RULE-123

BALOCHISTAN MINERAL RULES, 2002 BALOCHISTAN MINERAL RULES, 2002 [Gazette of Balochistan, Extraordinary, 9th March, 2002] No. S.O.(MR)4-6/2002, dated 8-1-2002.--In exercise of the powers conferred by section 2, of the Regulation of Mines and Oil-Fields and Mineral Development (Government Control) Act, 1948, (XXIV of 1948) the Government of Balochistan is pleased to make the flowing Rules:-- PART VI MISCELLANEOUS 123. Forfeiture order.- (1) Where a person is convicted of an offence under these Rules, the court before which the person is convicted may, in addition to any penalty imposed or other forfeiture ordered, order that - (a) any mineral or group of minerals won or mined in the course of the commission of the offence, be forfeited to the Government; or (b) in the event of any such mineral or group of minerals having been sold or otherwise disposed of, that an amount equal to the proceeds of the sale or the market value of the mineral or group of minerals, whichever is the greater as determined by the court, be paid by such person for the benefit of the Government. (2) The offence shall be cognisable under the Criminal Procedure Code.