Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act : Prospecting and mining to be done by Central

Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act,1957

Act No : 20

Section : Prospecting and mining to be done by Central Government in conformitywith the Mineral Concession Rules.

18.Prospecting and mining to be done by Central Government in conformity with the Mineral Concession Rules. Where prospecting is done under this Act by or on behalf of the Central Government in any land situate within the jurisdiction of a State Government or where the Central Government or a Government company has become the lessee of a State Government in respect of any land under this Act, the terms and conditions under which the prospecting can be done or rights under the lease exercised shall, as far as may be, be the same as the terms and conditions applicable to prospecting licences and mining leases under the Mineral Concession Rules ; and in case of doubt or dispute, shall be settled by arbitration or in such other manner as the Central Government and the State Government may decide. 1[18A.Payment to State Governments in lieu of royalty. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, where any land or any rights in or over land belonging to a State Government (other than the rights under a mining lease granted or deemed to have been granted by the State Government to any person) vest in the Central Government under section 10 or in a Government Company under section 11, the Central Government or the Company, as the case may be, may pay to the State Government such sum of money as would have been payable as royalty by a lessee had such land or rights been under a mining lease granted by the State Government.]