 the coal grading board (repeal) bill, 195"9(as introduced in lok sabha on thf 26th march 1959)  tile coal grad[ng board (repeal) bill, i<}59 (as introduced in lok sabha) a billto repeal the coal grading board act 1925, and to provide for certain matters incidental thereto be it enacted by parliament in the tenth year of the republic td india as follows:-1 (1) this act may be called the coal grading board (repeal) ashd0rt title n cold-act, 1959 mcncemcnl 5 (2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint 2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,-definitions (a) "appointed day" means the date on which this act comes into force; 10 lz of '952 (b) "coal board" means the coal board established under section 4 of the coal mines (conservation and safety) act, 1952; 31 of 1~5 (c) "coal grading board" means the coal grading board constituted under section 3 of the coal grading board act, 1925 3 on the appointed day, the coal grading board act, 1925, shall ~r;1 rif j s stand repealed, and the coal grading board shall stand dissolved ~r!~ ofcoaj gradioaboard 4 (1) all moneys and other property, of whatever kind, owned by or vested in, the coal grading board immediately before the appointed day and all debts, liabilities and obligations of that board then existing shall, on the appointed day, stand transferred to and vested in the coal board 5 (2) anything done or any action ta}ren before the appointed day by the coal grading board shall, so far as it is not inconsistent with any of the provisions of the coal mines (conservation and safety) act, 1952, or the rules made thereunder, be as valid and effectual as if it had been don-e or taken by the coal board 12 of j952 , in ;; '"', r ' i : f; , the coal grading board was constituted under the coal grading board act, 1925 (31 of 1925) to enable the indian coal trade to regain the ground it had lost in the overseas markets immediately after the first world war as a result of indiscriminate exports of poor qualities of coal the board was empowered under the act to determine the grade of coal of a seam or part of a seam of any colliery which applied to it for such grading, and also to grant a certificate of shipment in respect of coal intended for export whenever any graded colliery applied to it for the grant of such a certificate 2 the conditions which necessitated the creation of the coal grading board, however, no longer exist the coal grading board itself has resolved to give up the gradings provided under the coal grading board rules, 1925, and t6 adopt instead the gradings specified und,er the colliery control order~ 194~ rrpe latter gradings are done by the coal board set up under the coal mines (c;q1~,ervation - ' i ~ ': , , - ~, ; and safety) act, 1952 as part of its regular furictions it 1s, therefore, considered no longer necessary to have a separate body for the purpose merely of granting certificates of shipment in respect of coal intended for export accordingly, the bill provides for the repeal of the coal grading board act, 1925, and for the transfer of the assets and liabilities of the coal grading board to the coa] board new delhi; sw aran singh the 14th marcil 1959  a billto repeal the coal grading board act, 1925, and to provide for certaip matters incidental thereto (sardar sfljaran singh, minister 0/ steel, mines and fuel) glpnd-ls i-z2i1 (b) ls-z6-3-s9-107s 