Minerals Company Act, 1945
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Amendment of section 13 of the Principal Act. |
17.—(1) Section 13 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1), that is to say:— | |
“(1) It shall be lawful for the Minister at any time or times to require the Company— | ||
(a) to apply to the Minister for the grant under the Act of 1940 of a prospecting licence in respect of any particular land and, upon receiving such prospecting licence, to prospect and examine such land for the purpose of ascertaining the nature and quantity of the minerals in such land and the advisability of working such minerals, or | ||
(b) to prospect and examine any particular land in the possession of the Company for the purpose of ascertaining the nature and quantity of the minerals in such land and the advisability of working such minerals”. | ||
(2) Subsection (4) of section 13 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution of the words “five thousand pounds” for the words “three thousand pounds”. |