Section 16 in The Granite Conservation And Development Rules, 1999
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/750G.S.R. 398(E), dated 1st June 1999. - In exercise of the powers conferred by section 18 of the Mines and Minerals [(Development and Regulation)] [ Substituted by G.S.R. 706(E), dated 17.10.2002 (w.e.f. 17.10.2002).] Act, 1957 (67 of 1957), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules for conservation and systematic development of and scientific mining to conserve, the granite resources and to prescribe a uniform frame-work with regard to systematic and scientific exploitation of granite throughout the country, namely:-
