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West Bengal Act XXV

of 1964'

TI473

WEST BENGAL MINING

SETTLEMENTS

(HEALTH AND

WELFARE)

ACT, 1964.

Wcsr

Ben. Act IX of 1973.

Wcsr Ben. Act XLIV O F 1974.

Wcsl

Ben. ACL

XXXTI

of 193 1.

West

Ren.

ACL IX

of 1992.

Art Acr ro provide

for

/rc berter

conrml

alrrl sarliroliorl

of

n ~ i ~ l i t l g

s e t r b ~ ~ e ~ i r s)

\Val

Betlgal.

It

is hcrcby enac~edn the Fifteenth Year of rhc Rcpublic o f India, by

h e Lcgislalure

of Wcsr Bengal, as follows:-

CHAPTER

I.

Preliminary.

1 .

1 )

This

Acr

may hc

called he

Wesr Bengal

Mining

Sculcmenrs

shon

llllc.

(Health and Welrarc) Act, 1964.

exicnlmd

comnlenw-

mnr .

(2)

I t

c x tc n d s Lo the whole

of

West Bengal.

(3) This scction shall comc into forcc at once;

Ihc

rcmainjng sccrions

shsll come

into Ibrcc 011

such

dale

or dalcs as the Slate Gavcrnment

may.

by

notification.

appoinr and,

or

this purpose,

dirrcrcnt dares

may

bc appointed for different scctionsof this Acl or fordiffzren~ rcas to be

specified

in

thc nodficatinn.

2. 1 ) The

Bengnl

Mining

Scl l len~enlsAct .

1912. is

hereby

~ ; ~ ~ ; { l l

repealed: of 1 ~ 1 1 .

Provided that-

i ) any

mining scttlcment

dcclarcd,

Mincs

Board or

Health

appoinred, Iimils

defined,

appoin~rncnt,ule by-law or ordcr

made, norificalion or notice

issucd, expenscs

charged

or

assessed, or conlract cnlcred

into under

the

said Acl, shall,

so far

as

may

bc, bc

deemed 10 have becn respecrivcly

declared, cs~ablishcd,defined, made, issucd, charged or

assessed,

or cnlered inro

under

this

Acl;

i i ) any legal

proceeding

commenced under the said A C L

ay bc

conlinucd as if

h c

said

Acr

had nor been rcpcaled;

'For

Sra~crnmrr

Objccls

and thr:

R u w n s

and

h e

inancial Mrmomdum,wc the Clrhufla

Gteerre.

Errrrrlrrdirrrrn

of the 6rh

Novernkr.

1962, PI.IVA.

pagc

3 5 9

and

pagc

3260.

rcspcctivcly; tor

~ c ~ d r l

ilhc Joint

Coinmillcc,

sce lhc Cu/clrlm

Gu:rfrc,

Err rn o d i ~ ru q b o f

lllc ?91hJuly. I*, R. VA . pages 2351-1370 lor prorrcdingoTrhc W C S ~engal Ltgistadr ~

Asse~nbly.ree rhc p m d i n g s o r t h c n m r i n g s o f h ~ w a b l y

k l d

o n ~h e lhAugusr. 1963,

and 18rhwd 2Is1Seplrmhw,l9&;uld C a r p d i n g s orlhcWesr Bengd Lrgislati\,e

Council,

xecthz pmw dings o r h c rnccungs o f 1ha1Coun cil hcldan the 19rh August. 1963 and h c 6 l h

Ocrokr,

1964.

T h e

remains

scciion

c m c

inlo rorcc

in ccflain

arcas

on [he

Isi January. 1968 ride

Nolificalioh No. PHlh34.llZA-18166, daicd the 15th Decembzr, 1967, published in Ihc

Ctllct~rrn nrrae. Ev.rrraflrrlirln~,I. I f thc 19ih Dcccmber. 1967, page 3291.


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Tfle

Wcsr Be11gaI

Mi~li trg

ettlell~etlrs

Heo l t l~

r~ d

W e b r e )

Act.

1964.

(West

Bcn. Act ';

Cl~npttlr --Prelirrrirmn -Se~.liorts

3, 4.)

. .

, . . . .

I - - - - - . . ;.

. .

, ,

. ..

..

.

- .

. -

. -

. .

. - .

i i i )

the

State

Govcmrnent

may, y notification,

abolish any such

.

Mines Board of

Health

or

r c c o n s t i ~ u ~ c

t

in

accordance

with

~ h crovisions

or his

ACI.

(2)

All propcnics.

movablc or

immovable

and all

intercsls of

whal-

ever nalurc

or kind

thcrcin,

held by or

on behalf of any

Mines Board o r

Heallh appoinrcd

under

thc Bengal

Mining Sctrlemcnts

Acr, 1912, hall

Ben. Ac[

11

or 1912. . .

cnntinue

to bc

vcsred in

such Board, bcing a

Board

dccmed undcr

.

.

clausc (i)

1

~ b c roviso

to

sub-scction

( I ) lo

have bccn

eslablishcd

. .

undcr

this ACI, and, where

a

nolification abolishing or rcconstilu~ing

. .

,

. .

. .

,

,

. .

.

such

Board i s

issued

undcr

clause (jii)

of he

proviso

to

sub-scction

(I), .

.

,

. ..

. ,

, . ,

. - .

. ,:

shaIl srand

[ransicrred on and from sudl d a ~ c

nd to

such other

Mincs

- . . - . -

Board

of Heallti,

whether

eslablishcd under scc~ion or dccmcd under

clausc (i)

of

rhr proviso lo sub-scclion

(1)

to ha ve been cs~ablished

under

r h i s

Act, js

may

bc

specified

i n

the

notification.

Dcfiniliuns.

