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Lime Stone and Dolomite Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act,1972 Section 3

Title: Levy and Collection of Cess on Limestone and Dolomite

State: Central

Year: 1972

.....purposes of this Act on so much of limestone and dolomite produced in any mine-- (i) as is sold or otherwise disposed of to the occupier of any factory; or (ii) as is used by the owner of such mine for any purpose in connection with the manufacture of cement,1[iron, steel, ferro-alloys, alloy steels, chemicals sugar, paper, fertilizers, refractories, iron ore, pelletisation or such other article or goods or class of articles or goods, as the Centred Government may, from time to time, specify by notification, in the Official Gazette,] aduty of excise, at such rate not exceeding one rupee per metric tonne of limestone or dolomite, as the case may be, as the Central Government may, from time to time, fix by notification in the Official Gazette. Explanation.-- Where the owner of any limestone or dolomite mine is also the occupier of any factory, then, for the purposes of clause (ii), all limestone, or dolomite, as the case may be, produced in the mine and not sold or otherwise disposed of to the occupier of any other factory shall be deemed, unless the contrary is proved, to have been used by such owner for any purpose in connection with the manufacture of2[any article or.....

Lime Stone and Dolomite Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act,1972 Preamble 1

Title: Limestone and Dolomite Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1972

State: Central

Year: 1972

THE LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE MINES LABOUR WELFARE FUND ACT, 1972 [Act, No. 62 of 1972] [2nd December, 1972] PREAMBLE An Act to provide for the levy and collection of a cess on limestone and dolomite for the financing of activities to promote the welfare of persons employed in the limestone and dolomite mines. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:--

Lime Stone and Dolomite Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act,1972 Complete Act

Title: Lime Stone and Dolomite Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act,1972

State: Central

Year: 1972

Preamble1 - LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE MINES LABOUR WELFARE FUND Act, 1972 Section1 - Short title, extent and commencement Section2 - Definitions Section3 - Levy and collection of cess on limestone and dolomite Section4 - Payment of duty of excise Section5 - Application of proceeds of duty of excise Section6 - Advisory Committees Section7 - Central Advisory Committee Section7A - Power to co-opt, etc. Section8 - Appointment of Inspectors, etc. and their powers Section9 - Power of Central Government to exempt Section10 - Annual report of activities financed under the Act Section11 - Interest payable by occupiers of factories and owners of mines Section12 - Penalty for non-payment of duty of excise within the prescribed period Section13 - Recovery of amounts due under the Act Section14 - Penalty for evasion of duty of excise Section15 - Offences by companies Section16 - Power to make rules

Limestone and Dolomite Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1972 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 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 is proposed to levy, as a cess, a duty of excise on so much of limestone or dolomite produced in any mine as is sold or otherwise disposed of to the occupier of any factory or as is used by the owner of such mine for any purpose in connection with the manufacture of cement, iron or steel. The rate of cess will be such rate not exceeding one rupee per metric tonne of limestone or dolomite as the Government may, from time to time, fix. 2. The proposed Fund is intended to supplement and not to supplement the efforts of the employers of the State.....

Lime Stone and Dolomite Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act,1972 Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1972

.....and "owner" have the meanings respectively assigned to them in clauses (c) and (1) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Mines Act, 1952; (b) "factory" and "occupier" have the meanings respectively assigned to them in clauses (m) and (n) of section 2 of the Factories Act, 1948; 1[(bb) "Limestone" includes minerals like lime-shell, calcareous sand and sea sand essentially composed of lime shell, marl, kankar or lime kankar;] (c) "manager" means the manager referred to in section 17 of the Mines Act, 1952; (d) a person is said to be employed in a limestone or dolomite mine,-- (1) if he is employed within the premises or in the vicinity of such mine by the owner, agent or manager of such mine or by a contractor or any other agency exclusively in any one or more of the following, namely:-- (i) any limestone or dolomite mining operation; (ii) the operation, servicing, maintenance or repair of any machinery or any part thereof used in or about such mine; (iii) the loading, unloading or despatch of limestone or dolomite or any other material connected with the mining of limestone or dolomite; (iv) any work in any office, canteen or creche situate within the.....

