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(2) Before making any such order, the magistrate shall give to any person claiming or appearing to the magistrate to be the owner of or otherwise interested in such minerals an opportunity of being heard.
(3) It shall be lawful for the Governor in his absolute discretion to give effect to any claim for relief from such forfeiture where such claim is established to his satisfaction on equitable, moral or other grounds.
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PART X.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
60. Save as is otherwise expressly provided, any notice or other document required or authorized to be served under this Ordinance or the regulations may be served either-
(a) by delivering it to the person on whom it is to be served;
or
(b) by leaving it at the usual or last known place of abode or business of that person;
or
(c) by sending it in a prepaid registered letter addressed to that person at his usual or last known place of abode or business;
or
(d) in the case of an incorporated company, by delivering it to the secretary of the company at its registered or principal office or sending it in a prepaid registered letter addressed to the secretary of the company at that office.
61. The grant of any licence or lease under this Ordinance shall not limit the power of the Governor to take from the land the subject of the licence or lease any materials required for the construction of railways, roads, buildings or other public works, and such other materials as are not included in the licence or lease, but so that such taking shall not interfere with or hinder any mining operations carried on under such licence or lease.
62. No person while in the service of the Crown shall, directly or indirectly, acquire or hold for his own benefit any right or interest under any prospecting or mining licence or mining lease, and any licence or lease or other document or transaction purporting to confer any such right or interest on any such person shall be null and void.
63. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other enactment, any mines officer authorized in writing by the Commissioner, either generally or in any particular case, may conduct the prosecution of any offence against this Ordinance or the regulations.
Service of documents.
Right of the Governor to take materials.
Crown servants prohibited from acquiring rights.
Officers empowered to conduct prosecutions.