https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172181 Coal Mines Regulations made under the repealed Mines Act continued as subordinate legislation under the General Clauses Act following repeal and re-enactment, unless inconsistent with the later Act or superseded. Deeming language giving regulations effect as if enacted in the parent Act did not merge them into primary legislation. The expression "any one of the directors" was construed in light of the statutory scheme to make every director of an owning public company liable as an owner for mining-law offences; this interpretation did not create an Article 14 violation. Directors of managing agents were outside the statutory categories of owner, agent or manager and were not liable. en-us Fri, 10 Feb 1961 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 14 Jun 2025 12:16:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172181 Coal Mines Regulations made under the repealed Mines Act continued as subordinate legislation under the General Clauses Act following repeal and re-enactment, unless inconsistent with the later Act or superseded. Deeming language giving regulations effect as if enacted in the parent Act did not merge them into primary legislation. The expression "any one of the directors" was construed in light of the statutory scheme to make every director of an owning public company liable as an owner for mining-law offences; this interpretation did not create an Article 14 violation. Directors of managing agents were outside the statutory categories of owner, agent or manager and were not liable. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 10 Feb 1961 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172181