Skip to content
Section 3
The Sapphire Act, 1989 (1932 A. D.)Jammu and Kashmir

Section 3. Precious stones to be the property of the State

All sapphires and rubies and all precious stones as defined above found any where within the State territory after three months from the date of the promulgation of this Act shall be deemed to be the property of the 1[Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir], unless title thereof is vested in any person in accordance with the rules made under this Act.

1Superscript markers show text inserted or substituted by a later amendment. The Act carries the markers without the footnotes they refer to, so they are shown without a target.