3. In

this

~ c t ,nlcs there

is

ahy[hing repugnant

in

the subjccl w

context,-

(a) Board m e a n s a Mines

Board

of Health

cs~ahlishedor

deemcd

10 have been

established

under

this

ACI

and

when

used in

rcIn~iono a

mining

settlement

means

thc

Board

for

such

mining

sct~lement;

(h)

"no~ification"

means a

notification

published in

the

Oficiul

.

Gnze~te ;

(c)

" ~ w n e r ' ' ,wllcn used

in relalion to

a minc, rneansany person

who

is in

occupation

of the mine

or any pan

thercof

and

camcs on the

business, or

is a contracror

lor ~ h c

orking,

1

such

mine or part and, except

for

the

purposcs o f

seclion 27,

incIudcs

I he

Govcromcnt:

. . . .

..

. . . . .A . ,

j .: .

..

.

,

Providcd thur:

wl~ e r e n y

person

is

deemed, undcr [he

, .

. . .

- ,

proviso i o

scclio~i

6of

thc Mines ACI ,

1952,

to be thc

owner

35 of 1952.

'

of

n mine for

thc

purposes o i

hat ~ i ,uch

person

shall

be

. . .

.

. . . , ,

dccmcd to

bc thc

owner

o r thc

mine also for the purposcs or

. . ,

. .

, -

. , .

[his

Acl;

(d) "prescribcd" mea ns prescribed

by rulcs made by the Srare

G u vcmrn en ~ ndcr rhis

Acl;

(c)

the

cxprcssions "crnployed" and "mine" have t he samc

mcaning as in thc

Mines Aci, 1952.

I

4.

1 )

Whcnever

i t

appdnrs

lo

lhc

State Govcrnrnent

that

i t

is

necessary in the pub1

c

inlercst

to

providc for the planned

construction

of

buildings

and

slructures,

propcr sanitation and

waler

supply and

prcrcntion

o r

[he outbreak

and sprcad of

epidcmic diseases,

in

any

area,

nor being or

not

forming part ofanymine, within

which

pcrsons employcd

in a

mine or mines

residc,

the Srarc

Government

may publish

i n

thc

ficial Gazette n

noticc

or

its intention to

dcclare

such

arca

to be a

m;n:n. - .Inmnn

,- -.,,.,*..-.. .

.t

,

1


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XXV of

1964.1

Clraprel- .-Prc/irt~ir~rr)~-Secliorr5.-Clraprer 11.-The

Mirres

Board of

I i e a l r ~ t . S e c r i o t ~ l s

,

.)

(2)

A

noticc

under sub-sccrion

(I) s l~a l l cfine the limils

oT

the area

inlendcd lo hc declared 10 bc

a

mining setilcrncnt and

shall

spccify a

pcriod w ilhin

which

any objrclion or

suggescian

in regard

10

hc intended

declararion may be submiurd by any person

10 hc

Stare Govcm menr fur

irs

consideration.

,

(3) On [he

expi ry

of

the

period

Tor submi t ring ob jec t ions or

suggcs~ ions pecified in

a

nolice published under sub-scction (1) the

Stare Governmcnt

may,

a i ~ e r onsidering

the

objcclions

or suggestions,

if ny, in regard

to the intended

dcclaralion submitled to it within

such

pcriod, by

notiiication,-

(a) withdraw

thc

notice, or

(b)

declarc

that

the

area,

thc limits whereof

have

been

defined

in thc notice, or such

par1

thereof

as may be

specified in the

nolilicarion,

shall,

for I hc purposes

of

[his

Act,

be a

mifling

s c ~ t l e m e n ~ .

(4) Thc

Sta[c G o v e m m c n ~

may,

by like notilico~ion

ssucd

following

tr~[~ratiF

I I I I I U I I ~ ~ Shc procedun:

laid

down

i n

thc foregoing sub-scction,

add lo or alter the arca included in a mining se[tlemcnr.

5.

The

provisions of this ACLhalt no1 apply to any arca included

Applica~ion

o c n . ~ c r ~ ~

i hin a municipality constilured uodcr

[he

provisions o f thc BcngnI

of

1931. Municipal

Act.

1932.

CHAPTER

11.

The

Mines Board

of Healih.

6.

1 ) The Stare Government may,

by

n o t i k a r i o n , c s ~ a b l i s h

~ t ; l b l i ~ h -

Mincs

Board of

Healrh

for

a

mining seltlemenl.

mcnl

and

incorpomion

9) T i c Board shall, by

h c

name of \hc Mincs Board

or

Hcallh

of

:Lzs

he mining settlemcnl

for

which iL

is

established,

bc

a body corporate

~ e a l ~ h .

and shall

have

pcrpcrual succession and a common scal with power lo

hold and acquire property, boil^ movablc ant1 immovable, and, subjecl

to such resiric~innss

may

hc prescribed, LO

transfer

any such properly

held

by

i~ and to do all o ~ h c r ings n e c e s s q For [he

purposes

of his

Acl,

and lo sue and bc sucd in ils cprporatc oame.

7.

(1) A Board shaIl consist

of

nor

lcss

than sixteen and not more Constituiion

rhan scvenrccn members as ro1lows:-

of Eoard

and

~ c mf

'(a) four members

lo

bc nominaled by rhc Coal Mines Aulhorily oIIicr or

Limited, 10. Carnac Streel, Calcutla-700 017, oi whom one

mc 'hrs.

shall bc a Coll iery Manager;


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The

Wesr

Betrgal

Mirrirlg Se~rlct~ierrfsHccrltl~

nrzd W e b r e )

A ct

1964.

I

[Wesl

Ben. Act

(Cl~opte r

1.-T11e Milrcs

Board of Hc~airl~.-Sectio~t

.)

'(b) onc membcr to be norninarcd by h e Bharat

C o ~ k i n g

oal

Li n l i ~cd .

