Section Text
The Central Government may direct that the expenses of any inquiry conducted by1[a Committee constituted under section 12] shall be borne in whole or in pan by the owner or agent of the mine concerned, and the amount so directed to be paid may on application by the Chief Inspector or an Inspector to a magistrate having jurisdiction at the place where the mine is situated or where such owner or agent is for the time being resident be recovered by the distress and sale of any movable property within the limits of the magistrate's jurisdiction belonging to such owner or agent:
Provided that the owner or his agent has not paid the amount within six weeks from the date of receiving the notice from the Central Government or the Chief Inspector of Mines.
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1. Substituted by Act 42 of 1983, section 11, for certain words (w.e.f. 31-5-1984).