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The Coal Mines Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1948

Central

An Act to make provisions for the framing of a Provident Fund Scheme, a Pension Scheme, a Deposit linked Insurance Scheme and a Bonus Scheme for persons employed in Coal Mines.

Act number
46 of 1948
Ministry
Ministry of Coal
Enacted
3 Sep 1948

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34 sections

  1. Section 1Short title and extent.
  2. Section 2Interpretation.
  3. Section 3Coal Mines Provident Fund Scheme.
  4. Section 3AConstitution of Board of Trustees.
  5. Section 3BBoard of Trustee to be a body corporate.
  6. Section 3CAppointment of officers.
  7. Section 3DTransfer of accounts.
  8. Section 3ECoal Mines Pension Scheme.
  9. Section 3FSpecial grant by Central Government.
  10. Section 3GCoal Mines Deposit-linked Insurance Scheme.
  11. Section 4Fund to be recognised under Act 43 of 1961.
  12. Section 5Coal Mines Bonus Schemes
  13. Section 6Retrospective operation of a scheme.
  14. Section 7Modification of a scheme
  15. Section 7ASchemes to be laid before Parliament
  16. Section 7BDetermination of moneys due from employers.
  17. Section 8Protection against attachment
  18. Section 9Penalty.
  19. Section 10Inspectors
  20. Section 10AMode of recovery of money due from an employer
  21. Section 10BDetermination of employer in certain cases.
  22. Section 10CDelegation of powers
  23. Section 10DPayment of contribution by employers and recovery thereof from members
  24. Section 10ERecovery of monies by employers and contractors.
  25. Section 10FPower to recover damages.
  26. Section 11Priority of payment of contributions and bonus over other debts
  27. Section 11AProtection for acts done in good faith.
  28. Section 11BPower to remove difficulties
  29. Section 11CPower to exempt
  30. Section 11DAct to have effect notwithstanding anything contained in Act 31 of 1956.
  31. Section 12Repeal of Ordinance 7 of 1948.
  32. Section 9AAdjudication of penalties.
  33. Section 9BAppeal.
  34. Section 11EPower of Central Government to make rules.