Sijua, Dhanbad;

(c)

onc member

lo

bc elected by thc mcmbers f thc Wesl Bengal

Branch of the Indian Medical Association froin amongs

mcdical

practitioners

regisrcrcd

under

any

law

for the

rimc

bcing in

forcc and residing or carrying on prorcssion wilhin

the mining se~tIcmcnl;

(d) t hc Coal Mines Wclfare Commissioner, err-oficio:

(e)

not

less

than

ninc

and not

morc than ten rncmbers to he

appointed

by

rhc Slate Governmcnl

of

wl~om-

(i) onz s l~a l l c

a

Diskjct Magisrrare having jurisdiclion

within [he mining settlement:

(ii) two

shall

hc

members

n l

he S ~ a l e

egisl;uure residing

wilhin,

or

rcpresenl ing

n

rerriloriai

conslituency

exlending over [he

whole or

any part

of,

[he mining

se l~ lcmcnl ;

i i i )

one

shall be a mcmber of thc

Zilb

Parishad having

jurisdiction within lhe mining se~tternenl;

( iv) one shall bc

a

woman social worker;

(v) two shall

bc

persons reprcscnring rninc

labourers;

and

(vi) nor

less

than

two

and not more lhan threc shall b e

s u c h

persons

as the Sratc

Govcrnment may

think

f i t .

( 2 ) The rime and m a n n e r of

election

of mcmbers undcr

sub-

scclion

I )

shall

bc such

as

may

be prcscrikd.

(3) If any of thc electoral bodies men~ioncd n sub-scction (1) fails

to elect the rcquisile numbcr of

mem

bcrs wilhin the

proscribed

period,

the Stale Govcrnment shall fill

up

the scal

or

seats by appointment

of a

person

or

persons eligible for elccdon by such body and

any

person so

appointed shall

hc

deemed

to

bc

a

member

or

thc Board

as

i f

hc

had been

duly elcctcd

by

such body.

(4) An nppointed or elecred mcmbcr of he

Board

shall

hold

office

for

a

tcrm of four years from rhe datc of the Erst mccling of

the

ncwly

fom~cd

Board ahcr

a

gcneral

election

of members,

at which

a

quorum

is

prescnl:

Provided

lhai

i f

rhe

S t a ~ c

overnment thinks

f i ~

o

lo

d o

for

special

reasons to

be specirtcd, it

may, by

nolificarion

in

the Oficial

C t ~ z e r [ e ,

extend

111e

said t c m of four

ycats

by

such

period or

periods,

no1

exceeding

one year in h e aggregorc, as i~may consider necessary.

'C13use [b)

was substiturrd for

original

c l ~ u s c y s. 2(ii) o i rhe \trcsr Bcngal

Mining Sclllcmcnlr (Hralrh

and

WclTue)

(An~ndnlcn1)Act.

1974 (\Ycsr Bcn.

ACIXLlV


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X X V

of

1964.1

(Clioprer 11.-The

hfitres

Boo

rd

fHealr11.-Scc~ions

8-

10.)

( 5 ) The term of four y c x s referred lo

in

sub-scclion (41, or, if rhc

said term is exrcndcd under the proviso

[o

that sub-section then.

the

~crm o cx~cnded, hall be

held

l o

include any

period

which

may

elapse

bcrwecn the cxpiry

oFrhc said [ em or e~lended

erm,

w the

casemay

be,

and ~ h cate of the ljrst mccring of the newly formed Board ar which a

quorum is present.

8. The Starc Government shall

appoint two of

[he membcrs

of

a

Board to bc the Chairman and rhc Vice-Chairman respectively of [he

Board.

9.

1 )

The Chainnan or thc

Vice-Chairman

or any

other

member

o r

n

Board'may resign

his

officc

by

giving

nolice

in

wri~ing-

(a) in the

case

of

he

Chairman of a Board,

lo

lhe Slatc

Govcmmcn

t.

and

b) in the casc

of

hc Vice-chairman or any ohcr m e r n k r of

a

Boxd, 10

[hc

Chairman of

[he

Board who shall forlhwith lay

thc

notice before the Board,

and such

resignalion shall

take

effect

from

the dare

on which [he

resignarion is accepted by the

State

Governrnenr or

the

Board as the

case may bc.

( 2 )

Leave

of abscncc may

be

granted-

(a)

to

the

Chairman

of

thc

Board, by

the

Sralc

Government,

and

(b) lo I hc Vicc-Chairman or any orhcr member

o f

the Board, by

h c Board.

C h m

and Vice-

C h i n u .

Resignation

o l

the

Chairman.

Vim

Chaimwn

md olhcr

mmlxrsor

ihc B o d

md

filling

o fmu? l

v m n a c s .

(3) CasuaI vacancics i n he

office

o f

thc

Chairn~art, he Vicc-

Chairman

or any appointed or elec~ednernbcr of

[he

Board may bc filled

up by appointment

or

eleclion, as the

case may

be. in thc same manner

in

which

the pcrsons, in

whose

seats such casual vacancies occur,

wcrc

appointed or clccted and any person appointed

or

elected to fill any

such casual vacancy shall

hold

off~cc or rhe remainder of thc term

o f

office

or

the person in

whasc

place

he

is

so

appoinlcd or

elec~ed.

. ,

,

- .

- . . .

. ,

. . . .

10.

Subjeci

to such

conditions

as

may

be prescribed, a Board may,

k l c g a i o n

far rhc [ransac~ion f business under his Act. or the

rules,

by-laws or

regulations madc thereunder or lor the

purpose of

making any order

o r B o v d t o

aulhorised thercby,

delega~c

o thc

Chairman of the Board

such of

the

Ihehi--

powers

or duries of h e Board

under

h s or h c

rulcs,

by-laws or

ragularions made thereunder as the Board may think

61.

and

may, a1any


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Tile

I l 'est

Ber~ggalMir l i ~ lg ertlerrre/~tsHealrlr a~ lt lVeyure)

Acr,

1964.

