 corrigenda' the coal· mines provident 'fund and bonus schemes (amendment) bill, 1965(to be/as introduced in lok sabha) 1 page 1, in the marginal heading to clause 1,-for itshrpr t" read "short" ," 2 -page 7, against line 15, in the margin,-for "43" read "45" -3 page 11, line 40,-omi t "onlt 4 page 12, line 25,-for '"employees''' read iitemployees,", r 5 page16, line 1 from bottom,-for "by" read "1ntl -pto 6 page 16, line 2 from bottom,-for "consideration" read "introduction" -' 7 page 19, in the marginal head1ng-to sect1on-l~· after "mqt'-!;;'t' "insert "duen new delhi; march 29 1965 'chaitr a e, i887(saka'  - biu no 22 of 196$ the coal mines providenr fund and bonus schemes (amendment) bill, 1965 a billfurther to amend the coal mines provident fund and bonus schemes act, 1948 be it enacted by parliament in the sixteenth year of the republic of india 3s follows:-1 (1) this act may be ollled the coal mines provident fund shrort and bonus schemes (amendment) act, 1965 title and 5 (2) it shall come into force on such date as the central govern- commen-, ment may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint cement 2 in section 2 of the coal mines provident fund and bonus amend-46 of 1948 schemes act, 1948 (hereinafter referred to as the principal act) ,- ment of section 2 (1) after clause (a), the following clause shall be inserted, 10 namely:-'(44) "coal" includes lignite;'; 2557 (b) ls-l (2) for clause ~b), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-, (b) "coal mine" means any excavation where any operation for the purpose of searching for or obtaining coal has been or is being carried on, and includes-s (i) alliborings and bore holes; (ii) all shafts, in or adjacent to and belonging to a coal mine, whether in the course of 'being sunk or not; (iii) all levels and inclined planes in the course of being driven; 10 (iv) any open cast working or quarry, that is to say, an excavation where any operation for the purpose of searching for or obtaining coal has been or is being carried old, not being a shaft or an excavation which extends below superjacent ground; 15 (v) all conveyors or aerial rope-ways provided for the bringing into or removal from a coal mine of coal or other articles or for the removal of refuse therefrom; (vi) all adits, levels, planes, machinery, works, railways, tramways' and sidings, in or adj~cent to and be- 20 longing to a coal mine; (vii) all workshops situated within the precincts of a coal mine and under the same management and used for purposes connected with that coal mine or a number of coal mines under the same management; 25 (viii) any office of a coal mine; (ix) all power stations for supplying electricity for the purpose of working the coal mine or a number of coal mines under the same management; (x) any preinises for the time being used for deposit- 30 ing refuse from a coal mine, or in which any operation in connection with such refuse is being carried on, being premises exclusively occupied by the employer of the coal ~ne; (xi) all hospitals and canteens maintained for the benefit of the employees of a coal mine or a number of 3s coal mines under the same management; (xii) any coke over or plant; (~ii) any premises in or adjacent to and belonging to a coal mine, on which any plant or other machinery connected with a coal mine is situated or on which any process ancillary to the work of a coal mine is being carned on'; s (3) for clause (d), the following clause shall be substituted, nameiy:-'(d) "employee" means any person who is employed for wages in any kind of work, manual or otherwise, in or in 10 connection with a coal mine, and who gets his wages directly or indirectly from the employer, and include&-(1) any person employed by or through a contractor in or in connection with a coal mine, and is (2) for the purposes of the coal mines provident fund scheme, also (i) any other person who is employed as a sweeper, mali, teacher or domestic servant in or in connection with a coal mine and who receives wages directly from the employer, and 20 (ii) any apprentice or trainee who receives stipend or other remuneration from the employer'; (4) for clause (e), the following ciause shall be substituted, namely:-'(e) "employer", when used in relation to - coal mine, 25 means any person who is the immediate proprietor or lessee or occupier of the coal mine or of any part thereof and in the case of a coal mine the 'business whereof is being carried on by a liquidator or receiver, such liquidator or receiver and in the case of a coal mine owned by a company the 30 business whereof is being carried on by a managing agent, such managing agent; but does nfjt i~clude a person who merely receives a royalty; rent or ftne from the coal mine, or is merely the proprietor of the coal mine, subject to any lease, grant or licence for the working thereof, or is merehr 3~ the owner of the soil and not interested in the coal of the coal mine; but any contractor for the working of a coal mine or