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fees, royalties, premiums and other payments as are then applicable to new leases and subject to such covenants and conditions as the Land Officer may determine.
(3) The Governor in Council may authorize the grant or renewal of a mining lease for a term of more than twenty-one years. (Added, 33 of 1960, s. 13)
25. A mining licence or mining lease shall be deemed to confer on the holder or lessee the following rights-
(a) to carry out mining operations below the surface of the area in respect of which the licence or lease is granted;
(b) to enter upon, use and carry out mining operations on the surface of any Crown land within the said area; and
(c) with the prior consent in writing of the owner and any lawful occupier of any private land within the said area, to enter upon, use and carry out mining operations on the surface thereof.
26. The lessee of a mining lease shall not assign, mortgage, charge, underlet or otherwise alienate or dispose of any of his rights under the lease, or enter into any agreement so to do, without the prior consent in writing of the Land Officer.
27. (1) The holder of a mining licence or mining lease shall not-
(a) divert the waters of any river, stream, spring, reservoir, filter-bed, well or watercourse, without the prior consent in writing of the Commissioner; or (Amended, 33 of 1960, s. 26)
(b) pollute, or permit to become polluted, any water, or in any way render such water unfit for the purpose for which it is being used.
(2) Any holder of a mining licence or mining lease who contravenes any of the provisions of subsection (1) may, without prejudice to any other remedy therefor, be required by the Commissioner to take such action as may be directed to prevent a continuance or recurrence of such contravention and within such time as may be specified. (Amended, 33 of 1960, s. 26)
28. Every person who uses water in connexion with mining operations, whether for the generation of power or for the removal of mineral substances or for concentrating, milling or otherwise, shall make such provision as will ensure that all water so used shall not contain any injurious substance in quantities likely to prove detrimental to human, animal or vegetable life when it leaves the mining area in which it has been so used.
28A. Rights under a mining licence or mining lease.
Assignment, etc. of mining rights.
Diversion or pollution of waters prohibited.
Purification of water.
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fees, royalties, premiums and other payments as are then applicable to new leases and subject to such covenants and conditions as the Land Officer may determine.
(3) The Governor in Council may authorize the grant or renewal of a mining lease for a term of more than twenty-one years. (Added, 33 of 1960, s. 13)
25. A mining licence or mining lease shall be deemed to confer on the holder or lessee the following rights-
(a) to carry out mining operations below the surface of the
area in respect of which the licence or lease is granted;
(b) to enter upon, use and carry out mining operations on the surface of any Crown land within the said area; and
(c) with the prior consent in writing of the owner and any lawful occupier of any private land within the said area, to enter upon, use and carry out mining operations on the surface thereof.
26. The lessee of a mining lease shall not assign, mortgage, charge, underlet or otherwise alienate or dispose of any of his rights under the lease, or enter into any agreement so to do, with- out the prior consent in writing of the Land Officer.
not-
27. (1) The holder of a mining licence or mining lease shall
(a) divert the waters of any river, stream, spring, reservoir, filter-bed, well or watercourse, without the prior consent in writing of the Commissioner; or (Amended, 33 of 1960, s. 26)
(b) pollute, or permit to become polluted, any water, or in any way render such water unfit for the purpose for which it is being used.
(2) Any holder of a mining licence or mining lease who contravenes any of the provisions of subsection (1) may, without prejudice to any other remedy therefor, be required by the Com- missioner to take such action as may be directed to prevent a continuance or recurrence of such contravention and within such time as may be specified. (Amended, 33 of 1960, s. 26)
28. Every person who uses water in connexion with mining operations, whether for the generation of power or for the removal of mineral substances or for concentrating, milling or otherwise, shall make such provision as will ensure that all water so used shall not contain any injurious substance in quantities likely to prove detrimental to human, animal or vegetable life when it leaves the mining area in which it has been so used.
28A.
Rights under a mining licence or mining lease.
Assignment, etc.
of mining rights.
Diversion or pollution of waters
prohibited.
Purification of water.
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