Section 41, Cap 196

If there shall be a breach on the part of the lessee of a Forfeiture forbreach of mining lease of any condition or provision of this Ordinance or rules, etc. of any rule made thereunder, or of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of his lease, and if the lessee shall not make good such breach within such period, not being less than one month, as the Governor may decide, from the date of receiving notice in writing from the Governor so to do, or if the lessee shall wholly discontinue operations under the mining lease during a continuous period of six months, without the consent in writing of the Governor, then the lease may be determined by the Governor, without prejudice to any claim against the lessee which shall already have accrued. The decision of the Governor determining the lease shall be sufficiently notified to the lessee by its publication in the Gazette: Provided that the Governor may, in lieu of determining a lease, order the lessee to pay a penal rent of such amount not exceeding three times the amount of the rent payable under the lease, as the Governor may determine, from the date on which the breach commenced until the same is made good. Such penal rent shall be in addition to the rent payable under the lease, and shall be paid monthly without demand and shall be recoverable as rent.