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Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1957

MINES AND MINERALS (REGULATION AND DEVELOPMENT) ACT, 1957 MINES AND MINERALS (REGULATION AND DEVELOPMENT) ACT, 1957 67 of 1957 28th December, 1957 An Act to provide for the 3["development and regulation of mines and minerals"]under the control of the Union. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows :- [a] For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Gaz. of India, 1957, Extra., Pt. II, section 2, p. 392; and for Report of the Joint Committee, see p. 997.PRELIMINARY SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE, EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT (1) This Act may be called the Mines and Minerals4["(Development and Regulation)"] Act, 1957. (2) It extends1to the whole of India. (3) It shall come into force on such date2as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. SECTION 02: DECLARATION AS TO EXPEDIENCY OF UNION CONTROL It is hereby declared that it is expedient in the public interest that the Union should take under its control the regulation of mines and the development of minerals to the extent hereinafter provided. SECTION 03: DEFINITIONS - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "minerals" includes all.....

Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 Section 24A

Title: Rights and Liabilities of a Holder of Prospecting Licence or Mining Lease

State: Central

Year: 1957

.....for any Joss or damage which is likely to arise or has arisen from or in consequence of the7[reconnaissance, mining or prospecting operations]. (3) The amount of compensation payable under sub-section (2) shall be determined by the State Government in the manner prescribed.] ________________________ 1. Inserted by Act 37 of 1986, section. 17 w.e.f. 10-2-1987. 2. Substituted by Act 38 of 1999, section. 21, for "prospecting licence or mining lease" w.e.f. 18-12-1999. 3. Substituted by Act 38 of 1999, section. 21, for "holder of such licence or lease" w.e.f. 18-12-1999. 4. Substituted by Act 38 of 1999, section. 21, for "such lease or licence had been granted" w.e.f. 18-12-1999. 5. Substituted by Act 38 of 1999, section. 21, for "prospecting or mining operations" w.e.f. 18-12-1999. 6. Substituted by Act 38 of 1999, section. 21, for "such licence or lease" w.e.f. 18-12-1999. 7. Substituted by Act 38 of 1999, section. 21, for "mining or prospecting operations" w.e.f. 18-12-1999.

Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 Section 6

Title: Maximum Area for Which a Prospecting Licence or Mining Lease May Be Granted

State: Central

Year: 1957

.....other corporation or a Hindu undivided family or a partner of a firm, shall be deducted from the area referred to in sub-section (1) so that the sum total of the area held by such person, under a5[reconnaissance permit, prospecting licence or mining lease], whether as such member or partner, or individually, may not, in any case, exceed the total area specified in sub-section (1).] ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 56 of 1972, section. 3, for sub-section (1) w.e.f. 12-9-1972. 2. The words "in any one State" omitted by Act 37 of 1986, section. 5 w.e.f. 10-2-1987. 3. Inserted by Act 38 of 1999, section. 8 w.e.f. 18-12-1999. 4. Substituted by Act 38 of 1999, section. 8, for clause (c) w.e.f. 18-12-1999. 5. Substituted by Act 38 of 1999, section. 8, for "prospecting licence of mining lease" w.e.f. 18-12-1999. 6. Inserted by Act 56 of 1972, section. 3 w.e.f. 12-9-1972.

The Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957 Complete Act

State: Punjab

Year: 1957

..... THE SECOND SCHEDULE- RATES OF ROYALTY. THE THIRD SCHEDULE- [Repealed] THE MINES AND MINERALS (REGULATION AND DEVELOPMENT) ACT, 1957, ACT 67 OF 19571 [28TH December, 1957.] An Act to provide for the regulation of mines and the development of minerals under the control of the Union. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows :- PRELIMINARY 1. Short title, extent and commencement " (1) This Act may be called the Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) It shall come into force on such date2 as the Central Government may by notification in the Official Gazette appoint. 2. Declaration as to expediency of Union control - It is hereby declared that it is expedient in the public interest that the Union should take under its control the regulation of mines and development of minerals to the extent hereinafter provided. 3. Definitions - In this Act unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "minerals" includes all minerals except mineral oils ; (b) "mineral oils" includes natural gas and petroleum ; (c) "mining lease" means a lease.....

The Mines And Minerals (Development And Regulation) Amendment Act, 2015 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 2015

.....AND REGULATION) AMENDMENT ACT, 2015 NO. 10 OF 2015 [26th March, 2015.] An Act further to amend the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows: Short title and commencement 1. (1) This Act may be called the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2015. (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 12th day of January, 2015. Amendment of section 3. 2. In the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in section 3, (i) after clause (e), the following clause shall be inserted, namely: (ea) notified minerals means any mineral specified in the Fourth Schedule; ; (ii) after clause (g), the following clause shall be inserted, namely: (ga) prospecting licence-cum-mining lease means a two stage concession granted for the purpose of undertaking prospecting operations followed by mining operations; ; (iii) in clause (hb), the word and , occurring at the end, shall be omitted; (iv) after clause (hb), the following clause shall be inserted, namely: (hc) Special Court means a Court.....

