State Act

The Telangana Mica Act, 1957.

17. (1) Any person who contravenes sub-section (1) of section 3 shall, on conviction, be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees. (2) Any person- (a) who buys mica or has in his possession or sells mica extracted from a mica mine or mica dump of which he is not in possession except under and in accordance with a dealer’s licence; (b) has in his possession or sells mica extracted from a mica dump of which he is in possession except under and in accordance with a miner’s licence or a dealer’s licence or proprietor’s certificate; (c) being a licensee, registered proprietor or digger, sells mica to any person other than a person to whom a dealer’s licence has been granted and who resides or carries on business in a controlled area; (d) being a person to whom a dealer’s licence has been granted, buys mica from a person who is not a licensee or registered proprietor or a digger and who resides or carries on business in a controlled area- shall on conviction, be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees. (3) Any licensee or registered proprietor who— (a) fails to keep any books of account required to be kept under section 8, or keeps books of account which do not contain the particulars required by the said section or which contains accounts which are false in any material particular; (b) fails to produce such accounts or disclose or to produce the full amount of his stock of mica when so required under section 9; (c) fails to submit any prescribed return or submits a prescribed return which is false in any material particular; (d) refuses or wilfully neglects to afford to any officer authorised under section 9 any reasonable facility for inspecting any mica mine or mica dump in his possession- shall on conviction be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees. (4) Any licensee who fail to produce his licence within a reasonable time after being so required by the prescribed authority shall, on conviction, be punishable with fine which may extend to fifty rupees.