Act Number: 16

Act Name: The Goa, Daman and Diu Mining Concessions (Abolition and Declaration as Mining Leases) Act, 1987

Year: 1987

Enactment Date: 1987-05-23

Long Title: An Act to provide for the abolition of the mining concessions in operation in the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu and specified in the First and the Second Schedules, and for the declaration of such mining concessions as mining leases under the Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957 with a view to the regulation of the mines to which such concessions relate and for the development of minerals under the control of the Union and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Mines

Department:

Section 8: Commissioner of Payments to be appointed.
    (1) For the purpose of disbursing the amounts payable to the concession holders under this Act, the Central Government shall appoint such person as it may think fit to be the Commissioner of Payments.
     (2) The Central Government may appoint such other persons as it may think fit to assist the Commissioner and thereupon the Commissioner may authorise one or more of such persons also to exercise all or any of the powers exercisable by him under this Act and different persons may be authorised to exercise different powers.
     (3) Any person authorised by the Commissioner to exercise any of the powers exercisable by the Commissioner may exercise those powers in the same manner and with the same effect as if they have been conferred, on that person directly by this Act and not by way of authorisation.
     (4) The salaries and allowances of the Commissioner and other persons appointed under this section shall be defrayed out of the Consolidated Fund of India.
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