1. Short title and extent
[(1) This Act may be called the Coal Mines Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1948].
(2)
It extends to the whole of India * * *.
Amendment notes (3)
- Subs w.e.f. 1-8-1976 . Subs. by Act 99 of 1976, s. 3, for sub-section (1) (w.e.f. 1-8-1976).
- Subs . Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for sub-section (2).
- omitted w.e.f. 1-9-1971 . The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 51 of 1970, s. 2 and the Schedule (w.e.f. 1-9-1971).