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 12: Disputes how to be dealt with.
    In the event of there being a doubt or dispute as to the right of a person to receive the whole or any part of the amount referred to in section 6 or section 7, the Commissioner shall refer the matter to the court for a decision, and shall make the disbursement in accordance with the decision of the court.
     Explanation.--In this section "court", in relation to a mining concession, means the principal civil court of original jurisdiction within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the mines relating to such concession is situated.
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