(1) Every holder of a prospecting licence for granite shall submit to the State Government or any person authorised in this behalf by that Government and the Controller General, Indian Bureau of Mines an annual report in Form A so as to reach them by 30th April for the previous year;
Provided that a report in Form-A shall be submitted within a period of three months after the completion of abandonment of the prospecting operations or the expiry of the prospecting licence, whichever is earlier.
(2) Where prospecting operations for granite are carried out by any authoruty specified in the second proviso to sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Act without a prospecting licence, such authority shall submit the annual report in Form A to the State Government or any person authorised by that Government and the Controller General, Indian Bureau of Mines in respect of each area where prospecting operations for granite have been undertaken by them.
Provided that this sub-rule shall not apply in a case where field operations consist of only geological mapping or geo-physical or geo-chemical investigations.
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