Company
State : Central
Year : 1974
Notwithstanding anything contained in section 12, the Central Government may, if it is satisfied that a Central Government company is willing to comply, or has complied with such terms and conditions as that Government may think fit to impose, direct, by an order in writing, that the right, title and interest of the Coal Board in relation to any property shall, instead of continuing to vest in it, vest in the Government company either on the date of publication of the direction or on such earlier or later date (not being a date earlier than the appointed day) as may be specified in the direction, and on such vesting the liability or obligation, as the case may be, of the Coal Board in relation to such property shall, instead of continuing to be the liability or obligation of the Central..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Repeal and Saving
State : Central
Year : 1973
(1) The Coal Mines (Taking Over of Management) Ordinance, 1973, is hereby repealed. (2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the Ordinance so repealed (including any appointment, declaration or order made thereunder), shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the corresponding provisions of this Act. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section