any part thereof shah be subj ect to this act in like manner as if he were an employer, b~'t not so as to exempt the eil\  ployet' from any ~~bi1ity;'; (5) in clause (f), the word "and" occurring at the end shall  ------- -_be_omitt~ and~ter that clause, the following clause shall be inserted, namely:""::-'(if) "managing agent" has the meaning assib'tled to it 3 in section 3 of the principal act, after sulb-section (1), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:-in the companies act, 1956; and' amendment of section 3 " (1 a) the fund shall vest in, and be administered by, the board constituted under section 3a" 4 after section 3 of the principal act, the following sections shall 10 be inserted, namely:-insertion of new sections 3a to 3d constitution of board at trustees "3a (1) the central government may, by nouftcation in the official gazette, constitute, with effect from such date as may be specified therein, a board of trustees for the territories to which this act extends (hereinafter in this act referred to as is the board) consisting of the following persons, namely:-(a) a chairman appointed by the central government; (b) the cool mines provident fund commiss~oner, e:r; officio; (c) three persons appointed by the central government; 20 (d) not more than six persons representing govem~ ments of such states a5 the central government may specify in this behalf from time to time, appointed by the central  govemmeht; (e) six persons representing employers, a·ppointed by 2s the central government after consultation with such organisations of employers as may be recognised by the central government in this ·behaij, and of whom at least one shall be a ·person who is not a member of any such c:ft'tanisation; (f) six persons representing employees, appointed by 30 the central gcvernment after consultation with such organisations of employees as may be recognised by the central government in this behalf and of whom at least one shall be an employee himc;elf and at least one shall be a person who is not a member of any 'such organisation 3s (2) the terms and conditions subject to which a member of the board may be appointed and the time, j?lace and procedur~  of the meetings of the board shall be such as may be provided for in the coal mines provident fund scheme - --------- -- (3} the board shall administer the fund vested in it in such manner as may ,be specified in the scheme aforesaid s (4) the board shall perform such other functions as it may be required to perform by or under any provisions of the scheme aforesaid 10 3b the board of trustees constituted under section 3a shall board be a body corporate under the name specified in the notification : trusconstituting it, having perpetual succession and a common seal bee~ to and shall by the said name sue and be sued body corporate-3c (1) the central government shall appoint a coal mines appoint-provident fund commissioner, who shall be the chief executive ment of officer of the board and shall be subject to the general control offtcers and superintendence of the board is 20 (2) the central government may also appoint as many other officers, whose minimum monthly salary in the scale of pay (if any) applicable to them is not less than four hundred rupees, as it may consider necessary to assist the coal mines provident fund commissioner in the discharge of his duties (3) subject to the provisicns of sub-sections (1) and (2), the board may appoint such other officers and employees as it may consider necessary for the efficient administration of the coal mines provident fund scheme (4) the method of recruitment, salary and allawance3, discipline and other conditions of service of the coal mines provident fund commis3ioner shall be such as may be specified by the central government and such salary and allowances shall be paid out of the fund 30 (5) the method of recruitment, salary and allowances, discipline aa4 other conditions of service of other officers and employees of the board shall he such as may be specified by the board with the approval of the central government 35 3d (1) where any employee who is a subscriber to any trauprovident fund of the coal mine in which he is employed becomes fer of a member of the fund in accordance with the provisions of any accounta coal mines provident fund scheme, the accumulations in the providle!nt fund of the coal mine standing to the credit of the employee shall, notwithstanding anything to the ~ontrary con-tained in any law for the time being in force or in any deed or other instrument establishing the provident fund but subject to --- -------__ the provisions, if any, contained in the scheme be transferred by such person and within such time as may b~ provided in :iihe scheme, to the fund and shall be credited to the account of the s employee in the fund (2) where a ·member of the fund leaves his employment in a coal mine and obtains re-employment in any other establishment (not being a coal mine to which the coal mines