The Bihar and Orissa Mining Settlements Act 1920. Bihar and Orissa Act IV of 1920

applicable to the following objects and in the following order :- (1) to the payment of any sums which the Board may be liable to pay as interest upon loans and to the repayment of the principal of such loans ; (2) to the payment of the salaries of the Medical Officers of Health and of the establishment employed by the Board ; (3) to the payment of contributions to a provident or annuity fund for [...] Fund— Section 11(4)—Establishments—Sections 12 —13(2) (i) ] the establishment employed by the Board; (4) to the payment of ttvelling alloances to members of the Board and to its officers and servants ; (5) to the payment of the cost of audit ; and (6) to the payment of expenses incurred by the Board for the purposes of this Act and the rules and blaws made thereunder. [...] (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power such rules may— (a) regulate elections under sub -section (1) of section 6 and sub-section (2) of section 7 and prescribe the tenure of office or members of the Board ; (b) regulate the powers and procedure of the Board the delegation to and exercise by the Chairman of powers vested in the Board and the delegati [...] Act — (i) prescribing the duties of owners agents and managers of mines in respect of the Alining Settlement and of all persons acting under them ; (ii) prescribing the matters in respect of which notices returns and reports shall be furnished by owners agents and managers of mines the form of such notices returns and reports the persons and authorities to whom they are to be furnished and [...] The Board shall have the powers of a Civil Court for the purpose of enforcing the attendance of witnesses and compelling the production of documents ; and every person required by the Board to furnish information before it shall be deemed to be legally bound to do so within the meaning of section 176 of XLV of the Indian Penal Code.