[West Den. Act ]

~ l c g ~ l l u r l

ofpllt \eo

and

dulics

orchairman

In Vlct-

C11air111:ln.

Puscrs

a ~ ~ d

durics

or

Hcnlth

OlliL Y ~ d

Smirary

Inspxlors.

(C lza pte r 11.-The

Mines

Board oJ Hcalr11.-Sectiot~ I

.-

Clrtrpter

II1.-Establis~~rr~errt.Secriorrs

2-14.)

11.

Subjcct

lo

such

condi~ions

as

may bc

prescribed,

the Chairman

or

n

Board

may by ord er in rvri l ing dcl cga ~co thc Vice-Chairm an or a ny

orficcr of he Board such of

h c

powers

or duues assigned 1

him

by this

Act

or the

rules, by-laws

or regulalions

made

rhcreunder as hc

may

think

fit, and may, 1 any lime, in like manncr withdraw or modify any such

dclcgalion.

CHAPTER

111.

Establishment.

12. (

A

Board shall appoint

a Healrh Officcr

or, if

so

rcquired

by

the State Govcrnmcnl, more

rhan

one HcaIth Officcr for the mining

settlement.

(2)

Such Hcalth Oflicer or Health Olliecrs shall

be

appoinled in

consultalion with

the

Stare

G o v crnmcn~

rom amongst the members

of

the Wen Beltgal Hcalth

Scrvice

on

such

terms and condirions as may

be

prescri bcd.

(3) Whcrc morc rhan

onc

Health O f i c e r are appoinrcd fur a mining

sc~[ lcrncm,he area over which each such olliccr shall have jurisdiction

shall be specified in

the

ordcr of appoinlmenl.

13. 1 ) A

Board

may,with the approval or

[he

Statc Govcrnmcnl.

delerrnine rhe number of Sanitary Inspeclors and other officers and

se rvan l s

necessary

[or i ls adrninislration

and

f i x

rhc

solnrics

and

allowances

10

bc

paid

to lhetn.

(2)

The

Board sha l l

havc the

power

to appoinr

s u c h

Sanitary

Inspectors and other officers and scrvants ns arc rcrcrred ro i n sub-

seclion 1 ) .

(3) In appoint ing Sani lary Inspectors atid other of f i cc r s and

servants ihc Board may

specify

the area

or arcas

ovcr

which thcy

shall

cxcrcisc jurisdiclion.

14.

(1) A Healrh Officcr shall

exercise

wilhin the

area

undcr his

jurjsdiclion the

powers

conrcrrcd on hlrnand perform the dutics imposcd

upon him

by or under

this Acl. and such other powers and dutics consislen~

with the ohjecls or [his Act as tlie Slate Governmcnl or thc Board

concerned

may,

y

general or

spccial

ordcr,

specify.

(2) A Sanitary [nspcctor shall, in respect of any

area

within [he

mining sen le tnen~ or

which he

has becn appointed. be subordinate to

the

Health Officer

having

jurisdiction over such

area

and shall perronn

such dutics

and

cxcrcisc such powers

as

may

be

conrerred upon him

by

or undcr this Acl or

may

be delegated lo

him

by ~ h c

calrh

Officer

- - .


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T l i p

IVrxt Bc~rgnlMirring Sclrleit~er~rsHeoltlr nrrd \ Y L ' ~ I I P )

Act, 1964.

XXV of 1964.1

(3)

Evcry

Hcnlth

Orficer

or Sanilary

Inspccror or

such

olher officer

o f

a Board

as

~ n a y

e

specified

in this bchalr by

die

S ~ a i e ovcrnmcnl

may, wirhin ~ h c

rca

over rvhich lie

has

urisrlictim,--

(a) make such inquirics as hc may rhink f i t n ord rr to ascertain

whcthcr ~ h crovisions of this Act and

of

~ h c

ules,

by-laws

and

ordcrs

made thereunder

are nbservcd;

(b) etller, with such assistanrs (if any) as he may think El. and

i n spc c~ ny placc within such

area

at all rcasonab le

l imes by

day or

by nighr;

(c) ma ke inquirics

rcgxding

t

hc

sanitary condilion of suc h arcn;

and

(d)

do all

things ncccssary for

the

due

dischnrgc or the duijes

imposed upon him

by

or

undcr

h i s

Act

CHAPTER

IV .

Dutics d o w n e r s and

occupiers

of

lands, buildings

or

slruciurcs in

mining

settlements.

15.

(I) Buildings and slrucrurcs consrruc cd i n

any

area ailcr thc

dcclara~ion

hereor as a

mining scttlcmcnt

under

section

4

shall con lorn

to such condiliuns o sanita~ion,water supply,

sarcly

of

the dwellers

thcrcin

and

public heallh as may

be prcscribcd.

(2)

If

n

Board

is

satisfied

rhal

an y building or s~i-ucturewi l j~ in he

mining

setrlement end angcrs [he

safely

of

the dwellers thcrcin, it

may,

a r ~ c r

iving the owner

an opporruni~y f

showing cause

against ~ h c

ulion

proposed

to

be

lakcn

under

[his sub-seclion, order

tbc

dcmolilion

of such

building or

slrucrurc:

Providcd [hat n o such

order

shalI be exccutcd unlil a r ~ e rhe expiry of

the

period

o r appeal

or

until

any appeal Llcd against

i r has

bccn disposcd

.

(3)

Whcre

any building or slruclurc,

which

was conslrucled

bcforc

rllc dcclaralion of [he

arca

in which

i t is

s i iu a~e s a mining sct~lem ent

under

scclion 4, is so

demolished, the Board shall pay to the

owner of

suc h

building

or

structure compcnsarion, to hc determined

by

such

authority

as

ihe StaIe Govcm mcnr may,

by

notificauon, spccily

in

this

hehal r , for rhc n c ~ u a l oss susta ined by hi m an account of such

demol i~ ion .

