Rights of the bolder.
Duties of the holder.
Ownership
And
disposal of minerals.
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15. (1) The holder of a prospecting licence shall have the right to enter upon and prospect on any Crown land within the area the subject of the licence and, subject to the provisions of subsection (2), on any private land within such area, and may, whilst engaged in bonu-fide prospecting, drill, dig trenches, sink shafts and generally make the necessary excavations.
(2) The holder of a prospecting licence shall have no right to enter upon or prospect on private land unless he obtains the prior consent in writing of the owner and any lawful occupier thereof.
18. The holder of a prospecting licence shall-
(2) carry on all prospecting in a safe and workmanlike
manner in accordance with the regulations;
(b) keep such registers and books and make such returns as
may be prescribed;
(c) permit at all reasonable times any mines officer to inspect any prospecting and to inspect and take copies of any register and any book of account in the possession or under the control of the holder and kept in connexion with the prospecting ;
(d) not divert water from any river, stream, spring, reservoir, filter-bed, well or water course without the prior consent in writing of the Superintendent;
(e) if not personally residing within the area the subject of his licence or sufficiently near thereto as to give con- tinuous supervision to the prospecting on such lands, at all times have a responsible agent supervising the prospecting.
17. (1) Minerals obtained in the course of prospecting under a prospecting licence shall be the property of the Crown and shall not be removed from the land or disposed of except with the prior consent in writing of, and upon such terms and conditions as may be imposed by, the Superintendent; but nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit any such holder from removing, from time to time, samples of such minerals sufficient in quantity to enable them to be tested or analysed or experiments to be made for the purpose of ascertaining the content and the commercial value thereof.
(2) The Superintendent may authorize the removal of minerals from the land from which they have been obtained to any place approved by him for safe custody, subject to such conditions as he may impose.
(3) If the holder of a prospecting licence desires to retain or dispose of any minerals obtained in the course of prospecting, be shall make application to the Superintendent in the prescribed manner and, if the Superintendent is satisfied that such holder has been conducting such operations only as are reasonably neces- sary to enable him to test the mining potentialities of the land, he may authorize the applicant to retain and dispose of the minerals in respect of which application is made on payment of the prescribed royalty.
18. A prospecting licence shall not be granted to any person No person who is already the holder of a prospecting licence.
to hold more thou ORN
prospect- ing licence.
19. Where any area is the subject of a prospecting licence, Further the Governor in Council may authorize the grant of a further Prospec
Ling prospecting licence in respect of the same area for a different licences mineral if he is satisfied that by so doing the rights or interests for game of the holder of any existing prospecting licence will not be prejudicially affected.
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20. The Commissioner nay, by notice in writing, cancel a Cancella- prospecting licence-
tion of
prospect-
licence.
(a) if the holder thereof or any attorney, partner, agent or tig servant of such holder is convicted of any offence against this Ordinance or the regulations or fails to comply with any of the requirements of this Ordinance or the regulations;
(b) if the holder fails to comply with any of the terms or
conditions of the licence;
(c) if the holder becomes bankrupt, or makes a composition or scheme of arrangement with his creditors, or, being a company, goes into liquidation, whether compulsory or voluntary (except a voluntary liquidation of a solvent company for the purposes of reconstruction), or if a receiver or manager of the company's business or under- taking is appointed, or if possession is taken, by or on