(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(i) “block mica” means trimmed mica and dressed mica with thickness ranging from 8 to 12 mils (one mil-1,000th of an inch);
(ii) “broker” means any person engaged in establishing contact between the purchaser and seller of mica by whatever name such person is known and who has obtained a dealer‟s licence;
1. The Andhra Pradesh Mica Act, 1957, in force in the combined State, as on 02.06.2014, has been adapted to the State of Telangana, under section 101 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 (Central Act 6 of 2014) vide. the Telangana Adaptation of Laws Order, 2016, issued in G.O.Ms.No.45, Law (F) Department, dated. 01.06.2016.
2. Substituted by G.O.Ms.No.45, Law (F) Department, dated 01.06.2016.
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(iii) “chillas” means films or thins with thickness ranging from 2 to 8 mils;
(iv) “controlled area” means the district or local area in which this Act is brought into force under sub-section (3) of section 1;
(v) “crude mica” means mica in its rough state before it has been trimmed or subjected to any process;
(vi) “dealer” means a person who holds a dealer‟s licence;
(vii) „„dealer‟s licence” means a licence granted under section 5 authorising a person to whom it is granted-
(a) to act as a broker between persons engaged in the transactions of buying, selling, or both buying and selling mica;
(b) to buy or sell and to have in possession mica-
(1) extracted, from a mica mine which is in the controlled area and of which he is not in possession or from a mica dump; or
(2) imported into any controlled area from a mica mine not situated in any other controlled area;
(viii) “digger” means a person to whom a digger‟s permit has been granted under section 11;
(ix) “diggers permit” means a permit granted under section 11 authorising a person to whom it is granted to have in his possession and sell mica extracted from a mica mine worked by him on his own behalf;
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(x) “Government” means the State Government;
(xi) “licensee” means a person to whom a miner‟s licence or a dealer‟s licence has been granted;
(xii) “manufactured mica” means any mica processed from either blocks, films or thins, or hard-rounds or wasterounds and includes splittings;
(xiii) “mica” means the mineral mica as extracted and includes mica of all other forms and shapes;
(xiv) “mica dump” means any collection of waste or scrap mica with or without extraneous matters associated with it;
(xv) “mica mine” means any excavation, underground or otherwise, where any operation for the purpose of searching for, or obtaining, mica has been or is being carried on;
(xvi) “Mica Officer” means any officer appointed by the Government as Mica Officer for the purposes of this Act and until such time as a Mica Officer is so appointed, the Collector of the district;
(xvii) “miner” means any person who has been authorised by the Government under any lease or prospecting licence or under any agreement to excavate mica from a patta land;
(xviii) “miner‟s licence” means a licence granted under section 5 authorising the person to whom it is granted to have in his possession and sell mica extracted from a mica mine of which he is in possession and which is situated in a land of which he is not the proprietor or from a mica dump of which he is in possession;
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(xix) “notification” means a notification published in the 3Telangana Gazette;
(xx) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(xxi) “proprietor” means the proprietor of the land in which the mica mine of which he is in possession is situated and includes the owner of such land;
(xxii) “proprietor‟s certificate” means a certificate granted under section 4 authorising the person to whom it is granted to have in his possession and sell mica extracted from a mica mine of which he is in possession and which is situated in a land of which he is the proprietor or from a mica dump of which he is in possession;
(xxiii) “registered proprietor” means a person to whom a proprietor‟s certificate has been granted under section 4;
(xxiv) “splittings” means thin laminations of mica of the micas‟ thickness of 11/4 mils and includes looses-splittings, book-splittings, dust-loose splittings and pan-packed splittings;
(xxv) “State” means the State of 3Telangana.
(2) 4The Telangana General Clauses Act, 1891 (Act I of 1891) shall apply for the interpretation of this Act as it applies for the interpretation of 5Telangana Act.
3. Substituted by G.O.Ms.No.45, Law (F) Department, dated 01.06.2016.
4. Adapted by G.O.Ms.No.45, Law (F) Department, dated. 01.06.2016.
5. Substituted for the words “Andhra Pradesh Act” by ibid.
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