SCHEDULE III
14. Conditions of a prospecting licence –
(1) Every prospecting licence granted under these rules, shall, in addition to any other conditions that may be specified therein, be subject to the following conditions, namely :
(ii) the licensee may win or carry for purposes other than commercial purposes –
(a) any quantity of such minerals within the limits specified under column 3 of Schedule III without any payment ;
(b) any quantity of such minerals not exceeding the limit specified under column 4 of Schedule III, on payment of royalty for the time being specified in the Second Schedule to the Act in respect to those minerals:
Provided that if any quantity in excess of the quantities specified in sub-clause (b) is won and carried away, the State Government may recover the cost of the excess quantity of minerals won and carried away.