provident fund scheme applies) and becomes a subscriber to 10 anyprovident fund of that establishment, the amount of accumulations to the credit of such employee in the fund shall be transferred, within such time as may be specifted by the central government in this behalf, to the credit of his account in the provident fund of the establishment in which he is re-employ- 15 ed, if the employee so desires and the rules in relation to that provident fund pennit such transfer (3) where any employee who is a subscriber to any provident fund of an establishment (not being a coal mine to which the coal mines provident fund scheme applies) leaves his 2q employment in that establishment and obtains re-employment in a ~ mine and becomes a member of the fund, the amount of accumulations to the credit of such employee in the provident fund of the establishment left by him shall, if the employee 80 desires and the rules in relation to such provident fund so 25 permit, be transferred to the credit of his account in the fund" amend_ 5 in se~tian 5 of the principal act, after sub-section (2), the ment of fonowing sub-sectian shall be inserted, namely:-sections "(3) the employer shall pay the bonus in accordance with the scheme as aforesaid" 30 8 m~r section 7 of the principal act, the following section sha'n be inserted, namely:-"7a (1) the coal mines provident fund commissioner or my other officer duly authorised in this behalf by the central government may, by order, determine the amount due from any 35 employer under any provision of this act or of any scheme framed thereunder and for this purpose may conduct such enquiry ii$ be jd'y· clmn necessary insertion of new section 'ia determination of moneys due  from emp- loyers (2) the officer conducting the enquiry under sub-gection (1) shall, for the purpose of such enquiry, have the same powers as are vested in a court under 'the code of civil procedure, 1908 for trying a suit in respect of the following mlltters, narnely:-\ 501 1908 5 (4) enforcing the attendance of any person or examining him on oath; (b) requiring the discovery and production of documents; (c) receiving evidence on aftldavit; 10 (d) issuing commissions for the examination ef witnessese , : i:j ' ~ and any such enquiry shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding within the meaning of sections 193 and 228, and for the purpoae of section 196, of the indian penal code 43 of 1860 15 (3) no order determining the amount due from any employer shall be made under sub-section (1) unless the employer is given a reasonable opportunity of representing his case 20 ·1 " (4) an order made under this section shall be final and shall not be questioned in any court of law" i 7 in section 9 of the principal act,- amend-ment of (a) for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be section t substituted, namely:-"(1) if any person-(a) contravenes any provision of this act or of any scheme framed thereunder, he shall be punishable with imprisodment for a term which may extend to six mon~hs, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both; 30 35 (b) who has been convicted of any o1fence punishable as aforesaid is again guilty of any such offence within a period of two years from the date of the previous conviction, he shall be punishable on conviction with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees, or with both"; , (b) in ,sub-section (2), for the words "any' such scbeme';, the ,word, brackets and figure "sub-section (1)" shall be substituted· -- --  , (c) after sub-section (2), the following su'b-section shall be inserted, namely: -s "(3) no coul"t inferior to 'that of a presidency magistrate or a magistrate of the first class shall try any offence punishable under sub-secflion (1) u  s in section 10 of the principal act,-(a) in sub-section (2)-10 amendment of section 10 (i) for clause (a), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-u (a) require an emplqyer or any contractor from whom any amount is recoverable under section toe-(i) to furnish such infonnation, or is (ii) to produce in the office qf the inspector or s~ch 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 20 as the inspector may consider necessary for the purposes of any scheme framed under this act;"; (ii) in clause (b), for the words "enter any coal mine or its office", the words "and with such assistance, if any, as he may think fit, enter and sea:rch any coal mine" shall be 2s su~itu~; (iii) in clause (c) ,-"" (i) after the word "employer", the wonif, figures and letter "or any contractor from whom any amoun~ is recoverable under section l()e" shall be inserted; 30 (ii) the words "or its office" shall be omitted; (iv) after clause (c), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:-"(d) make copies of, or take extracts from, any accounts, books, registers or' other documents m'aintain~ 35 ed in relation to a coal mine and where he has reason to believe that any offence under tbia act baa been committed