Section 8, Cap 196

(1) No prospecting right, exclusive prospecting licence ormining right granted under this Ordinance shall authorise the holder thereof to prospect or mine, (i) (a) within any Government station or on or under any h:mds used for or appropriated to any public purpose vvithout the consent in writing of the Governor first obtained, and subject to the conditions, if any, prescribed in such written consent; (b) on or under land occupied by a town, village, market or burial ground, or on or under land habitually used or occupied for sacred or ceremonial purposes, or on or under land within one hundred yards of any Government or public building or works, or any market, burial ground or place used or occupied for sacred or ceremonial purposes as aforesaid, or public road, tramway or railway without the consent in writing of the Governor first obtained and subject to the conditions, if any, imposed by the Governor; (ii) on or under land actually under cultivation without the consent of the occupier of the land ; (iii) on or under any land within one hundred yards of any building erected thereon without the consent of the occupier of the building: Provided that, if the Governor shall be satisfied that the consent required under paragraphs (ii) or (iii) is withheld unreasonably, the Governor may authorise the holder of the licence or right to prospect or mine on any such land subject to such conditions as he may prescribe. (2) Any person prospecting or mining on or under any lands specified in sub-section (1) without the requisite consent or authority shall be liable, on summary conviction, to any of the penalties prescribed in section 3 (3). mineral oils. Council may close areas to prospecting. Lands on which prospecting and mining not permitted under a licence or right except when consent obtained. When prospecting lawful. Applications for prospecting rights. As to the grant and duration of a right. PROSPECTING.