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(1) Whenever any person raises, without any authority, any mineral from any land and for that purpose brings on the land any tool, equipment, vehicle or other thing, such mineral tool, equipment, vehicle or other thing shall be liable to be seized by a Magistrate or other authority specially empowered by the State Government in this behalf, (2) Whenever any person raises, without any lawful authority, any mineral from any land, the State Government may recover from such person the mineral so raised or, where such mineral has already been disposed of, the price thereof, and may also recover from such person, rent, royalty, or tax as the case he, for the period during, which the land was occupied by such person without any lawful authority. Power of entry and inspection of mine or abandoned mine