Bui1dinp.s

md

SlllElUWS

coruslructed

wiihin mining

scnknunh

to

conforni 10

p ~ c r i b r d

cond~hons n d

p o i c r

of

Roxd

10

dsrnolish

buildings

and

s~rucrurcsn

ccnain

c a t s .

16.

Any

person

aggricvcd by an order under sub-secrion (2) or by

A p p l .

rhc

dccision

of rhc uu~hority eferred to in sub-sccrion

(3) nf

seciion

15

may,

within lllirty Jays fro111 the dale of h e ordcr or dccision

of sucli

. I . . -. 1

I - . - - .


9/21

Powcr lo

rcquirc

owner ur

1alid.crv..

I0

C?;CCIIIC

\\.t~rli' i

and

canyon

o ~ x n l i o ~ i s .

Tlre

IVfnsr

H e r ~ g a iM i ~ ~ i l i gert1errrenr.r (Ifei~lrlr~ n r lVe&irc)

Acr, 1964

[West

Ben.

Act

17.

Every person o ~ ~ f l i n g

r

occupying

any

land , building

or

strucnrre

within a mining ser~lcm cnr hall fu rn i sh the Hea l~ l~fficcr or Sanitary

Inspeclor or

s u c h

orhcr officer or s c r v a n ~ frhc B o d as may he specihcd

i n [his

bcha l l

by Ihc Stale Government, on requisition, with all reasonablc

facilities For en~e r ing pon

such

land,

building

or srructure and

for any

inspcction, cxarnina~ion r inquiry undcr {his

Acl

or the rules or

by-laws

~ n a d e h c re u n d cr .

18. Subjccl ro

such

resrric~ions s may be prescribed, a Board may,

on I hc r econ t~nenda~ ionf rhc HeaIth Officer

or

nlhcrwisc, undertake

i n thc tnining se rr lcn~c nl uch measurcs as

i

considers necessary

lo

prov

dc Tor-

(i) thc supply

of

Fil~cred r othcr wnlcr;

(ii) saniralion, drainagc,

conservancy,

maintenance

of

public

l ~ c a l i l ~

nd prevention or abalenient of

nuisances;

(iii)

rile

housing

or

rcsidcnrs

i n

the

mining

se~tlemenl ,whelher

pcnnanenl

or

rempor,uy;

(iv) prcvcn~ i ng he o u t b r c ~ k nd spread of, and comhating,

cpidcmic and

other

discnscs:

v) [he propcr

trealrncnt

of thc sick by the establishment

and

milin~cnance

f

hnspitals

and dispensaries and a medical

sfaffi

v i )

the

reguIar

inspcc~ion

f

Food-slufTs

exposcd for

sale

in

the

mining sculen~ent nd rcporl LO

rood

inspectors

appointed I

..

:

37of 1954.

under [lie Prevcnlion of

Food

Adulteration

Act,

1954;

I :

9

r . . : -

. . .

(v i i ) [he registra~ionof births, deallis and

diseases

in lhe mining

scrtlemen[;

,

.

(vii i) rhc cm yi ng out gcncrall y of thc purposes of

[his

Act.

19.

I ) I

a

Board

is

satisfied that rhl: ncccssity f or the measurcs to

be

rakcn

Tor

iiny

of the purposcs specified

in section

18 is d i s ~ i n c ~ l y

referable

to

nny

ncl or oniission on

[he

par1of the

owner

or occupier of

any land, build~ngor srrucrurc within

rhe mining

set t lemcn~.

he

Board

may,

by a notice specifying thc measures 1 bc rakcn, rcquirc such

owner

or

cccupicr,

as

lhc

casc

niay

be,-

(i) ro c xc u t c wi th in a period

LO

be fixed i n thc nolicc, such

works as Ihc Board may consider necessary,

(ii) to mainlain

in

good repair any

wmk

zxeculrd

in accordance

wirh such

nolicc,


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XXV of 1 9 ~ . 1

(2) If a

Board i s s a ~ i s t e dhal in order l o prevenl or abate

a nuisance

i d f ~ c t i n ghe public heallh il is

necessary ha^ any

own er or occupier of

any

land, building or struclurc

in any pan

of thc m i n i n g s c u l e n ~ c n ~hould

lakc any llicasures will1 rcspccL IO any such land, building or swucLurc

belonging to him or i n his possession or

under

his managemenl, [he

Board

may by

norice rcquirc such pcrson to rakc such mcuurcs ar his

own cspense.

3 )

If

i n any of the cases

referred

o n sub-secrions (1) and (2)

[he

Board

i s

silrisficd thal immcdiarc a c~ io ns ncccssary, [he

Board may,

or

reasons to

be

recorded by i t in wrjling, by

a

nolice specifying [he measures

lo be laken and ~hees limate d xpenses thereof(if

any), declare

ils intention

oTirscIC~aking

uch

mcilsurcs a1 thc cxpensc of rhc owncr o r occupicr of

the land,

building or

structure conc erned.

20.

(1 )

A n y

per son w h o

is rcquircd by a notice

u n d er

sub- Objpcrion I

agunst

section 1 ) or sub-secrion (2) of secrion 14 to take

any

measures,

may

wuisilion,

prefer an objection

in

wi lin g ro [he Board within M ee n days from [he

d a ~ cf scrvicc

or

~ h colicc on him.

