Act Number: 17

Act Name: The Offshore Areas Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act, 2002

Year: 2003

Enactment Date: 2003-01-30

Long Title: An Act to provide for development and regulation of mineral resources in the territorial waters, continental shelf, exclusive economic zone and other maritime zones of India and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Mines

Department:

Section 38: Removal of difficulties.
    (1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, or of any of the enactments extended under section 29, the Central Gover nment may, by order published in the Official Gazette, make such provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act or, as the case may be, of such enactment, as may appear to it to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty:
     Provided that no order shall be made under this section,
         (a) in the case of any difficulty arising in giving effect to any provision of this Act, after the expiry of three years from the commencement of such provision;
         (b) in the case of any difficulty arising in giving effect to the provisions of any enactment extended under section 29, after the expiry of three years from the extensi on of such enactment.
     (2) Every order made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament.
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