Minister may grant licenses to prospect
42 Minister may grant licenses to prospect
Subject to this Act, the Minister may —
grant or cause to be granted to the holder of a permit to explore, who has carried out his duties and obligations as such holder under this Act to the satisfaction of the Minister, a license to prospect for petroleum upon any area of land, being portion of the area of land specified in his permit to explore, and to be defined and described in the license;
grant or cause to be granted one or more licenses to prospect to the same person in respect of different areas of land at the same time;
cancel any license to prospect granted under this Act.
The Minister may authorise any officer in the department to grant licenses to prospect.
[Section 42 amended: No. 8 of 1940 s. 20.]
[43. Repealed: No. 8 of 1940 s. 2.]
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