Act Number: 20

Act Name: The Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957

Year: 1957

Enactment Date: 1957-06-08

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of Coal

Department:

Section 2: Definitions.
    In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,--
         (a) "competent authority" means any person appointed to be a competent authority under section 3;
         (b) "Government company" means a Government company as defined in section 617 of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956), in which any land or rights in or over land shall have vested under section 11;
         (c) "Mineral Concession Rules" means the rules for the time being in force made under the Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1948 (53 of 1948);
         1[(cc) "mining lease" includes a mining sub-lease, and "lessee" shall be construed accordingly;]
         (d) the expression "person interested" includes all persons claiming an interest in compensation to be made on account of the acquisition of land, or of the acquisition, extinguishment or modification of any rights in or over land, under this Act;
         (e) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
         (f) "Tribunal" means the Tribunal constituted under section 14.
Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 51 of 1957, s. 2 (w.e.f. 12-6-1957).
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