105Cancellation of permits etc.

#### 105 Cancellation of permits etc. (1) Where a permittee, lessee, licensee, infrastructure licensee or pipeline licensee: (a) has not complied with a condition to which the permit, lease, licence, infrastructure licence or pipeline licence is subject; (b) has not complied with a direction given to him under this Part by the Designated Authority or the Joint Authority; (c) has not complied with a provision of this Part or of the regulations; or (d) has not paid any amount payable by him under this Act, or under any Act with which this Act is incorporated, within a period of 3 months after the day on which the amount became payable; the Joint Authority may, on that ground, by instrument in writing served on the permittee, lessee, licensee, infrastructure licensee or pipeline licensee, as the case may be: (e) in the case of a permit or licence—cancel the permit or licence as to all or some of the blocks in respect of which it is in force; or (eaa) in the case of an infrastructure licence—cancel the infrastructure licence; or (ea) in the case of a lease—cancel the lease as to all of the blocks in respect of which it is in force; or (f) in the case of a pipeline licence—cancel the pipeline licence as to the whole or a part of the pipeline in respect of which it is in force. (2) The Joint Authority shall not, under subsection (1), cancel a permit, licence or pipeline licence as to all or some of the blocks, or as to the whole or a part of the pipeline, in respect of which it is in force, cancel an infrastructure licence, or cancel a lease as to all of the blocks in respect of which it is in force, on a ground referred to in that subsection unless: (a) it has, by instrument in writing served on the permittee, lessee, licensee, infrastructure licensee or pipeline licensee, as the case may be, given not less than one month’s notice of its intention so to cancel the permit, lease, licence or pipeline licence on that ground; (b) it has served a copy of the instrument on such other persons, if any, as it thinks fit; (c) it has, in the instrument, specified a date on or before which the permittee, lessee, licensee, infrastructure licensee or pipeline licensee or a person on whom a copy of the instrument is served may, by instrument in writing served on the Designated Authority, submit any matters that he wishes to be considered; and (d) it has taken into account: (i) any action taken by the permittee, lessee, licensee, infrastructure licensee or pipeline licensee, as the case may be, to remove that ground or to prevent the recurrence of similar grounds; and (ii) any matters so submitted on or before the specified date by the permittee, lessee, licensee, infrastructure licensee or pipeline licensee or by a person on whom a copy of the first‑mentioned instrument has been served.