The Mines And Minerals (Development And Regulation) Amendment Ordinance, 2015 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 2015

.....Amendment Ordinance, 2015. (2) It shall come into force at once. 2. Amendment of section 3. In the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in section 3, - (i) after clause (e), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:- (ea) notified minerals means any mineral specified in the Fourth Schedule, ; (ii) after clause (g), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:- (ga) prospecting licence-cum-mining lease means a two stage concession granted for the purpose of undertaking prospecting operations followed by mining operations; ; (iii) in clause (hb), the word and occurring at the end shall be omitted; (iv) after clause (hb), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:- (hc) Special Court means a Court of Session designated as Special Court under sub-section (1) of section 30B; and . 3. Amendment of section 4 In section 4 of the principal Act, in the second proviso to sub-section (1), for the words and figures section 617 of the Companies Act, 1956 , the words, brackets and figures clause (45) of section 2 of the Companies Act, 2013, and any such entry that may be notified for this purpose.....

Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 Chapter II

Title: General Restrictions on Undertaking Prospecting and Mining Operations

State: Central

Year: 1957

..... 1. Substituted by Act 56 of 1972, section. 3, for sub-section (1) w.e.f. 12-9-1972. 2. The words "in any one State" omitted by Act 37 of 1986, section. 5 w.e.f. 10-2-1987. 3. Inserted by Act 38 of 1999, section. 8 w.e.f. 18-12-1999. 4. Substituted by Act 38 of 1999, section. 8, for clause (c) w.e.f. 18-12-1999. 5. Substituted by Act 38 of 1999, section. 8, for "prospecting licence of mining lease" w.e.f. 18-12-1999. 6. Inserted by Act 56 of 1972, section. 3 w.e.f. 12-9-1972. Section 7 - Periods for which prospecting licences may be granted or renewed 1[7. Periods for which prospecting licences may be granted or renewed (1) The period for which2[a reconnaissance permit or prospecting licence] may be granted shall not exceed three years. (2) A prospecting licence shall, if the State Government is satisfied that a longer period is required to enable the licensee to complete prospecting operations be renewed for such period or periods as that Government may specify: Provided that the total period for which a prospecting licence is granted does not exceed five years: Provided further that no prospecting licence granted in respect of3[a mineral.....

Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 Chapter VII

Title: Miscellaneous

State: Central

Year: 1957

.....of section 100 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), shall apply to every such search.] ________________________ 1. Inserted by Act 25 of 1994, section. 9 w.e.f. 25-1-1994. 2. Inserted by Act 38 of 1999, section. 18 w.e.f. 18-12-1999. Section 23C - Power of State Government to make rules for preventing illegal mining, transportation and storage of minerals 1[23C. Power of State Government to make rules for preventing illegal mining, transportation and storage of minerals (1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for preventing illegal mining, transportation and storage of minerals and for the purposes connected therewith. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely;-- (a) establishment of check-posts for checking of minerals under transit; (b) establishment of weigh-bridges to measure the quantity of mineral being transported; (c) regulation of mineral being transported from the area granted under a prospecting licence or a mining lease or a quarrying licence or a permit, in whatever name the.....

Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 Chapter III

Title: Procedure for Obtaining Prospecting Licences or Mining Leases

State: Central

Year: 1957

.....and in the prescribed form. (3) On receipt of an application under this section, the State Government may, having regard to the provisions of this Act and any rules made thereunder, grant or refuse to grant the2[permit, licence or lease]. ________________________ 1 . Substituted by Act 38 of 1999, section. 11, for "a prospecting licence or a mining lease" w.e.f. 18-12-1999. 2. Substituted by Act 38 of 1999, section. 11, for "licence or lease" w.e.f. 18-12-1999. Section 11 - Preferential right of certain persons 1[11. Preferential right of certain persons (1) Where a reconnaissance permit or prospecting licence has been granted in respect of any land, the permit holder or the licensee shall have a preferential right for obtaining a prospecting licence or mining lease, as the case may be, in respect of that land over any other person; Provided that the State Government is satisfied that the permit holder or the licensee, as the case may be,-- (a) has undertaken reconnaissance operations or prospecting operations, as the case may be, to establish mineral resources in such land; (b) has not committed any breach of the terms and conditions of the reconnaissance.....

Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 Section 11

Title: Preferential Right of Certain Persons

State: Central

Year: 1957

.....as it may deem fit. (5) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), but subject to the provisions of sub-section (1), the State Government may, for any special reasons to be recorded, grant a reconnaissance permit, prospecting licence or mining lease, as the case may be, to an applicant whose application was received later in preference to an applicant whose application was received earlier: Provided that in respect of minerals specified in the First Schedule, prior approval of the Central Government shall be obtained before passing any order under this subsection.] ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 38 of 1999, section. 12, for section 11 w.e.f. 18-12-1999.