Goa, Daman and Diu Mining Concessions (Abolition and Declaration as Mining Leases) Act : DEFINITIONS Indian

Goa, Daman and Diu Mining Concessions (Abolition and Declaration as Mining Leases) Act,1987

Act No : 16

Section : DEFINITIONS

SECTION 02: DEFINITIONS

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a) "appointed day" means the 20th day of December, 1961;

(b) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Payments appointed undersection 8-;

(c) "concession holder" means a person who has been granted a mining concession;

(d) "date of assent" means the date on which the assent is given by the President to this Act;

(e) "Goa, Daman and Diu" means the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu;

(f) "mines and Minerals Act" meansthe Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957-;

(g) "mining concession" means a mining concession granted under the Portuguese Colonial Mining Laws, 1906 (Decree of 20th September, 1906);

(h) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette;

(i) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;

(j) "specified date" means such date as the Central Government may, for the purpose of any provision of this Act, by notification, specify; and different dates may be specified for different provisions of this Act;

(k) words and expressions used and not defined, but defined inthe Mines Act, 1952-orthe Mines and Minerals Act-, shall have the meanings, respectively, assigned to them in those Acts.