by an employer or contractor, seize with su~ _~istance' 81 he may think fit, 8uch ~nts, boob, registers or other documents or portions thereof as he may conaider relevant in respect of that offence; (e) exercile such other powers 81 any such scheme may provide"; (b) after aujbsection (2), the following aub-&ectioda shall be inserted, namely:-10 "(2a) every person required to furnish any information or produce any doctmlent under clause (4) or clause (b) of sub-section (2) shall be d~med to be legally bound to do 80 within the meaning of section 175 of the indian penal code ,of i • is (%8) the prdvisiods of the code of criminal procedure, 1898 shall, 80 far as may be, apply to any search or aeizure under sub-section (2) as they apply to any search or seizure made under the authority of a warrant ialuecl under section 98 of the said code" 9 in section loa of the principal act, aftel1 the words "any !amend· 20 scheme framed under this act", the words, brackets, ftgurea 1/1 and ::: of letters "or any accumulations required to be transferred under sub- 1m on section (1) or sub-section (3) of section 3d or ,any damages recoverable under section lof or any charges p~yable by the employer under this act in respect of the administration of any such scheme" 2, shall be inserted , 10 after section loa of the principal act, the following sections ldiertiad aball be inserted, namely:-_, :: ]0 lob 1:0 101' '- -ulob (1) where the employer !s a finn or oth~ aarocjation determiof individuals, all, or any of the partners or members thereof, nation of or where the employer is a company, all or any of the directors ;:nplopt thereof, may be prosecuted and punished under this act for any tame-offence for which the employer is punishable: e8m1 provided that where a firm, association or company hu jiven notice in writing to the coal mines provident fund com· missioner or any officer specified by the central government in this behalf that it has nominated,- (4) in the ease of a firm, any of its partners, ---(b)-in the ease ·of an association, any of its members, (c) in the case of a company, ~y of its directors, who is resident in each case in any place to which this act atends uld who is in eaoh oaseeither in tact in cherge of the 5 management of, or holds the largest iluiil'ber of ~ares in, such firm, association or company, to assume the responsibility of the 'eidlployer  fat the purp03es of this act or of any scheme framed thereunder, such partner, member or director, as the ear may be, shall, so long as he continues to so reside aild ,be in charge or 10 hold the largest number of shares as aforesaid, be deemed to be the employer for the purposes of this act or any scheme lramed thereunder unless a notice in writing cancelling his domioation or stating that he has ceased to be a partner, member or director, as the case may be, is received:by he coal mines provident 15 fund commissioner or any officer specified by the central government in this behalf ·(2) where the employer is a government or any local authority, all or any of the oftlcers or persons authorised by  such government or local authority, as the cue 20 may  be, to manage the affairs of the coal mine, "imall, notwithstmdiftg  any thing to the contrary contained in any law or contract for the time being in force, be deemed to be the 8lilployers  or employer in respect of the coal mine and may be proaecuted iiu'ld padished under this act for any offence for which the 25 employer is punishable loe: (1) the central government may, by ootifteation in the ofticial 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 noti- 30 ftcation, be exercisable als~o by the coal mines~dent fund commissioner or any officer authorised in this 'behalf by the central government (2) -rile board· may delegate to its c~airman or the coal mines provident fund commissioner or any other ofb~r of 35 the board, subject to such conditions and limitations, if any ,as ·the ,board ~ay specify, such of the powers and functio~ of   the·board under this act or any scheme framed thereunder ' the board may deem necessary for the eftlclen~ adminiltra  tloil of any scheme framed uncl~ this aet  40  lqd • (1) the contribution shall be  payable by the em- ~t ~er (hereinafter referred to as the employer's ,contribution) of contrland _by jhe_ employ~(hereinafter referred to as the ein- buttc:n by 5"  ployee'~ contribution) at such rat~ as may be specifted in the ::::!ei'i cojl mines, provident fund scheme, and the employer shall covery pay the employer's contribution as well as the employee's ' cod- thereof tribution, whether or not he has recovered from any employee from the employee's share of the contribution =-(2)  the amount of anycontri·bution paid by, the employer on behah of a member shall, no~ithstancung anything to the contrary contained in ~ny other law for the time being in force or any contract, be recoverable by means of deduction from the wages of the member and not otherwise is 20 (3) save as otherwise