Regulation) Act, 1957
4. Prospecting or mining operations to be under license or lease. -
(1) No person shall undertake any reconnaissance, prospecting or mining operations ... accordance with the terms and conditions of a prospecting license or mining lease granted before the commencement of this Act which is in force
license may cancel any other license, permit or pass granted to such person by such authority within his jurisdiction but if such other license, permit ... withdraw license etc.
(1) Whenever the authority which granted a license, permit or pass under this Act considers that such license, permit or pass should
under any land in relation to which any prospecting license or mining lease has been granted, whether by the State Government or by any other ... necessary: Provided that in the cases of prospecting licenses or mining leases granted by a State Government, no such authorisation shall be made except after
writing, permit any person to acquire a mineral concession, prospecting license or mining lease in relation to any area which is not compact or contiguous ... name of, another person a [mineral concession, prospecting license or mining lease] [ Substituted by Act 38 of 1999, Section 8, for " prospecting license or mining
respect to the area or any part thereof covered by such license or lease.] [Substituted by Act 37 of 1986, Section ... lease shall be made except after giving the holder of the license or lease a reasonable opportunity of being heard. (4) Where the holder
void if in contravention of Act.
Any [mineral concession, prospecting license or mining lease] granted, renewed or acquired in contravention of the provisions of this ... aggregate area covered by such [permits, licenses or leases] [ Substituted by Act 38 of 1999, Section 16, for " licenses or leases
mineral concession
(1) An application for [a mineral concession, prospecting license or a mining lease] in respect of any land in which the minerals vest ... rules made thereunder, grant or refuse to grant the [permit, license or lease] [ Substituted by Act 38 of 1999, Section 11, for " license or lease
rules to apply to all renewals of prospecting licenses and mining leases. - The provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder shall apply ... renewal after the commencement of this Act of any prospecting license or mining lease granted before such commencement as they apply in relation
reserve any area not already held under any prospecting license or mining lease and, where it proposes to do so, it shall, by notification ... operations had been undertaken by a private person under prospecting license or mining lease.] [Inserted by Act 37 of 1986, Section
area not already held under any [mineral concession, prospecting license or mining lease] [ Substituted by Act 38 of 1999, Section 15, for " prospecting license ... undertaken by a private person under a [mineral concession, prospecting license or mining lease.] [ Substituted by Act 38 of 1999, Section 15, for " prospecting license
