1[(1)] Any rent, royally, tax, fee or other sum due to the Government under this Act or the rules made thereunder or under the terms and conditions of any2[reconnaissance permit, prospecting licence or mining lease] may, on a certificate of such officer as may be specified by the State Government in this behalf by general or special order, be recovered in the same manner as an arrear of land revenue.
3[(2) Any rent, royalty, tax, fee or other sum due to the Government either under this Act or any rule made thereunder or under the terms and conditions of any2[reconnaissance permit, prospecting licence or mining lease] may, on a certificate of such officer as may be specified by the State Government in this behalf by general or special order, be recovered in the same manner as if it were an arrear of land revenue and every such sum which becomes due to the Government after the commencement of the Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Amendment Act, 1972, together with the interest due thereon shall be a first charge on the assets of the holder of the2[reconnaissance permit, prospecting licence or mining lease], as the case may be.]
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1. Section 25 re-numbered as sub-section (1) thereof by Act 56 of 1972, section. 14 w.e.f. 12-9-1972.
2. Substituted by Act 38 of 1999, section. 22, for "prospecting licence or mining lease" w.e.f. 18-12-1999.
3. Inserted by Act 56 of 1972, section. 14 w.e.f. 12-9-1972.