(1) The Mica Officer shall, on the application of any person and on payment by such person of a fee of three hundred rupees, grant to such person a miner‟s licence or a dealer‟s licence, as the case may be, applied for:
Provided that the Mica Officer may refuse to grant such a licence to a person who is convicted of an offence under this Act.
(2) Any licence granted under sub-section (1) shall be in force for one year unless renewed in the meantime in accordance with the provisions contained in section 6.
(3) Any person who has been refused a licence by the Mica Officer under the proviso to sub-section (1) may, within thirty days of the order of the Mica Officer, appeal to the Collector of the district whose order shall be final:
Provided that where the order of refusal under sub-section (1) was passed by the Collector himself acting Grant or refusal of licences.
[Act No.VII of 1957] 9 as the Mica Officer, the appeal shall lie to the Government whose order thereon shall be final.
(4) If at any time a licence granted under sub-section
(1) is lost by the licensee or is destroyed, the licensee shall forthwith report the fact in writing to the Mica Officer explaining the circumstances under which the licence has been lost or destroyed. On receipt of such report, the Mica Officer shall make such inquiry as he may think fit, and if he is satisfied that the licence has been lost or destroyed, he may issue on payment of a fee of five rupees by the licensee a duplicate licence which shall be stamped with the word “Duplicate”.