(1) No person shall remove mica from any mica mine, mica dump or other place in the occupation of a licensee or of a registered proprietor unless he carries a pass, in the prescribed form specifying the date and time of its issue and the signature of such licensee or registered proprietor or his duly authorised agent, showing-
(a) the place from which the mica has been removed;
(b) the quantity and the size or, in the case of mica which has not been sorted into sizes, the description and the quantity of such mica; and
(c) the destination of such mica:
Provided that any person who is ordinarily engaged in the business of splitting mica may without a pass-
(i) remove block mica or chillas from any place other than a mica mine or a mica dump in the occupation of a licensee or registered proprietor; and
(ii) return to such licensee or registered proprietor, splittings made from such block mica or chillas.
(2) Any person who removes mica from a mica mine, mica dump or other place in the occupation of a licensee or of a registered proprietor and who is required by sub-section (1) to carry a pass shall on being required to do so by any officer authorised in this behalf by the Government, produce such pass to such officer.
Removal of mica.
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15. No person other than a digger shall remove mica from any mine worked by a digger.