Recovery of monies by employers and contractors.

    ¹[10E. Recovery of monies by employers and contractors.--(1) ²[The amount of contribution (that is to say the employer's contribution as well as the employee's contribution in pursuance of the Coal Mines Provident Fund Scheme and the employer's contribution in pursuance of the Insurance Scheme)] and any charges referred to in section 10A paid or payable by an employer in respect of an employee employed by or through a contractor and any bonus paid or payable under any Coal Mines Bonus Scheme in respect of any such employee may be recovered by such employer from the contractor either by deduction from any amount payable to the contractor under any contract or as a debt payable by the contractor.
     (2) A contractor from whom the amounts mentioned in sub-section (1) may be recovered in respect of any employee employed by or through him may, save as otherwise provided in the Coal Mines Provident Fund Scheme, recover from such employee the employee's contribution under any such Scheme by deduction from the wages payable to the employee subject to the condition that no such deduction shall be made from any wages other than such as are payable in respect of the period to which the employee's contribution relates.
     (3) Notwithstanding any contract to the contrary, no contractor shall be entitled to deduct the employer's contribution or the charges or bonus referred to in sub-section (1) from the amount payable to an employee employed by or through him or otherwise to recover such contribution or charges or bonus from such employee.]