Metal Corporation (Nationalisation and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act,1976
Act No : 100
Section : CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TO BE THE LESSEE OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT
SECTION 08: CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TO BE THE LESSEE OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT
(1) Where the right of the Metal Corporation under any mining lease granted, or deemed to have been granted to it by any State Government or any other person, vest in the Central Government under section 7-, the Central Government shall, on and from the date of such vesting, be deemed to have become the lessee of such State Government or such other person, as the case may be, in relation to such mine, as if a mining lease in respect of such mine had been granted to the Central Government, and the period of such lease shall be the entire period for which such lease could have been granted by the State Government or such other person under the Mineral Concession Rules, and, thereupon all the rights under such mining lease, including surface, underground and other rights granted to the lessee shall be deemed to have been transferred to, and vested in, the Central Government.
(2) On the expiry of the term of any lease referred to in sub-section (1) such lease shall, if so desired by the Central Government, be renewed by the State Government or other person on the same terms and conditions on which such lease was held immediately before the appointed day by the Metal Corporation, for the maximum period for which such lease could be renewed under the Mineral Concession Rules.
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