provided in the coal minelt provident fund scheme, no' deduction under sub-section (2) shall be made from any wages other than such as are paid in respect of the period for which the contribution is payable  (4) notwithstanding any contract to the contrary, the employer shall not be entitled to deduct the employer's contributioll or the charges referred to in section loa' from the wages of a member or otherwise to recover such contribution 01' charges from such member  oj " 30 loe (1) the amount of contribution (that is to say the recovel7 employer's contribution· as well as the employee's contribution) of moni and any charges referred to in section loa paid or payable br eid-by an employer in respect of an employee employedby or :r:r~, through a contractor and any bonus paid or payable under any taictprjlj coal mines bonus' scheme in respect of any such employee   may be recovered by such employer from the, contractor either by' deduction from any amount payable to the contractor under any contr,act ,or as a debt payable by the contractor - " (2) a contractor from whom the amounts mentioned in subaeetion (1) may be recovered in respect of qny employee employed by or through him may, sav~ as otherwiae provided 3s in the coal mines provident fund scheme, recover from such ep:nployee the employee's contribution under any ~uch scheme by deduction from the wages payable to the employee ,subject to the condition that no such deduction shall be made from , ,~ wases pther than such as are payable in  respect of the 40 period to which the employee's contribution on"~' (3-)' notwithstanding any' contract to the contrary, no contractor ahal1 be entitled, to deduct the employer's contribution --------- ----or the charges or bonus referred to in sub-aection (1) from the amount payable to an employee employed by or through him q1' otherwise to recover such contribution or charges or bonus s ~ auch employee power nco"  lof where an employer makes default in the payment at any contribution or bonus or any charges payable by him under any acl1emeframed under this act, or where any person who i8 required to transfer provident fund act:umulations in accord- 10 ance with the provisions of sectioil 3d makes default in the transfer of such accumulations, the central government may recover from such employer or person, as the case may be, 8i1ch ~amages, not exceeding twenty-five per cent of the amount of ~ars, as it may think fit to impose" is 11 after section iia of the principal act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:-cub if aj:ly diftlculty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this act or any scheme fram~ thereunder, the central government may, by order published in the oftlclal gazette, ~o make such provision or give such direction not inconsistent with the purposes of this act, as it appears to it to be necessary or expedient for removing the diftlcu1ty"  12 in the first schedule to the principal act-amacl mat at pkit schedule (a) in item 2, for the word "employeesutbe words and 2s brackets "employees (whether employed by an employer directly or by or through a contractor) ," shall be substituted; (b) after item 2, the following uem shan be inserted, lwjle1y:-"2a the manner in which employees' contributions 30  uay be recovered by contractors from employees employed by or through such contractors"; (c) for item 4 the following item shall be substituted, namely:-114 the constitution of any committee foramisting the 3s 'd_  "", ii ,pyai 'u ,  (ei) for, item ~, the following item ahall be substituted, namly:~ '~ the opening ot regional and other' omen"; (e) in item 1, tor the words "and the maximum amount of such deduction or forfeiture", the words ",the m8ximum amount of 1uc:!h deduction or forfeiture and the utilisation of such deducted or forfeited amounts" shall be substituted;  "r  1 (f) in item l1, after the word "employer", the words "or contmctor" shan be inserted;  10 (g) far item 14, the following items shall,'be substituted, namely:-"1 sa the manner in which accwriulations in any existing provident fund shall be transferred to the fund under section 3d, and the mode of valuation of any assets which 15 may be transferred by the person administering such provident fund 14 any other matter which is to be provided for in the coal mines provident fund scheme or which may be necessary or proper for the purpose of implementing that 20 scheme" schedule 11 in the second schedule to the principal act,-amend medtot «i) in item 6, after the word "employer", the words "or secodd contractor" shall be inserted; 2s (b) for item 7, the following items shall be substituted, namely:-"m the transfer, by an employer to the fund or any  other fund specified -4 by the central government, of the amount of bonus remaining unpaid or unclaimed for a period of six months from the end of the quarter to which the bonus relates and the extinguishment of the employer's liability to his employees to the extent of the amount so transferred 