Section 10
Vesting of land or rights in Central Government.
The Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957
About this Act
An Act to establish in the economic interest of India greater public control over the coal mining industry and its development by providing for the acquisition by the State of unworked land containing or likely to contain coal deposits or of rights in or over such land, for the extinguishment or modification of such rights accruing by virtue of any agreement, lease, licence or otherwise, and for matters connected therewith.
(1) On the publication in the Official
Gazette of the declaration under section 9, the land or the rights in or over the land, as the case may be,
shall vest absolutely in the Central Government 1[free from all encumbrances].
(2) Where the rights under any mining lease 2[granted or deemed to have been granted by a State Government] to any person are acquired under this Act, the Central Government shall, on and from the date of such vesting, be deemed to have become the lessee of the State Government as if a mining lease under the Mineral Concession Rules had been granted by the State Government to the Central Government, the period thereof being the entire period for which such a lease could have been granted by the State Government under those rules.
(2) Where the rights under any mining lease 2[granted or deemed to have been granted by a State Government] to any person are acquired under this Act, the Central Government shall, on and from the date of such vesting, be deemed to have become the lessee of the State Government as if a mining lease under the Mineral Concession Rules had been granted by the State Government to the Central Government, the period thereof being the entire period for which such a lease could have been granted by the State Government under those rules.
Notes
1. Ins. by s. 5, ibid. (w.e.f. 12-6-1957)
2. Subs. by Act 51 of 1957, s. 5, for "granted by a State Government" (w.e.f. 12-6-1957).
2. Subs. by Act 51 of 1957, s. 5, for "granted by a State Government" (w.e.f. 12-6-1957).