I

(2) The Board

may,

a f ~ e r

onsidering

[he objec tib~lsif any) preferred

under sub-section

I ) ,

withdraw, m odify

or

confirm the nolicc.

i

21. Subjccl lo rhc provisions of scclion 22, where

a

norice is rnodificd

or confirmcd

under

sub-scc~ion

2)

orscclion 20, if any

mcasurcs

requircd

lo be laken by the nolice, as so modified or confirmed, be not raken, lo

the sarisfaclion of the Board wirhin the pcriod fixed by the nolice,

or

wilhin su ch furrher

p c d d

(iT any)

as

may

bc allowcd

by

thc

Board,

or if

any work executed in carrying out such measures be not mainrained in

good

rcpair ro [h e satisFaction of [he Board,

or where,

in

any case, the

Board has dcdilrcd its intcnlion oritselr raking

any

mcasurcs undcr sub-

scclion 3 ) f seclion 19,the Board may cause such measures to be laken

or such rcpairs efreclcd in such manncr as Ihc Board may think l i t , and

the expcnses incurrcd ~ hc rc for liall

be

recoverable from

h e

defaulring

owncr or occupier

of

the land, building or srruclurc concerned, as apubl ic

dcmnnd.

Powcr

lo

earcute

aorl;.

clc.,

indebulr

or

owncror

occupicr and

10

#COVCC

cxpcnscs.

22.

Any

person aggrieved by a n y d e c l a r a ~ i o nmade under sub-

A p W r r o l n

dcclm~ions

scction

(3) of sccdon 19 or

by

an ordcr

passed

under sub-seclion (2)

of

secrion

20

may

appeal

to the Com missioner of th e Division wirhin which

under

~ h c ining scl llemcnr is siru a~c i lhin lhiny days from rhc date or such

~ : g ~

declaration or order: 20 ?).

Provided rh n~ hc filing of such an appcal shall

not

by i tscli operate,

unless

the

Conl~nissioncro direcls, as a sray of execulion of any work to

be

execuled in carrying oul any measures by the Board during the

n ~ n r l ~ n r x ~

f

l l l r ~ n n ~ i l -


11/21

Tlre \Vest

Berig01

k1i11Llg

Senlerrre~irs

Hen1111olzd lVe&~rr)

Acr,

1964.

[West Bcn. Act

Providcd

funher

that

whcrc

any work

i s

execured

during

thc pendcncy

of

any such

appcnl and

rile appeal

i s

subscqucntly allowcd , the costs of

execution shall be

borne by thc

Board.

I~nposi~ion

23.

I ) For (he purposc ofmccling [he expenses

o

be

incurred by

a

of kt,walcr

n ~ cnd

Board under

this

Act, lhe Board may, in such manncr and subjecl to

cn1'cn'311cy

such [C~IIIS and cnndi~ions s tnay be prescribed, imposc

and

asscss on

talc.

the

owners

oT;1

minc

or mines,

thc employees

of which

reside

within

the

mining settlemenr, afrcr giving such owners an opporlunily oC

bcing

heard,--

(3) a fcc payable

by

all such owners, and also

(h)

a

water

raie and

a

conscrvancy

raie,

payable by

the

owners

of mines thc

crnployees of

which reside within

thc

xca or

areas

in

respec1 of

which

provision has

been

madr: by thc

Board-

(i) in rhc case of tva~er

itc,

fur

rhc

supply

of

walcr, and

i i ) in thc cnsc of conservancy ratc, for rhc

cleansing

of

p r i v a ~ eatrines, urinals and cesspools.

(2) The assessmentorrhc rcc, walzr

nre

and conservancy r a ~ eefcrrcd

ro

in

suh-section

(1)

shall be made, on the basis 01

quantiry

of annual

ourpur of [be mine, a~

buch

ram, no1 exceeding.-

( j) in [he case

oC ~ h ccc, '[rupees

one hundred] per hundrcd

mcrric

Lonncs.

i i )

in ~ h casc of [he

water rate, Iifiecn paisc

pcr rncuic ronne,

and

(iii) in

the case

of

rllc conservancy rale, ~w en ty - i ivc aisc per

mcrric ronne,

a s

hc Board may f ix w irh ~ h c rcvious approval of

the

Sratc

Government.

(3)

Thc

fcc,

water

rate

or

conscrvancy

rate,

imposed

under

this

secrion, shall be recovcrahlc as r public demand.

'The

words

nlprrs rony" wrrr firs1 substirurcd

for

thc

words

"rupres Len" by s. 2 oTIhc

Wesi Rengal Mining Sctllcmlrnis

(Hdth

and WEIh r c ) (Arncndm ent) ACI, 19B1 W-1 Bcn.

.4cl

X X X l I or

1981).

Thcrcnhcr, the

words

"rupees one hundrcd"

scrc

subsrirurcd

lor

Iht:

tvords ' '~ IJXCS Iorry"

by

S.

2

of [he Bengnl Mining Sct~lcrncnls

Hmlrh

and

\Velfm)

. . ... - . .-... , A - . >


12/21

The \V..FI B e ~ ~ g o li itlg S e r r l e t ~ ~ e t l ~ sHcalrlr orrd Ii+&rc)

Acr, 1964.

X X V of 19a.1

(4) Subjccr to the

approval of the Slalc Govcrnmcnt the

Board may,

on s uch Lrrms as may

be

prescribed, supp ly rvatcr or icnd cr

conservancy

scrviccs io privatc pcrsnns, Railway Authorily. local au~horir ics

nd

industrial conccrns within thc mining scrtlemen~s.

24. 1 ) Whcn a ny land whcthcr within or witlloul rlle litnils of a Acquisi~ion

mining scrllcrncnt i s rcquircd for

thc

purposes of this Act, the Stare

govern men^

may,

on rhc application of thc

Board,

proceed 10 acquire ir

1

or 189-1.

under

lhe provisions 01the

Land Acquisalion Acl,

1894.

(2)

Thc

Board shalt be bound lo pay LO the Statc Govcmm cnt

thc

expenscs o i acquiring

; m y

and Inr

the Board on

iu applicalion undcr

he

provisions

o f

sub-section

I ) .

