In force · As amended up to 2026-08
3. Coal Mines Provident Fund Scheme.
(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, frame a scheme to be called the Coal Mines Provident Fund Scheme a for the
establishment of a provident fund for [1][employees] and specify the coal mines to which the said scheme
shall apply.
[2][(1A) The Fund shall vest in, and be administered by, the Board constituted under section 3A.]
(2) Any scheme framed under the provisions of sub-section (1) may provide for all or any of the
matters specified in the First Schedule.
[Footnotes]
1. Subs. by Act 80 of 1950, s. 4, for "employees in coal mines".
2. Ins. by Act 45 of 1965, s. 3 (w.e.f. 1-4-1966).
Source: India Code