Section 10F
Power to recover damages.
The Coal Mines Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1948
About this Act
An Act to make provisions for the framing of a Provident Fund Scheme, a Pension Scheme, a Deposit linked Insurance Scheme and a Bonus Scheme for persons employed in Coal Mines.
1[10F. Power to recover damages.--Where an employer makes default in the payment of any
contribution or bonus or any charges payable by him under any scheme framed under this Act, or where
any person who is required to transfer provident fund accumulations in accordance with the provisions of
section 3D makes default in the transfer of such accumulations, the Central Government may recover
from such employer or person, as the case may be, such damages, not exceeding twenty-five per cent of
the amount of arrears, as it may think fit to impose.]
Notes
1. Ins. by s. 10, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-4-1966).