Petroleum Act 1936

In case any petroleum lease shall be liable to voidance, cancellation, or forfeiture for breach of covenant or otherwise, the Governor may, subject to this Act, declare such lease void, and upon publication of notice of such declaration in the Government Gazette, all the estate and interest in the lease of the lessee and every person claiming under him shall cease and determine; and the production of the Government Gazette containing a notice as aforesaid shall be conclusive evidence in all courts of a breach of covenant by the lessee or of other cause sufficient to authorise such declaration, and that all the estate and interest in the lease of the lessee and every person claiming under him have been lawfully determined by re-entry:

Provided that the Governor may, for any cause which he may deem sufficient, by any subsequent notice in the Government Gazette cancel any notice of voidance, cancellation, or forfeiture, and reinstate the lease for the benefit of the lessee, or any person lawfully claiming under him, as of his former estate.