Manual of Mines and Minerals Laws

SUMMARY OF CONTENTS
FEDERAL
1. Mines Act, 1923
2. Regulation of Mines and Oil-Fields and Mineral Development (Government Control) Act, 1948
3. Consolidated Mines Rules, 1952
4. Coal Mines Pithead Bath Rules, 1946
5. Coal Mines Regulations, 1926
6. Coal Mines (Fixation of Rates of Wages) Ordinance, 1960
7. Mines Creche Rules, 1946
8. Mining Board Rules, 1951
9. Metalliferous Mines Regulations, 1926
10. Excise Duty on Minerals (Labour Welfare) Act, 1967
11. Land Acquisition (Mines) Act, 1885
12. Mines Maternity Benefit Act, 1941
PUNJAB
13. Punjab Mines and Minerals Act, 2025
14. Punjab Mining Concession Rules, 2002
15. Punjab Mineral Development Corporation Act, 1975
16. Punjab Minerals Cancellation of Sand Leases Ordinance, 1984
17. Punjab Minor Minerals (Cancellation of Leases) Act, 1977
18. Punjab Coal Mines Rescue Rules, 1988
SINDH
19. Sindh Mining Concession Rules, 2002
20. Sindh Mining Concession (Granite) Order, 2007
21. Sindh Coal Act, 2012
22. Sindh Mines and Minerals Governance Act, 2021
23. Sindh Metalliferous Mines Act, 2021 (Act I of 2023)
KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA
24. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mines and Minerals Act, 2017
25. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mineral Auction Rules, 2022
26. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Regulation and Enforcement Rules, 2017
27. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minor Minerals Permit Rules, 2017
28. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mineral Title (Large and Small Scale Mining) Governance Rules, 2017
29. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Royalty Auction Rules, 2017
30. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Power Crushers (Installation, Operation and Regulations) Act, 2019
31. Excise Duty on Minerals (Labour Welfare) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province Rules, 1969
32. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mines Safety, Inspection and Regulation Act, 2019 (Act V of 2020)
BALOCHISTAN
33. Balochistan Mines and Minerals Act, 2025
34. Balochistan Mining Concession (Acquisition) Act, 1973
35. Balochistan Marble and Coal Minerals (Control of Movement) Ordinance, 1978
36. Balochistan Marble and Coal Permit/Rahdari Procedure Rules, 1978
37. Balochistan Minor Minerals Concession Rules, 2000
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