(1) The Mica Officer shall, on the application of any person who is a proprietor, and on payment by such person of a fee of three hundred rupees grant to such person a proprietor‟s certificate.
Grant of proprietor‟s certificate.
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(2) A certificate granted under sub-section (1) shall be in force for one year from the date of the order unless renewed in the meantime in accordance with the provisions contained in section 6.
(3) If at any time a certificate granted under sub-section
(1) is lost by the proprietor or is destroyed, the proprietor shall forthwith report the fact in writing to the Mica Officer explaining the circumstances under which the certificate has been lost or destroyed. Upon the receipt of such intimation, the Mica Officer shall make such inquiry as he may think fit, and if he is satisfied that the certificate has been lost or destroyed, he may issue on payment of a fee of five rupees by the proprietor a duplicate certificate which shall be stamped with the word “Duplicate”.