Lime Stone and Dolomite Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act,1972 Section 5

Title: Application of Proceeds of Duty of Excise

State: Central

Year: 1972

.....in limestone or dolomite mines; (c) to pay annually grants-in-aid to such of the owners of limestone or dolomite mines who provide to the satisfaction of the Central Government welfare facilities of the prescribed standard for the benefit of person employed in their mines, so, however, that the amount payable as grants-in-aid to any such owner shall not exceed-- (i) the amount spent by him in the provision of welfare facilities as determined by the Central Government or any person specified by it in this behalf, or (ii) such amount as may be prescribed, whichever is less : Provided that no grant-in-aid shall be payable in respect of any welfare facilities provided by the owner of a limestone or dolomite mine where the amount spent thereon determined as aforesaid is less than the amount prescribed in this behalf; (d) to meet the allowances, if any, of the members of the Advisory Committees and the Central Advisory Committee constituted under sections 6 and 7 respectively and the salaries and allowances, if any, of persons appointed under section 8; (e) any other expenditure which the Central Government may direct to be defrayed from the Fund. .....

Lime Stone and Dolomite Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act,1972 Section 16

Title: Power to Make Rules

State: Central

Year: 1972

.....levied under this Act; (b) the period within which the person setting or otherwise disposing of the limestone or dolomite to the occupier of the factory shall pay the duty of excise to such occupier; (c) the period within which the owner of the limestone or dolomite mine shall pay the duty of excise to the Central Government; (d) the manner in which the occupier of the factory shall collect the duty of excise; (e) the period within which the occupier of the factory shall pay to the Central Government the duty of excise collected by him; (f) the determination of the cost of collection of the duty of excise, levied under this Act; (g) the manner in which the Fund may be applied for the measures specified in section 5; (h) the conditions governing the grant of loan or subsidy under clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section 5; (i) the standard of welfare facilities to be provided by owners of limestone or dolomite mines for the purposes of clause (c) of sub-section (2) of section 5; (j) the determination of the amounts referred to in sub-clause (ii) of clause (c) of sub-section (2) of section. 5 and in the proviso to that clause; (k) the composition of the.....

Lime Stone and Dolomite Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act,1972 Section 4

Title: Payment of Duty of Excise

State: Central

Year: 1972

(1) Every duty of excise liviable under this Act on limestone or dolomite shall be payable,-- (a) to the occupier of the factory, by the person by whom such limestone or dolomite is sold or otherwise disposed of to such occupier; (b) to the Central Government, by the owner of the limestone or dolomite mine where the limestone or dolomite is used by such owner for any purpose in connection with the manufacture of1[any article or goods referred to in or specified under clause (ii) of section 3], within such period as may be prescribed; (2) All amounts referred to in clause (a) of sub-section (1) shall be collected by the occupier of the factory in such manner, and paid by him to the Central Government within such period, as may be prescribed. ________________________ 1. Substituted and deemed always to have been so substituted by the Limestone and Dolomite Mines Labour Welfare Fund (Amdt.) Act, 1982 (70 of 1982), Section 4.

Lime Stone and Dolomite Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act,1972 Section 6

Title: Advisory Committees

State: Central

Year: 1972

(1) The Central Government may constitute as many Advisory Committees as it thinks fit, but not exceeding one for each of the principal limestone or dolomite producing States, to advise the Central Government on such matters arising out of the administration of this Act as may be referred to it by that Government, including matters relating to the application of the Fund. (2) Each Advisory Committee shall consist of such number of persons as may be appointed to it by the Central Government and the members shall be chosen in such manner as may be prescribed : Provided that each Advisory Committee shall include an equal number of members representing the Government, the owners of limestone and dolomite mines and the persons employed in the limestone and dolomite mines and that at least one member of each such Committee shall be a woman. (3) The Chairman of each Advisory Committee shall be appointed by the Central Government. (4) The Central Government shall publish in the Official Gazette the names of all members of every Advisory Committee.

Lime Stone and Dolomite Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act,1972 Section 7

Title: Central Advisory Committee

State: Central

Year: 1972

(1) The Central Government may constitute a Central Advisory Committee to co-ordinate the work of the Advisory Committees constituted under section 6 and to advise the Central Government on any matter arising out of the administration of this Act. (2) The Central Advisory Committee shall consist of such number of persons as may be appointed to it by the Central Government and the members shall be chosen in such manner as may be prescribed : Provided that the Central Advisory Committee shall include an equal number of members representing the Government, the owners of limestone and dolomite mines and the persons employed in the limestone and dolomite mines. (3) The Chairman of the Central Advisory Committee shall be appointed by the Central Government. (4) The Central Government shall publish in the Official Gazette the names of all members of the Central Advisory Committee.