Licences or eases "or the purpose of prospecting, for or extraction of minerals.

(1) Such share of the royalties accruing each year from forest, licence or lease for the purposes of prospecting for, or the extraction of minerals granted by the Government in respect of any area within the autonomous district as may be agreed upon between the Government and the District Council of such district shall be made over to that District Council. (2) If any dispute arises as to the share of such royalties to be made over to the District Council, it shall be referred to an arbitrator appointed by the Government for determination and the amount determined by the arbitrator shall be deemed to be the amount payable under sub-section (1) to the District Council and the decision of the arbitrator shall be final: Provided that no person below the rank of a District Judge within the meaning of Article 236 of the Constitution of India shall be appointed as arbitrator. (3) All regulations made under this section shall come into force on publication in the Official Gazette.