Such

cxpcnscs

s l ~ a l l

nc l ude

[he

compensation

nwnrdcd undcr thc Land Acquisition ACI. 1894,

~ h c

hargcs

incurred by the Statc Govcmmenl in acquiring the land and hc costs, if

any, jncurrcd by rhc S1a1uGovcrnment in proceedings, subsequcn~o thc

acquisition,

rclating to ~ h cnhanccm ent of the

award

for the land.

(3) Thc Statc Gov crnmcnl shall. on payment-to i r

by

lhe Board of

[he expenses rc lc r rcd ro

in

sub-scction 2), elating to the acquisition of

;my and,

by

no tific a~i on, vest the land in thc Board,

and

thereupon [he

land shall vest

i n

the

Board

free

from

all incurnbranccs.

CHAPTER V.

Thc

Mining Settlcrnent

Fund.

25.

1 ) Every mining seltlcmc nl shall

have

a rund to be called "Lhe

ThcMininl:

Scnlcrncnl

Mining

Sertlemeni

Fund". Such fund shall

bc

vcs~cd

n

[he

Board, and

h e r e shall

hc

placed

lo

the cr ed j~ hc r eo f-

(a)

all sums charged and received

by

the Board undcr

ihc

provisions of this Acr;

(1)) all sums

paid

ro ~ h c

o x d

out o i hc Consolidared

Fund

of

th c S ~ a t c

y

thc Stntc Govcrnmcn[

aod

all sums borrowrd

by

901-1914.

[he

Board

under [he Local A urhoriucs

Loans

Act, 1914. fc~r

lhe purpose of carrying out rhc provisions

or

l ~ i sAct;

c) dl grants received from

any

local aulhoriiy, associaiion or

privale person;

(d) a l l sums rcalizcd as

cxpenscs,

rces, fines, penalties

or

otherwise under th is Act

or

the ru lcs

or by- l aws

mndc

thereunder;

(e)

all olhcr sums rcceivcd by or on bchalf of lhe

Board.

(2) Tllc cuslody and lhc invcsrrncnl

o f

~ h c nncy lo [tic crcdil or a


13/21

Tllc

\Vest Be11gn1Miliit~l:

e t t l e t ~ ~ c ~ ~ f ~ .

HcuIII~ ~ t r dVevnr-e)

Acr,

1964

i

[West Ben.

Act

~ ~ ~ ~ ; i a l i u n

26.

( I ) A Mining Sc l r l cmcn t Fund sha l l ' bc

applied

Tor ~ h c

L > ~ I ~ L I

und.

f o i t o w i ~ ~ gurpos es, namely:-

i ) the

paymenl or

expenscs

incurrcd

by thc

B o d lor

thc

purposes of lhis Act and the rules,

by

l aws and reguladons

made

thereunder;

(ii) the payment of contributions

or

grants for the prevention

and conlrol o f epidemic and orher diseases and for welfare

ucrivirics

in

~ l ~ c m i n i n gct~lcmcnt ,ncludingcontributions

rcfcrrcd lo

in

sub-secuon

(2):

i i i ) lhe payment of an y sums which thc Board may

be

liable

lo pay as intcrcst on loans, and

ro

rhc rc-paymcnl or

[he

principal of such Ioans;

(iv) Ihc pnylncnl of the cosr of audi :

i

(v) ltle paym ent of the salaries and al1owances of thc officcrs

and scrvanrs employe d by [he B oard;

(vi) the paymenl

of

e x p en s e s ~ n c u r r c dby lhc Board in

p r o v i d i n g rnedicaI a s s i s l a n c e , in a c c o r d a n c e will1

regulalions made

under

l h i sAcr

I D

the officers and servants

employed by he Board;

(vji) the payment of conrributions to a provident or annuiry

fund For the oFficers and

servrtnrs

employed by [he Board;

(v i i i )

the

paymenr of pensions and gratuities ro

the

officers and

servants

employed

by the Board

and

to

the

members

of

thc families of such ofliccrs and scrvants;

I .

.

i x ) the payment or tra vc ll i n~ l lorvances to members OF chc

: . - - .

Board;

. , . .

(x ) [lie paym ent of any advances ro the officers and servants

. .

...

. .

cmplnycd by thc Board to cnablc thcm

lu

acquirc or

construct rcsidcnccs

Tor thcmsclvcs

or to cnablc

hem

to

purchasc vchiclcs for

usc

by them in discharging thc dulies

imposed

on

h e m by

or undcr [his Act;

(xi) 11lc paym ent of any otlier lawful expenses g r of any

expenses spccially s anc~ ioncd

y

hc Srite Govcm mcnt.

(2) If

any

rnzdical or

pubIic

11eaI1l1 nsliturio n, h ospita l. d isp eus ary

or clinic

is

csrablisl~ed nd maintained

by the Slate

Government within

a mining seitlement for the benefit o f perons residing w ilhin Ihc se~rlemenr

including tliose zrilploycd in mincs, thc Stale Govcrnmcnl may rcquirc

lhz Board to conlribuce

such

sharc or rhc cost or cstablishmcnr and

n ~ a i n t e n a n c eof the inst i lu t ion, hospi la l ,

dispensary

or

cl in ic , so


14/21

The \Vest

Bengrrl hfilrirlg Scrrlet~~errrsH e o l ~ b

r~rlVelJnrc)

Act,

1964

CHAPTER VI.

Pcnaltics.

27.

( )

Whocver

obsuucts

any

Heallh Otf iccr or Sanitary Inspector

knallics

far

or orhcr person du ly au~ho rised y a Board to discharge any dutics under

offcilm.

