State Act

THE KARNATAKA REGULATION OF STONE CRUSHERS ACT, 2011

5. Term of license.- 2[(1)]2 A license shall be valid for a period of 3[1[twenty years] 1]3 and may be renewed for a 3[1[further period of ten years] 1]3 subject to fulfilment of the conditions laid down under this Act or the rules made thereunder. Explanation.- Where a license has been granted in the middle of a year, for the purpose of computing the term of license, the remaining part of the year shall be deemed to be a year. 4[(2) Subject to payment of such annual regulation fee as may be prescribed, all existing crusher licenses granted before the commencement of Karnataka Stone Crusher Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2020 shall be deemed to have been granted for a period of twenty years from the date of original grant and shall be extended accordingly. (3) The benefit of extension under sub-section (2) of this section shall also apply,- (i) for cases where crusher license renewal application was filed before the expiry of such license which is pending consideration before the licensing Authority; and (ii) for the cases where the licensing Authority has rejected renewal applications solely on the ground of non-filling of such applications three months prior to expiry of such license but has applied for renewal before the expiry of licence as stipulated under sub-section (1), the renewal under clause (ii) shall be subject to payment of the penalty of rupees two lakh. (4) Upon expiry of the period of crusher license specified in sub-section (1) and (2) of this section, the Licensing Authority may renew the licence on an application for renewal for further period for ten years.]4