Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation ) Act : Maximum area for which a prospecting licence or

Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation ) Act,1957

Act No : 67

Section : Maximum area for which a prospecting licence or mining lease may begranted.

6.1[ Maximum area for which a prospecting licence or mining lease may be granted.(1)No person shall acquire 2*** in respect of any mineral or prescribed group of associated minerals- (a) one or more prospecting licences covering a total area of more than twenty-five square kilometres; or (b) one or more mining leases covering a total area of more than ten square kilometres: Provided that if the Central Government is of opinion that in the interests of the development of any mineral, it is necessary so to do it may, for reasons to be recorded by it in writing, permit any person to acquire one or more prospecting licences or mining leases covering an area in excess of the aforesaid total area ; (c) any mining lease or prospecting licence in respect of an area which is not compact or contiguous: Provided that if the Central Government is of opinion that in the interests of the development of any mineral, it is necessary so to do, it may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, permit any person to acquire a prospecting licence or mining lease in relation to any area which is not compact or contiguous.] (2)For the purposes of this section, a person acquiring by, or in the name of, another person a prospecting licence or mining lease which is intended for himself shall be deemed to be acquiring it himself. 3[(3) For the purposes of determining the total area referred to in sub-section (1), the area held under a prospecting licence or mining lease by a person as a member of a co-operative society, company or 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 a 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).]