Application of Part IV
s 10
The provisions of this Part shall apply to all persons other than Geological Survey Officers and authorized persons.
Geological Survey Act 1974 Part IV — General obligations relating to geological survey, etc
Notice on person prospecting
s 11
(1) The Director General may by notice require any person prospecting land for metal or minerals under licence or permit issued under any law relating to mining for the time being in force— (a) to make and submit to him a record of description and place of finding of specimens of rock material, mineral, ore, fossiliferous materials or other naturally occurring mineral substance in the earth; (b) to surrender to him the aforesaid specimens or samples or part of the specimens or samples for the purpose of identification or analysis provided such request is made within 6 months after the completion of the prospecting; (c) to give a true account of the results of the prospecting as soon as possible after its completion or at such intervals during its continuance as he may direct. (2) The Director General may retain such specimens or samples as may be surrendered to him under paragraph (1)(b).
Finding of fossiliferous material to be notified
s 12
Where any person conducting a geological survey or prospecting finds any fossiliferous material he shall immediately notify the Director General of such details as may from time to time be prescribed.
Development of certain wells to be notified
s 13
(1) Any person who bores, drills, digs or otherwise develops a well for the purpose of searching for or extracting water therefrom shall notify the Director General of such details as may from time to time be prescribed. (2) For the purposes of this section a well does not include a well which is less than 30 feet in depth without reaching bedrock or yield less than 500 gallons of water per day and is used only for the domestic purposes of the household of the person responsible for its development.
Certain excavations to be notified
s 14
Subject to section 13, any person who bores, drills, digs or otherwise develops a hole, pit, shaft, tunnel, cutting or other excavation exposing bedrock (as distinct from alluvium or detritus) shall notify the Director General of such details as may be prescribed from time to time: Provided that this section shall not apply to any person making an excavation incidental to the erection of a single-storeyed or double-storeyed building or to any person making an excavation in accordance with the provisions of any law relating to mining for the time being in force.
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