Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act : Duty of persons in charge of management of coal mines to deliver

Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act,1973

Act No : 26

Section : Duty of persons in charge of management of coal mines to deliver allassets, etc.

12. Duty of persons in charge of management of coal mines to deliver all assets, etc. (1) On the vesting of the management of a coal mine in a Government company or on the appointment of a Custodian, all persons in charge of the management of such coal mine immediately before such vesting or appointment, shall be bound to deliver to the Government company or the Custodian, as the case may be, all assets, books of account, registers or other documents in their custody relating to the coal mine. (2) The Central Government may issue such directions as it may deem desirable in the circumstances of the case to the Government company or Custodian as to its or his powers and duties and the Government company or Custodian may also, if it or he so desires, apply to the Central Government at any time for instructions as to the manner in which the management of the coal mine shall be conducted by it or him or in relation to any other matter arising in the course of such management. (3) The Custodian shall receive from the funds of the coal mine, in relation to which he or it is the Custodian, such remuneration as the Central Government may fix and shall hold office during the pleasure of the Central Government.