Repeal of section 35.
Amendment of heading of Part VI.
Repeal and replacement of section
3.6.
Amendment
(5) any damage to any land wherever situate or to anything built, planted, grown or standing thereon caused by pros. pecting or mining operations,
shall be paid by the person prospecting or mining to the owner of the land and any lawful occupier thereof.".
16. Section 35 of the principal Ordinance is repealed.
17. The beading "POSSESSION AND PURCHASE OF MINERALS" of Part VI of the principal Ordinance is amended by the insertion of the following between the words "OP" and "MINERALS”-
“SPECIFIED".
18. Section 36 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and replaced by the following-
**Meaning of specified minerals for purposes of this Part.
36. For the purposes of this Part, the term "specified minerals" means any minerals, in their unmanufactured state, to which the Governor may, by order, apply this Part.",
19. Part VI of the principal Ordinance is amended by the deletion of Pan VI of the term "minerals" wherever it appears in sections 37 to 42 and the
substitution therefor of the following-
Repeal and replacement
of section
49.
"specified minerals".
20. Section 49 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and replaced by the following-
**Accidents
to be reported.
49. (1) If in any mine, or in connexion with mining or prospecting operations, any accident causing loss of life occurs, the lessee or the bolder of the licence shall within twenty-four hours of its occurrence report the accident to a mines officer and to the nearest police station.
(2) Any other accident occurring within the area of the lease or licence and resulting in disablement of any employee of the lessee or the holder of the licence so as to cause him to be incapable of performing his ordinary work for one day or more shall be reported to a mines officer by the lessee or the holder of the licence within forty-eight hours of its occurrence.
(3) If, in any mine, or in connexion with mining or prospecting operations, any dangerous occurrence, as specified in the regulations made under the Ordinance, takes place, whether any personal injury has been caused or not, the lessee or the holder of the licence shall within
**
Twenty-four hours report such occurrence to a mines officer, and in the case of such an occurrence in the New Terri- tories to the appropriate District Officer.
(4) If any accident causing disablement is reported under subsection (2) and the person disabled subsequently dics as a result of the accident, notice in writing of the death shall be given within twenty-four hours thereof to a mines officer and to the police station nearest to the place where the accident occurred.
(5) Every report made under subsection (1) or (3) shall state the names of every person suffering death or disablement, the nature and extent of the injuries to every such person, and the circumstances in which the accident occurred, and may be made by telephone, orally or in writing.
(6) Every report made under subsection (3) shall be in writing, and in addition to any report required under subsection (1) or (2), and shall include particulars of the time of the occurrence of the accident, any damage to the building in which the accident occurred or to the machinery or plant therein, and the circumstances in which the accid- ent occurred.”.
21. Paragraph (d) of section 53 of the principal Ordinance is Amendment amended by the deletion of-
(a) the words "or prohibition"; and
(b) the word and figures "or 12".
of section 53.
22, Section 57 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and replaced Repeal and by the following—
"Wilfully or recklessly diving false information
or with- bolding bformation, and con- Lavention
of section 61A).
57. Any person who-
(a) wilfully or recklessly gives false information, or who withholds information, as to any of the matters in respect of which information is re- quired to be given under this Ordinance or the regulations made thereunder; or
(6) contravenes the provisions of subsection (8) of
section 67A.
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine
of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months.".
replacemeat of section ST.
23. Subsection (1) of section 61 of the principal Ordinance is Amendment amended by the deletion of the words "under this Ordinance or the of section regulations" and the substitution therefor of the following-
"against section 37, 38, 40, 41 or 53”.
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