10DPayment of contribution by employers and recovery thereof from member

¹[10D. Payment of contribution by employers and recovery thereof from members.--(1) The contribution shall be payable by the employer (hereinafter referred to as the employer's contribution) and by the employee (hereinafter referred to as the employees contribution) at such rate as may be specified in the Coal Mines Provident Fund Scheme, and the employer shall pay the employer's contribution as well as the employee's contribution, whether or not he has recovered from any employee the employee's share of the contribution.

(2) The amount of any contribution paid by the employer on behalf of a member shall, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any other law for the time being in force or any contract, be recoverable by means of deduction from the wages of the member and not otherwise.

(3) Save as otherwise provided in the Coal Mines Provident Fund Scheme, no deduction under sub-section (2) shall be made from any wages other than such as are paid in respect of the period for which the contribution is payable.

(4) Notwithstanding any contract to the contrary, the employer shall not be entitled to deduct the employer's contribution or the charges referred to in section 10A from the wages of a member or otherwise to recover such contribution or charges from such member.]