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Offshore Areas Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act, 2002 Section 5

Title: Reconnaissance, Exploration or Production to Be Under Permit, Licence or Lease

State: Central

Year: 2002

.....of Mines, Nagpur and shall also give therein reasons and indicate whether the whole or any part of the report or data submitted by him should be kept confidential. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the Central Government may-- (a) authorise seaward artillery practice under the Seaward Artillery Practice Act, 1949 (8 of 1949); (b) provide for, by notification in the Official Gazette, special measures to ensure public safety and interest, the defence of India and civil defence, conduct of the naval operations and exercises, national security and other strategic considerations and the matters connected therewith during war like conditions or otherwise. (4) No operating right shall be granted or renewed otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder and any reconnaissance permit, exploration licence or production lease granted, renewed or acquired in contravention of the provisions of this Act or any rules made thereunder, shall be void.

Offshore Areas Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act, 2002 Section 11

Title: Grant of Reconnaissance Permit

State: Central

Year: 2002

(1) The administering authority may grant a non-exclusive reconnaissance permit to any person eligible under section 6 for grant of operating right. (2) The period for which a reconnaissance permit may be granted under sub-section (1) shall be for a period specified in such permit which shall not exceed two years. (3) A reconnaissance permit granted under sub-section (1) may be renewed for a period not exceeding two years if, after a review of the progress made during the period of such grant, the administering authority is satisfied that a further period is necessary to complete the reconnaissance operation. (4) The area that may be granted under one reconnaissance permit shall not exceed a block of two degree latitude by two degree longitude. (5) The administering authority may grant reconnaissance permits to more than one person in respect of the same area for the same mineral deposits in the interest of offshore mineral development.

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.....

Offshore Areas Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act, 2002 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 2002

.....Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the Central Government may" (a) authorise seaward artillery practice under the Seaward Artillery Practice Act. 1949 (8 of 1949); (b) provide for, by notification in the Official Gazette, special measures to ensure public safety and interest, the defence of India and civil defence, conduct of the naval operations and exercises, national security and other strategic - considerations and the matters connected therewith during war like conditions or otherwise. (4) No operating right shall be granted or renewed otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules made there under and any reconnaissances permit exploration licence or production lease granted, renewed or acquired in contravention of the provisions of this Act or any rules made there under, shall be void. SECTION 06: GRANT OF OPERATING RIGHT The Central Government shall not grant an operating right to any person unless such person" (a) is an Indian national, or a company as defined in Section 3 of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956); and (b) satisfies such conditions as may be prescribed : Provided that no production lease for atomic minerals or.....

Offshore Areas Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act, 2002 Chapter II

Title: General Provisions for Acquition of Operating Rights in the Offshore Areas

State: Central

Year: 2002

.....anything contained in this Act, the Central Government may-- (a) authorise seaward artillery practice under the Seaward Artillery Practice Act, 1949 (8 of 1949); (b) provide for, by notification in the Official Gazette, special measures to ensure public safety and interest, the defence of India and civil defence, conduct of the naval operations and exercises, national security and other strategic considerations and the matters connected therewith during war like conditions or otherwise. (4) No operating right shall be granted or renewed otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder and any reconnaissance permit, exploration licence or production lease granted, renewed or acquired in contravention of the provisions of this Act or any rules made thereunder, shall be void. Section 6 - Grant of operating right The Central Government shall not grant an operating right to any person unless such person-- (a) is an Indian national, or a company as defined in section 3 of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956); and (b) satisfies such conditions as may be prescribed: Provided that no production lease for atomic.....

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 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 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.

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.....

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.....