Land Acquisition (Mines) Act,1885
Act No : 18
Section :
If appropriate Government does not offer to pay compensation, minesmay be worked in a proper manner.
7. If appropriate Government does not offer to pay compensation, mines may be worked in a proper manner. (1) If before the expiration of the said sixty days the 1*[appropriate Government] does not publish a declaration as provided in section 5, the owner, lessee or occupier of the mines may, unless and until such a declaration is subsequently made, work the mines or any part thereof in a manner proper and necessary for the beneficial working thereof, and according to the usual manner of working such mines in the local area where the same are situate. (2) If any damage or obstruction is caused to the surface of the land or any works thereon by improper working of the mines, the owner, lessee or occupier of the mines shall at once, at his own expense, repair the damage or remove the obstruction, as the case may require. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Subs. by the A. O. 1950. for "Provincial Government". 2 The words "in such manner as the G. G. in C. may, from time to time, direct" rep. by the Devolution Act, 1920 (38 of 1920), s. 2 and Sch. I. 3 Ins. by s. 2 and Sch. I of the Devolution Act, 1920 (38 of 1920). 4 See now the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (1 of 1894). 8 (3) If the repair or removal is not at once effected, or, if the 1*[appropriate Government] so thinks fit, without writing for the same to be effected by the owner, lessee or occupier, the 1*[appropriate Government] may execute the same and recover from the owner, lessee or occupier the expense occasioned thereby.
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