12. Special Provisions

12. Special Provisions:

(1) The Department may, with a view to national security, public interest or historical importance, declare any area as prohibited for mining operations or grant a license for mining operations in any area having specified special conditions.
(2) The Department may undertake mining operations by itself in an area for which a license has already been issued for the minerals other than those covered by such a license in such a way so that such operations do not hamper the mining operations of the licensee, or may cause to any other person undertake such operations having issued a license.
(2) Government of Nepal may specify that the mining operations of any specified minerals shall be undertaken only by the Department or by any other governmental agency as prescribed by the Department.

(3) Government of Nepal may make separate arrangements as prescribed for minerals that have been using for personal purposes by the public-in-general such as ordinary soil, boulders, and sand to be used in construction works in such a way so that such arrangements shall not make detrimental impact on the customary use of such minerals.