Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957
Section 5: Effect of notification on prospecting licences and mining leases
On the issue of a notification under sub-section (1) of section 4 in respect of any land—
(a) any prospecting licence [which authorises any person] to prospect for coal or any other mineral in the land shall cease to have effect; and
(b) any mining lease *** shall, in so far as it authorises the lessee or any person claiming through him to undertake any operation in the land, cease to have effect for so long as the notification under that sub-section is in force.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 15 October 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
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