THE COAL MINES PROVIDENT FUND AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ACT, 1948

ACT NO. 46 OF 1948 · Enacted [3rd September, 1948.] · 31 sections

Section 1.Short title and extent.

Section 2.Interpretation.

Section 3.Coal Mines Provident Fund Scheme.

Section 3A.Constitution of Board of Trustees.

Section 3B.Board of Trustee to be a body corporate.

Section 3C.Appointment of officers.

Section 3D.Transfer of accounts.

Section 3E.Coal Mines Pension Scheme.

Section 3F.Special grant by Central Government.

Section 3G.Coal Mines Deposit-linked Insurance Scheme.

Section 4.Fund to be recognised under Act 43 of 1961.

Section 5.Coal Mines Bonus Schemes.

Section 6.Retrospective operation of a scheme.

Section 7.Modification of a scheme.

Section 7A.Schemes to be laid before Parliament.

Section 7B.Determination of moneys due from employers.

Section 8.Protection against attachment.

Section 9.Penalty.

Section 10.Inspectors.

Section 10A.Mode of recovery of money due from an employer.

Section 10B.Determination of employer in certain cases.

Section 10C.Delegation of powers.

Section 10D.Payment of contribution by employers and recovery thereof from members.

Section 10E.Recovery of monies by employers and contractors.

Section 10F.Power to recover damages.

Section 11.Priority of payment of contributions and bonus over other debts.

Section 11A.Protection for acts done in good faith.

Section 11B.Power to remove difficulties.

Section 11C.Power to exempt.

Section 11D.Act to have effect notwithstanding anything contained in Act 31 of 1956.

Section 12.Repeal of Ordinance 7 of 1948.