Section 18A:
Payment to State Governments in lieu of royalty.
1[18A. Payment to State Governments in lieu of royalty.--Notwithstanding anything contained in
this Act, where any land or any rights in or over land belonging to a State Government (other than the
rights under a mining lease granted or deemed to have been granted by the State Government to any
person) vest in the Central Government under section 10 or in a Government Company under section 11,
the Central Government or the Company, as the case may be, may pay to the State Government such sum
of money as would have been payable as royalty by a lessee had such land or rights been under a mining
lease granted by the State Government.]
Notes:
1. Ins. by s. 7, ibid. (w.e.f. 11-12-1971).