 the coal mines (conservation and safety) amendment bill, 1961 (as introduced in loic sabha on 28th april, 1961)  coamcdida coal mines (consenva'i10n and safen') amendment bill, 1961(to brl  h "ulotlucetl jij lo" sabha) l page 4, uae ll-lor 'rupee ii ollr' read 'rupees four' 2 p  4, line 14,-lor "appnudmately' read 'applqzimately' s p  4, line 35,-for "re ') read'r  '1 4 p8tje 4, liae 81,-/or'tgtal' reoj 'total' netw lwjai, april 27 1961 vgiakjaa 7 lbb3(saka) 198··lsrp -17-4-61/ 1140  the coal mines (conservation and safety) amendment bill, 1961 (as dltroduced in lox sabha)a bill to amend the coal mines (conservation and safety) act, 1952 be it enacted by parliament in the twelfth year of tlle be,tublic of india as follows:-1 this act may be called the coal mines (conserwtion and short dt1e safety) amendment act, 1961 12 of 1952 5 2 in section 3 of the coal mines (conservation and safety) act, :r-:t 1952 (hereinafter referred to as the principal act), after clause (h), met 3 the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:-i (hh) "railway" shall have the meaning assigned to it in the indian railways act, 1890; 10 is (hhh) "safety in coal mines" includes the safety of any railway situated on the surface above a coal mine;' 3 in section 8 of the principal act, in sub-section (1) ,-amandmellt (a) in clause (a), for the words "not exceeding one rupee per ton", the words "not exceeding four rupees per ton" shall be substituted; and 20 (b) for the explanation to clause (b) , the following explanation shall be substituted, namely:-"explanation-coal of selected grade a, selected grade b and grade i means coal graded as sueh by the' board in accordance with the specifications laid down by the central government from time to time" - - a_dmeat 4 in section 13 of the principal act, in clause (4) of sub-section ofeecdoa 130 (3), after the words "or the mine", the words "or a railway" shall be inserted ~; 5 in section 17 of the principal act, for sub-section (4), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely: -5 " (4) every rule made under this act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each house of parliament whlle it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions, and, if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or 10 the session immediately following, both hcmses agree in making any modiftcation in the rule or both houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have eff~ only in such modifted form or be of no effect, as the case may he; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be j s without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule"  statement of objects and reasonsa considerable portion of the additional production oi coal during the third five year plan has to be found by extractmg the high quality coal which is standing on pillars in the jharia and raniganj coalfields as depillaring has to be accompanied by stowing in the interest of safety of life and property and for the codseivation of lhe coal resources, it is necessary to ensure an uninterrupted supply of sand to the collieries the coal board, which is the statutory authority for promoting measures relating to safety in mines and cod-servation of coal, proposes to erect aerial ropeways in tne jharia and raniganj coalfields to facilitate the transport of several milhon tons of sand per annum from the river beds to collieries the: tlnancial resources of the coal board are not sufficient to meet the costs of the ropeway scheme 2 to meet the increasing requirements of coal, it has become necess8l'y to increase the movement of coal by sea to the coastal suites in the south and the west the cost of transport by sea is likely to be higher as compared to that on movement by the all rail rou~ it may be necessary to pay an element of subsidy in respect of the coal moved by sea and this may necessitate an increase in excise duty 3 the objects mentioned in paragraphs 1 and 2 above cannot be achieved within the ceiling prescribed in the coal minea (conservation and safeiy) act, 1952 and it has therefore become necessary to raise the limit of excise duty to rupees four per ton 4 the act, as it stands at present, does not enable the chief lnspector of mines to pass orders for the compulsory execution of pl'ot~ tive measures where the working of a mine endangers the safety of the railway property situated on the surface above ft, dol dot!s it enable the coal board to grant assistance in such cases opportunity has been taken to make provision in this regard also new delhi; the 25th april, 1961 swaran singh the financial implications of the bill are contained in section 3 2 the excise duty mentioned in the coal mines (collservation and safety) act is subject to a ceilmg of rupee one per ton of coal/coke the'cutrent rates of levy are rs 088 per ton of coal and soft coke and as 094 per ton of hard coke the estimated net pro~eed  of this levy which are proposed to be paid! to the coal board during 1961-62 are ri 380 lakhs a statement showing the budget estimates or the coal board under broad headings is attached 3 the present bill proposes to enhance the limit for excise duty from·rttpee'one per ton to rupee four per ton the actual increase in the existing rate of the said duty will be so determined as to yield an additional revenue of approximately rs 700 lakhs per yes: out of this adctitional revenue, approximate!v rs 300 lakhs will de paid into the coal mines safety and conservation fund so as to enable the coal board to meet expenditure connected with t}1e opention and maintenance of the central ropeways project the remaining rs 400 18khs will be utilised by government to subsi'1ise the move'ment of cbal by sea to the coastal states in the south and in the west 4 the amendment to extend the scope of the coal mines (conservation and safety) act to cover the safety of railwa",' pr'>perty would not mean any additional expenditure from the consolidated fund of illdia the expenditure on this account will be met by the coal board from the normal net proceeds of excise duty which are transferred 10 the coal mines safety and conservation fund during each financial year bud,t empllllls 1961-62 of tin upnditur, of tin coal board a aclmidistration of the board rs 16,00000 rs 2,66,00,000 ri 2,00,000 b gndt of stowida materials and other assistance for stowillg operatiollr to owners, agents or dlldlllell of coa1min~b c other meabures connected with the administration of the act re 1,20,00,000 d other mealures taken ill connection with the funherance of the objects 0' the act ri 375,000 eo misceijaneoul total lb 4,0'/75,000 ,  annexure extracts from the coal mines (conservation and saffty) act, 1952 (act no 12 of 1952) - • - •8 (1) with effect from such date as the central government impositiod may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint, there snail be ~~:~~8c levied and collected-(a) on all coal raised and despatched, and on all coke manufactured and despatched, from the collieries in india, such duty of excise not exceeding one rupee per ton as may be fixed from time to time by the central government by notification in the official gazette, and different rates of duty may be levit!d on different grades or descriptions of coal or coke: provided that the central government may, by general or special order, exempt any special grade or grades or description of coal or coke from the levy of such duty of excise; (b) - - - explanation-coal of selected grade a, selected grade b and gnde i means coal graded as such under the colliery control order, 1945  - - - - 13 - - - (3) without prejudice to the provisions of section 19 of the powers of indian mines act, 1923, the chief inspector or any inspector may, by idlpeclori -  of 1923 order in writing addressed to the owner, agent or manager of a coal mine, require him to take such protective measures, including stowmg, in the mine as the chief inspector or the inspector may think necessary, if in the opinion of the chief inspector or inspector-(a) the extraction or reduction of pillars in any part of the mine is likely to cause the crushing of pillars or the pre-mature collapse of any part of the workings or otherwise endanger human life or the mine, or - - - - - power to make ruj- (4) all rules made under the provisions of this act shall be laid, as soon as may be, before parliament  - - - - a bill to amend the coal mines (conservation and satety) act, 1952  the president bas, jn pursuance of clauses (1) and (3) of article 117 of the constitution of india, recommended to lok sabha the introduction and consideratjon of the bill mn kaul, secretary (sardar sfdqtan singh, minister of steel, mines and fuel) - 