Section 12, Cap 196

(1) The holder of a prospecting right may- Rights un~er . a prospectrng (a) enter upon and prospect on any land, exceptmg land right. within an area closed to prospecting or land the subject of an exclusive prospecting licence or of a mining right or mining lease; (b) whilst engaged in bona fide prospecting, construct his calilp on any unoccupied land and take timber (other than As to the grant of an exclusive trees in a forest reserve or protected forest), and water from any lake, river, stream or watercourse, for domestic purposes or for the purposes of prospecting; (c) sink shafts or wells or dig trenches: Provided as follows- (a) A prospector shall not divert water from any river, stream or watercourse without the consent of the Chief Inspector of Mines or of the District Commissioner. (b) A prospector shall not prospect in a forest reserve or protected forest except he has first given notice to a forest officer and complies with the conditions imposed by the forest officer for the protection of forest produce. (c) A prospector intending to prospect on any land shall, when practicable, give notice of his intention to the owner or occupier of such land before commencing prospecting operations thereon. If any owner or occupier or the Chief Inspector of Mines shall request the prospector to give security for the payment of any compensation for disturbance or damage the Chief Inspector of Mines shall require the prospector to give security by the deposit of such sum of money as he rna y deem fit, and if required by the owner or occupier the prospector shall desist from prospecting on the land until such security has been given. (2) Any prospector failing to give any notice required under the last preceding sub-section or failing to comply with the conditions imposed by a forest officer, or prospecting without having given security when required by the owner or occupier of the land to desist from the prospecting, shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds.