Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957
Bare Act · 1957
An Act to provide for the 1 [development and regulation of mines and minerals] under the control of the Union.
In the syllabus of: Tamil Nadu APO · Telangana APO
- Act number
- 67 of 1957
- Enacted
- 28 December 1957
- Contents
- 69 sections · 8 chapters
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Contents
Preliminary
- Section 1 – Short title, extent and commencement
- Section 2 – Declaration as to expediency of Union Control
- Section 3 – Definitions
General Restrictions On Undertaking Prospecting And Mining Operations
- Section 4 – Prospecting or mining operations to be under licence or lease
- Section 4A – Termination of prospecting licences, exploration licences or mining leases
- Section 4B – Conditions for efficiency in production (preview)
- Section 5 – Restrictions on the grant of mineral concession (preview)
- Section 6 – Maximum area for which mineral concession may be granted (preview)
- Section 6A – Inclusion of contiguous area in the leased area or area under composite licence in case of deep-seated minerals (preview)
- Section 7 – Periods for which prospecting licences may be granted or renewed (preview)
- Section 8 – Periods for which mining leases may be granted or renewed (preview)
- Section 8A – Period of grant of a mining lease for minerals other than coal, lignite and atomic minerals (preview)
- Section 8B – Provisions for transfer of statutory clearances (preview)
- Section 9A – Dead rent to be paid by the lessee (preview)
- Section 9B – District Mineral Foundation (preview)
- Section 9C – National Mineral Exploration and Development Trust (preview)
- Section 9D – Certain conditions or restrictions on imposition of tax, cess, etc (preview)
Sections
- Section 9 – Royalties in respect of mining leases (preview)
- Section 19 – Mineral concession to be void if in contravention of Act (preview)
In The Government
- Section 10 – Application for mineral concession (preview)
- Section 10A – Rights of existing concession holders and applicants (preview)
- Section 10B – Grant of mining lease in respect of notified minerals through auction (preview)
- Section 10BA – Grant of exploration licence for minerals specified in Seventh Schedule through auction (preview)
- Section 10C – Omitted (preview)
- Section 11 – Grant of composite licence through auction in respect of minerals other than notified minerals (preview)
- Section 11A – Granting of mineral concession or composite licence in respect of coal or lignite (preview)
- Section 11B – Power of Central Government to make rules for regulating atomic minerals specified under Part B of First Schedule (preview)
- Section 11C – Power of Central Government to amend First Schedule and Fourth Schedule (preview)
- Section 11D – Central Government to conduct auction for grant of mining lease or composite licence in respect of minerals specified in Part D of First Schedule (preview)
- Section 12 – Registers of prospecting licences and mining leases (preview)
- Section 12A – Transfer of mineral concessions (preview)
Rules For Regulating The Grant Of Mineral Concessions
- Section 13 – Power of Central Government to make rules in respect of minerals (preview)
- Section 13A – Power of Central Government to make rules for grant of prospecting licences or mining leases in respect of territorial waters or continental shelf of India (preview)
- Section 14 – [Sections 5 to 13] not to apply to minor minerals (preview)
- Section 15 – Power of State Governments to make rules in respect of minor minerals (preview)
- Section 15A – Power of State Government to collect funds for District Mineral Foundation in case of minor minerals (preview)
- Section 15B – Inclusion of other minerals in mining lease (preview)
- Section 16 – Power to modify mining leases granted before 25th October, 1949 (preview)
Mining Operations In Certain Cases
- Section 17 – Special powers of Central Government to undertake prospecting or mining operations in certain lands (preview)
- Section 17A – Reservation of areas for purposes of conservation (preview)
Development Of Minerals
- Section 18 – Mineral Development (preview)
- Section 18A – Power to authorise Geological Survey of India, etc., to make investigation (preview)
- Section 18B – Development of market (preview)
Miscellaneous
- Section 20 – Act and rules to apply to all renewals of prospecting licences and mining leases (preview)
- Section 20A – Power of Central Government to issue directions (preview)
- Section 21 – Penalties (preview)
- Section 22 – Cognizance of offences (preview)
- Section 23 – Offences by companies (preview)
- Section 23A – Compounding of offences (preview)
- Section 23B – Power to search (preview)
- Section 23C – Power of State Government to make rules for preventing illegal mining, transportation and storage of minerals (preview)
- Section 24 – Power of entry and inspection (preview)
- Section 24A – Rights and liabilities of a holder of prospecting licence or mining lease (preview)
- Section 25 – Recovery of certain sums as arrears of land revenue (preview)
- Section 25A – Penalty (preview)
- Section 25B – Adjudication of penalties (preview)
- Section 25C – Appeal (preview)
- Section 25D – Power of Central Government to make rules in respect of adjudication and appeal (preview)
- Section 26 – Delegation of powers (preview)
- Section 27 – Protection of action taken in good faith (preview)
- Section 28 – Rules and notifications to be laid before Parliament and certain rules to be approved by Parliament (preview)
- Section 29 – Existing rules to continue (preview)
- Section 30 – Power of revision by Central Government (preview)
- Section 30A – Special provisions relating to mining leases for coal granted before 25th October, 1949 (preview)
- Section 30B – Constitution of Special Courts (preview)
- Section 30C – Special Courts to have powers of Court of Session (preview)
- Section 31 – Relaxation of rules in special cases (preview)
- Section 32 – [Repealed] (preview)
- Section 33 – Validation of certain acts and indemnity (preview)