7 any other matter which is to be provided for in the coal mines bonus scheme or wbich may be necessary or proper for the purpose of implementing that ~heme"t contidu-' "1l the' boiii'd 'of'~codst1tuted udqer the coal,mines pr0-=: vident fwld scheme and functioning immediately befor  -tae com----boud!t --- mencement ,~f this act shall, until the constitution of a b9~ of trutees trustees' under section 3a of' the pnnclpal act as amended by this ¥, be deemed to be tbe, board of trustees constituted under the s tradsfer allervic:e of employees or the u1stinc board to the new board said section sa " , ,   " 15 every person who is employed immediately before' the' commencement of' this act under tibe board ot trustees 'codst1tuted under t!:te ~oal mines provident fund scheme and functioning immediately before such commencement (j1erein~er in this section 10 referred to as the existing board) ahall, on and from such com-~,becgme an employee of the board of trustees, constituted or deemed to be constituted under section 3a of the principal act as amended by this aat (hereinafter in this section referred to as  the- 'di'w':' boam-), and shall hold his: oilce or service under the new j s 'lburd:b;yt'the·same tenure, at the sameremuneratioll ancl upon the same terms and conditions: and with the same· rights and privileges u' to pemion, leeve,gratwty, prowdeat·fudd, and other matters as he would have held the sa~ if this act had oot beg, passed, and shall continue to do so unless and until his employment is terminated 20 or wltil such tenure~ remuneration and terms and conditions are duly altered !by the'new board:' , -~  provided'bat the tenuret remuneration and tej:ms and~nditioda of service of any such person shall not be altered to his disadvantage without the prevjous approval of the central government 2s   statement of objects and rbasonsthe coal mines provident fudd and bonus schemes act, 1948,  me1res provision for the framing of provident fuad and bonus schemes for persons employed in' coal mines the dumber of subsen·bera under the schemes is more than four jalrbs theaccumulations in the fund invested in the central gowrnment -witles amounted to rs 44· 30 crores at tlie end of september, 1964 the act was last amended in 1951 since then the working of the act has revealed certain lacunae which are proposed to be rectifted by means of this bill ,  the main amendments proposed to the original act are as follows:-(i) the existing definitions of the terms 'coal mine', 'employee' and 'employer' are being suitably revised to make them more comprehensive and to bring'them in line 'lv1'th' the amendments made in th~ 'mines act, 1952 and the employees' provident ·funds act, 1952 the teml 'employee'  will now include persons employed by or tbro~gh a contjiactor malis, sweepers, domt!stic servants and teachers employed ,iii or  jn connection with coal mines along with apprentices or trainees who receive stipend or other remude'ration c:iil'8etly from the 'ejilployer are also proposed to be included within the 'deftilition of the tenn 'employee' toanable them to 'get the _neat of provident fund (ii) ia new provision is being made for transfer of provident fund accumulations from other provident funds to coal mines provident fund and vice versa on transfer of the em  ployees from one establishment to another to ensure the continuity of their provident fund   '  -1 (iii) provision is also being made for enhanced penalty of imprisonment up to one year or fine of rs 2,000 orboth for contravention of any of the provisions of the act or the schemes within two years of previous conviction (iv) in view of the difficulties experienced in giving the benefit of the provident fund to the employees employed by or through contractors provijion i8 being made to enable the colitractors to ncover the amount of members' contributiodl r:from such employees and to make it obligatory on the contractors to _ pay to the employer the amount paid by the employers on account of the employees employed through the contractors  (v) provision is also being made for the recovery of damages from the employers in cases of default in the payment of any contribution or any charges under any scheme or in transferring prowdent fund accumulations the bill seeks to give effect to the above proposals new delhi' , asoke kumar sen the 4th march, 1965  president's recommendations under article 117 of the constitution of india[copy of letter no 1 (34) /64-pf-i, dated the 20th ma!reh, 1965  from shri asoke k -ben, minister of law and social security to the secretary, lok sabha] the president of india having been infonned of the subject matter of the coal mines provident fund and bonus schemes (amendment) bill, 1965 has, in pursuance of clause (1) of article 117 of the constitution, recommended the consideration of the bill by the lok sabha  memorandum regarding delegated legislationclauses 12 and 13 of the bill seek to amend the first and second schedules of the cord mjftes