111isAct or lhe

rulcs or

by-laws

made

lhcrcunder in the discharge

of

such

dutics

or

rcluses

or

wilfully

ncglects

to furnish

hitn

with [he mcans

ncccssary Tor making

any

entry,

inspection, esilminarion

or

jiiquiry

~ h c r c u n d e r n rclarion l o any min ing s t t l c~nen t ,

or

wirhholds any

inrormat ion

necessary

ror the purposcs

of

such inqui ry .

sha l l

bc

punisllable w i ~ hrnprisonmenl for

n

term

which

may

cxlend to lhrec

monrhs, or wilh

finc

which may exlend to

one

rhousand

mpces,

or wilh

both.

(2) Whocver

makcs, gives or

delivers

any noticc

or

return

requircd

10 bc

given h y

or

undcr

this Act conlainin::

a

statement,

cntry

or

detail

which

is

nnt, LO

the

besl

o f his knowledge or bclier, I ruc, s l ~ a l l c

punishable wi l l1

fine

which may cxlend to f ive lhousand rupees.

(3)

Whoever commits

a

breach of the requircrnents-

(a) of

any notice

or

ardzr

madc

under

ilny

provision

of this Acl

or any ~ I c ,y-lnrv or order made thcrcunder, or

(b) OF any provision of this ACL r

any

rule, by-law or ordcr

niadc thereunder,

ror which n o pcnalry is otlierwisc

providcd,

shall b e punishablc wilh l in t

which may

exrcnd

lo fivc ihousund rupees, and, in thc case

whcrc

such

brcach is

a

continuing brzach, wilh a funh cr fine which

may

cxtcnd Lo

onc hundrcd rupees for every da y during which the breach

i s

proved ru

have

been persisted

in

akcr

[he dnrc

nn which

the rcquirctnenls bcconle

operalive. , . . . . ... .

- .

. .

. . . .

. .

.. .

. .

28. 1 ) If

he

pcrson cnmmirling

an

offence punishable under [his orr,,,by . . . .

. . .

Act

is

a company, evcry person in c h a r ~ c f and rcsponsiblc 10 [he

mlllpmifi.

. . .

company lor ~ h conduclof i ~ s

usincss at

tlic lime of hc commission

of

. . . . .

thc

ol'lence sball bc

dcemcd

to be guilry of the ofrcncc and shall he l iable

to

b e

procccdcd a gai ns~ nd punished accordingly:

Provided that

in

the case

a l

an

ofrencc

punishablc with

Iinc

lbe

company shall also

bc

liablc

to be procceded againsr and punished.

(3) Notwitllstanding augthing con~aincd

a

sub-scc~ion I ) ,

rvllerc

an offence punisllable undcr

this

Act

has

becn c o m l i t t c d

by

a company

and

i t

is

provcd

that

ihc

offence

has

bcen

commiued

with the

conscnl

or

connivance

of, or (ha1

thc

cornmiqsion

of

thc ofl'ence is atlriburablc to

any neglect

on r hc

part of,

any

director,

rnanagcr,

secrelary

or

other

nll7cer

of t h e company , nor being a person dccmed undcr sub-scclion

I ) to

be

guilty 01 thc offence, such

dircc~or,

manngcr. secretary

or

other o f f ~ c e r

shall bc dccmcd l o be guilty O F abelmenr of

such

oirccncc and shall be

liable to

bc

proceeded againsl and punished in [he samc manner as lhe

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T11e

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Be~rgnlMiliitlg S~I I IC I I [E I I ISHenlrlr ruid

\Ye$~rr*)

Acr, 1964.

w st

Dcn.

Act

i

C l ~ a p ~ e rII.-Miscel1n11eorrs.-Secriow 29-34.

E,r~~lrnariotr.-For he purposes of this sclion-

(a)

"company" means any body corporare aud includcs

a

firm

or

other association of individuals,

and

(b) "dirccror" includcs a share-holder and also-

(i) in relation

lo

a

firm, a pariner in rhc firm, and

(ii)

in

rclation lo

an

ilsswiation

01

ndividuals, a member of

the associirrion.

CHAPTER

VII.

Saving. 29.

No

act

or

proceedings of a Board, and

no act

of any of

irsofliccrs.

shall bc cal lcd in

question

mcrely on

~ h cround

of ihc

cxislence

or any

vacancy in,

or

defcci in

the

conslirurion

or, the

Board or any

defccr

in

[he

appoinmiennt

of such officer.

ACI

10

30. Thc

provisions of this Acr shall

have

effecr nolwithslanding

ovcnidc

u,hr.rlaIvs.

anything to

thc

contrary contained in

any

othcr

law

for

ihc

Lime being

in

C [ C .

Forcc or

any inslrumcnr

made rhcrcunder.

tlr.al~ii

Olficrrs.

s n l ~ i l q

1 1 1 ~ ~ c l o s

;uid

o ~ h r r

oli iccrs

and

arrvanrs or

~ l l c

u:~rd

to

bc

1111blic

scrv;1n1~.

31.

All

Hcalth

OFfrcers

and

all S a n i ~ a r y

nspcctors and such oiher

officcrs

and

servanls OF

a

Board

as

the

Stare

Governmen1 may specify

by

ordcr mad e in rhis bchalf

shall

be

dccmed

lo

bc

public

servanls w ilhin

[he

mcnning of scclion 2 1

of [he

Indian

Penal

Codc.

Acr 4s or

1860.

32.

No suir or

c~ther egal

proceeding

shall

lie

against

any

person

for anylhing donc or intended lo

bc done

in good faith undcr [his Acl

or rhe

rulcs,

by-laws

or regulations

madc thereunder.

Pmrcc~ io~ i

33.

N o person

shall be

IiabIc

far any

breach o f contract

i

sucl~

ro F n o I l s

u'wyin:

brcach bc due 1

fin

order from a Board

undcr this

Acr

ar dlc

rules,

ordcn.

by-laws

or

rc:ulalions madc

thereunder.

Vo o\\cr

u

34.

( I )

Tl l c S ra~e ovc rnrnen~

may.

by norificalion,

makc,

after

111~I*

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