THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 29, 1906.
HONGKONG.
No. 7 of 1906.
An Ordinance to empower the Governor to grant licences to search for and prove minerals and to grant licences and leases of land for the purpose of working mines and minerals.
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M. NATHAN,
Governor.
[29th June, 1906.]
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance shall be cited as the Prospecting and Mining Ordinance, 1993.
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2. The Governor-in-Council may, from time to time, at Power to his absolute discretion, and upon such terms and conditions grant pros as he thinks fit, grant licence and authority to any person pecting to search for and provare in and from any Crown land licences. specimens of such metals or minerals as may be specified in such licence, whether such land be then held under lease from the Crown or otherwise, provided that no suel licence shall be granted for a period longer than six months, renewable or not as to the Governor-in-Council may seem fit.
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3. The Governor-in-Come!! may, from time to timp, at his absolute discretion, and upon such terms and conditions grant Mining as he thinks fit, grant licence and authority to any person licences. to get and carry away in and from any Crown land such metals or minerals as may be specified in such licence whether such land be then held under lense from the Crown or otherwise, provided that no such licence shall be granted for a perio1 longer than one year, renewable or not as to the Governor-in-Connell may seem fit.
Power to grant Mining
4. It shall be lawful for the Governor to grant and agree to grant, for any term not execading seventy-five years (or for such longer term as a Secretary of State may leases. anthorise), in the name and on behalf of the King, such leases as may be declared by the Governor-in-Council to be expedient to be granted for the purpose of working such mines, metals or minerals as may be specified in such leases, upon such terms and subject to such conditions as the Governor-in-Conneil may in each case determine.
5. (1.) It shall be lawful for the Governor-in-Council, from time to time, as he may think fiz, to make regulations for the purposes of this Ordinance. Such regulations may fix the fees and rents and royalties to be paid in respect of such licences or leases and may provide for the recovery of such fees, rents and royalties.
(2.) Such regulations may imposé for any breach thereof such penalty not exceeling Two Hundred Dollars as the Governor-in-Council may think fit, and any such penalty may be recovered summarily before a Magistrate, who, in default of payment, may inflict imprisonm out with or with- out hard labour for any period not exceeding six months.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 28th day of June, 1966.
Regulations.
A. G. M. FLETCHER, Clerk of Councils.
Assented to by His Excellency the Governor the 29th day of June, 1906.
T. SERCOMBE SMITH, Colonia I Sveritary.
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