THE COAL MINES LABOUR WELFARE FUND (REPEAL) ACT, 1986 
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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SECTIONS 

1.  Short title and commencement. 
2.  Definitions. 
3.  Repeal of Act 32 of 1947 and dissolution of Housing Board. 
4.  Consequential provisions. 
5.  Power of Central Government to direct vesting of rights in a Government company. 
6.  Continuation of suits, etc., against Central Government. 
7.  Moneys, etc., of the Fund to be credited to the Consolidated Fund of India. 
8.  Collection and payment of arrears of duty. 

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THE COAL MINES LABOUR WELFARE FUND (REPEAL) ACT, 1986 
ACT NO. 27 OF 1986 

[23rd May, 1986.] 
An  Act  to  repeal  the  Coal  Mines  Labour  Welfare  Fund  Act,  1947  and  to  provide  for  certain 

matters incidental thereto. 
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 

1.    Short  title  and commencement.—(1) This  Act may  be  called  the  Coal Mines  Labour  Welfare 

Fund (Repeal) Act, 1986. 

(2)  It  shall  come  into  force  on  such  date1 as  the  Central  Government  may,  by  notification  in  the 

Official Gazette, appoint. 

2. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— 

(a) “the Act” means the Coal Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1947 (32 of 1947); 

(b) “appointed day” means the date on which this Act comes into force; 

(c) “Housing Board” means the Coal Mines Labour Housing Board constituted under section 6 of 

the Act. 

3. Repeal of Act 32 of 1947 and dissolution of Housing Board.—On the appointed day, the Coal 
Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1947 shall stand repealed, and the Coal Mines Labour Housing Board 
shall stand dissolved. 

4. Consequential provisions.—On the dissolution of the Housing Board,— 

(a)  all  rights  and  privileges  of  the  Housing  Board  shall  become  the  rights  and  privileges, 

respectively, of the Central Government; 

(b) all properties, movable and immovable, including cash balances, reserve funds, investments 
and moneys lying to the credit of the Housing Board and all rights and interests in, or arising out of, 
such properties as were immediately before the appointed day, in the ownership, possession, power or 
control of the Housing Board, and all books of account, registers and records and all other documents 
of whatever nature relating thereto, shall vest in the Central Government; 

(c)  all  the  borrowings,  liabilities  and  obligations  of  the  Housing  Board  of  whatever  kind  and 
subsisting  immediately  before  the  appointed  day,  shall  be  deemed  on  and  from  such  day  to  be  the 
borrowings, liabilities and obligations, as the case may be, of the Central Government; 

(d) all contracts entered into, and all matters and things engaged to be done by, with or for, the 
Housing Board and subsisting immediately before the appointed day shall be deemed, on and from 
such day to have been entered into or engaged to be done by, with or for, the Central Government; 

(e)  all  licences  and  permits  granted  to  the  Housing  Board  and  in  force  immediately  before  the 
appointed day shall be deemed on and from such day to have been granted to the Central Government 
and shall have effect accordingly. 

5.  Power  of  Central  Government 

to  direct  vesting  of  rights 

in  a  Government              

company.—Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  section  4,  the  Central  Government  may,  if  it  is 
satisfied  that  a  Government  company  is  willing  to  comply,  or  has  complied,  with  such  terms  and 
conditions as that Government may think fit to impose, direct, by an order in writing, that the right, title 
and interest of the Housing Board in relation to any property shall, instead of continuing to vest in it, vest 
in the Government company (hereinafter referred to as the Government company) either on the date of 
publication of the direction or on such earlier or later date (not being a date earlier than the appointed day) 
as may be specified in the direction, and on such vesting, the liability or obligation, as the case may be, of 
the Housing Board, in relation to such property shall, instead of continuing to be the liability or obligation 
of  the  Central  Government,  become  the  liability  or  obligation,  as  the  case  may  be,  of  the  Government 
company. 

1. 1st October, 1986, vide notification No. S.O. 681(E), dated 19th September, 1986, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, 

sec. 3(ii). 

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6. Continuation of suits, etc., against Central Government.—(1) if, on the appointed day, any suit 
appeal or other proceeding of whatever nature in relation to the Housing Board is pending by or against 
such Board, the same shall not abate, be discontinued or be in any way prejudicially affected by reason of 
the  dissolution  of  the  Housing  Board;  but  the  suit,  appeal  or  other  proceeding  may  be  continued, 
prosecuted and enforced by or against the Central Government or the Government company, as the case 
may be. 

(2) Where, before the appointed day, any cause of action for any suit or proceeding or any right to 
appeal arose in favour of, or against, the Housing Board, and the institution of any suit or proceeding on 
such  cause  of  action  or  the  filing  of  such  appeal  was  not  barred  before  the  appointed  day,  such suit or 
proceeding  may  be  instituted  or  appeal  may  be  filed  by  or  against  the  Central  Government  or  the 
Government company, as the case may be. 

7. Moneys, etc., of the Fund to be credited to the Consolidated Fund of India.—On the appointed 
day,  all  moneys  and  cash  balances  lying  in  the  credit  of  the  housing  account  and  the  general  welfare 
account of the Coal Mines Labour Housing and General Welfare Fund constituted under section 4 of the 
Act, shall become part of, and be credited to, the Consolidated Fund of India. 

8. Collection and payment of arrears of duty.—Notwithstanding the repeal of the Act, the proceeds 

of duty levied before the appointed day under section 3 of the Act,— 

(i) if collected by the collecting agencies but not paid into the Reserve Bank of India; and 

(ii) if not collected by the collecting agencies, 

shall be paid or, as the case may be, collected and paid, into the Reserve Bank of India for being credited 
to the Consolidated Fund of India. 

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