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 3: Appointment of competent authority.
    The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint any person to be the competent authority for the purposes of this Act; and different persons may be appointed as competent authorities for different provisions of this Act and for different areas.
Previous Section Next Section
Scroll to Top