provident fund and bonus schemes act, 1"948 which prescribe matters tq be provided for in the coal mines provident fund sche1nes and in the coal mines bonus schemes the matters: proposed to be included in the aafd schedules· inter cilia relate to the manner of recovery of contributions by contractors, the manner in which accumulations in the existing pro-- vident fund shall be transferred to the fund and vice verbci these matters are matters of procedural detail andlhe delegation of legislative power with respect to them is of a nomial character 11 2557 (b) ls-3  annexure extracts from the coal mini's providbnt fmm and bonus schemes act, 1948(46 of 1948) - - - - interpretation z in this act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-- - - - - (b) "coal mine" means any excavation where my operation for the purpose of obtaining coal has· been or is being carried on, and includes all works, machinery, tramways and sidings, whether above or below ground, in or adjacent to or belonging to a coal mine: provided that jt shall not include any part of the coal mine on which a manufacturing process is being carried on unless such process is a process for coke-making or the dressing of minerals; - - - - - (d) "employee" means any person who is employed in any kind of wor!t, manual or otherwise, in or in connection with a coal mine and who gets his wages directly or indirectly from the employer; (e) "employer" means the owner of a coal mine as defined in clause (g) of section 3 of the indian mines act, 1923 " of 1923 - - - - - penalty 9 (1) any scheme framed under this act may provide that any person who contrayenes any of the provisions thereof shall be punishable with imprisonment for a tenn which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both (2) no court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable wtder any such scheme except on a report in writing of the facts constituting such offence made by an inspector with the previous sanction of such authority as may be specified in this behalf by the central government 10 (l) - - - - - - (2) an inspector may, in respect of any coal mine within his 'jurisdictron,~-----' -" ',' "', '---''-(a) require an employer ,'to fumiab such information as he may consider necessary for the purposes of any scheme framed under this act; ,   (b) at any-reasonable time, enter any coal mine or iti ofbce ana require anyone found in charge thereof to produce before him such accounts, books, registers and other documents relating to the employment of persona in the coal mine as he may ,consider necessary; :, 1 i," (c) examine, with respect to any matter relevant to any of the purposes aforesaid, tpe employer, his agent or servant or any other person found in charge of the coal mine or its oftlce or whom the inspector has reasonable cause to believe to be or to have been an employee! in the coal mine  - - - - - - - loa any amount due from an employer in 'respect of any contri-mode of bution or bonus undep any schenf'e framed tinder this act may be rec0gel') recovered by the central government in the same manner as an at money arrear of land revenue from an employer - · ' -  the first schedule (see section 3) matters to be prooided for in the coal mines provident fund scheme - • - • •2 payment of contributions to the fund by employers and by, or on behalf of, employees, the rate, time and manner of such payment and the manner in which such contributions may be recovered  - - - - - 4 the constitutioh of a board of trustees consisting of nominees of the central government and representatives of employers and employees nominated by the central government in consultation with the representative organisations concerned, subject to the condition that the number of the representatives of the employees shall not be less than the number of the representatives of the employers; the number of trustees and the terms and conditions under which they may be nominated, and the time, place and procedure of meet-, ings of the board 5 the appointment at of!lcers and servants of the board and the opening of regional and other offices - - - - - '7 the conditions under which withdrawals from the fund may be permitted and any deductiol\ or forfeiture may be made and the maximum amount of inch deduation or forfeiture - - - - - 11 the registers and records to be maintained by the employer and the returns to be fumdshed by him - - - - - 14 any other matter which may be necessary or proper for the purpose of implementing the coal mines provident fund scheme  'me second schedule(see section 5) mattets to be provided fot in the coal mines bonus scherr&e - - - - - 6 the relisters and records to be maintained by the employer and the returns to be furnished by him ~ any other matter which may be necessary or proper for the purpose of implementing the coal mines bonus scheme a bill further to amend the coal mines provident fund and bonus schemes act, 1948 (shri asoke k sen, minister of law and social secunty) 