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Section 10: Vesting of land or rights in Central Government.

The Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957Central Act · Act 20 of 1957

(1) On the publication in the Official Gazette of the declaration under section 9, the land or the rights in or over the land, as the case may be, shall vest absolutely in the Central Government [free from all encumbrances].

(2) Where the rights under any mining lease [granted or deemed to have been granted by a State Government] to any person are acquired under this Act, the Central Government shall, on and from the date of such vesting, be deemed to have become the lessee of the State Government as if a mining lease under the Mineral Concession Rules had been granted by the State Government to the Central Government, the period thereof being the entire period for which such a lease could have been granted by the State Government under those rules.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957
Section10
Marginal noteVesting of land or rights in Central Government.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source
Judgments citing it1

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • inserted. . Ins. by s. 5, ibid. (w.e.f. 12-6-1957)
  • substituted, Act 51 of 1957. . Subs. by Act 51 of 1957, s. 5, for "granted by a State Government" (w.e.f. 12-6-1957).

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