Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) No person shall undertake any prospecting or mining operations in any area in the State except under, and in accordance with, the terms and conditions of a prospecting licence or, as the case may be, a mining lease granted under this Act and the rules made thereunder Provided that nothing in this Subsection shah apply to any prospecting operations undertaken by the Geological Survey of India, Bureau of Mines, Atomic Minerals Division of the Department of Atomic Energy of the Central Government, directorate of Mining and Geology of the State Government by whatever name called or a Government company or any other authority specified under this Act; (2) No Prospecting licence or mining lease shall be granted otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder; (3) The holder of a prospecting licence or a mining lease, whether granted under sub-section (i) of this section or continued under Sub-section 4, shall have, while carrying on such prospecting or mining operations, the same powers, and shall be subject to the same obligations, conditions and restrictions as the authority specified under Section 21 may exercise and be subject to the provisions of the said Section 21, and the provisions of the said Section except Sub-section (6) thereof shall apply to such holder of prospecting licence or mining lease to the same extent as they apply to the specified authority and for this purpose, reference in the said Section 21 to the “specified authority” shall be construed as references to such holder of prospecting licence or mining lease; Existing prospecting licences and mining Leases and rights acquired or liability incurred thereunder to continue