law: The Coal Mines Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1948
  1. Short title and extent.-
  5[(1) This Act may be called the Coal Mines Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1948].
  6[(2) It extends to the whole of India 7* * *.
  5. Subs. by Act 99 of 1976, s. 3, for sub-section (1) (w.e.f. 1-8-1976).
  6. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for sub-section (2).
  7. 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).