"14. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 or in any other law for the time being in force, the services of any officer or other employee employed in a coal mine shall be liable to be transferred to any other coal. mine and such transfer shall not entitle such officer or other employee to any compensation under this Act or any other law for the time being in force and no such claim shall be entertained by any court, tribunal or other authority.'*.
S»c. 1] THE GAZftWE OF INDIA HXtRAOitDlNARY 5 14 of 1947.
Amendment of section 4.
Amendment of section 8.
Substitution of new section for section 14.
Liability of officer or other emplbyee of a coal mine for transfer to anyother coal mine.
THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXflTCAORBINABY [PAHT II— 1*. In section 18 of the Coal Mines Act, in sub-section (2), the words, figures and letters "and simple interest at the rate of four per cent, per annum on such amount shall also be payable by the Central Government to the said owner for the period commencing on the 1st day of Mayr 1973 afld ending on the date of payment of such amount to the Commissioner" shall be inserted at the end.
Amendment of section 10.
15. In section 19 of the Coal Mines Act,—
(o) for sub-section (4), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely: — "(4) The liabilities of the coal mine (not being liabilities arising out of advances made by the Central Government or the Government company), which could not be discharged by the appointed day, may be discharged by the Central Government or the Government company up to the specified date out of the realisations affected before or after the appointed day or out of advances or borrowings made after the specified date and every payment so made shall be included in the statement of accounts as on the date immediately before the appointed day indicating therein the period in relation to which the payments were made and the payments so made shall not be called in question in any court:
Provided that the liabilities in relation to the period prior to the appointed day, which have not been discharged on or before the specified date, shall be the liabilities of the owner of the coal Substitution of new section for section 25.
Hecovery of excess payments made by the Central Government or Custodian.
mine.";
(b) after sub-section (7), the following sub-section and Explanation shall be inserted, namely: — *(S) The statement of accounts audited under sub-section (6) shall be conclusive proof in respect of every matter entered therein unless the contrary is proved.
Explanation.—For the purposes of this section, "statement of accounts" means a statement in the form of receipts and payments, and does not include any statement that may be prepared as a result of the closing and balancing of the books for the preparation of the profit and loss account and balance sheet or any statement prepared in accordance with normal commercial practice.'.
16. For section 25 of the Coal Mines Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely;— '25. Any amount in excess of payments over receipts in the statement of accounts prepared under section 19 shall be deemed to be an amount advanced by the Central Government or the Custodian, as the case may be, for the management of a coal mine during the period in which the management of such coal mine remained vested in the Central Government and the Central Government may make a claim to the Commissioner for such excess payment and such claim shall have priority over the claims of all other unsecured creditors Amendment of section 18.
6 of the coal mine, including those referred to in sub-section (2) of section 22.
Explanation.—In this section, "Custodian" means the Custodian appointed under the Coal Mines (Taking Over of Management) Act,
1973.'.