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MINING RIGHTS REGULATION
(AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE, 1957 (NO.
31 OF 1957)
GOLD COAST
NO. 31 OF 1957.
Section
1. Short Title.
2. Amendment of Section 2 of
Principal Ordinance.
3. Amendment of Section 3 of
Principal Ordinance.
4. Amendment of Section 5 of
Principal Ordinance.
5. Amendment of Heading to Part 3
of Principal Ordinance.
6. Amendment of Section 6 of
Principal Ordinance.
7. Amendment of Section 7 of
Principal Ordinance.
8. Amendment of Section 8 of
Principal Ordinance.
9. Amendment of Section 11(1) of
Principal Ordinance.
AN ORDINANCE to amend the Mining
Rights Regulation Ordinance
(Chapter 153).
Date of Commencement: [4th March,
1957.]
BE IT ENACTED by the Legislature
of the Gold Coast, as follows:—
Section 1—Short Title.
This Ordinance may be cited as the
Mining Rights Regulation
(Amendment) Ordinance, 1957, and
shall be read as one with the
Mining Rights Regulation
Ordinance, hereinafter referred to
as the principal Ordinance.
Section 2—Amendment of Section 2
of Principal Ordinance.
Section 2 of the principal
Ordinance is hereby amended —
(i)
by deleting the definition of
"Concession land";
(ii) by inserting after the
definition of "Gold Coast" the
following new definition:—
"'lessee' means any person to whom
a right to conduct mining
operations is granted under a
mining lease;";
(iii) by deleting the definition
of "Mining" and substituting the
following definition:—
"'mining' includes dredging,
boring for mineral oil and any
other operations for winning or
obtaining minerals or precious
stones;";
(iv) by inserting after the
definition of "Mining concession"
the following new definitions:—
"
'mining land' means land subject
to a mining concession or mining
lease;
'mining lease' means any writing
whereby any right is granted to
conduct mining operations in land
under territorial waters;"; and
(v) by inserting in the definition
of "Mining rights" immediately
after the word "concession" the
words "or mining lease".
Section 3—Amendment of Section 3
of Principal Ordinance.
Section 3 of the principal
Ordinance is hereby amended by
substituting for the word
"concession" occurring in
subsection (2) the word "mining".
Section 4—Amendment of Section 5
of Principal Ordinance.
Section 5 of the principal
Ordinance is hereby amended—
(i)
by substituting for the word
"concession" occurring in
paragraph (1) and where it first
occurs in paragraph (4) the word
"mining";
(ii) by inserting after the word
"concessions" occurring in
paragraph (3) the comma and words
"mining leases"; and
(iii) by inserting after the word
"holder" occurring in paragraph
(4) the words and commas "or
lease, as the case may be,".
Section 5—Amendment of Heading to
Part 3 of Principal Ordinance.
The heading to Part 3 of the
principal Ordinance is hereby
amended by adding the words "AND
LESSEES" after the word "HOLDERS".
Section 6—Amendment of Section 6
of Principal Ordinance.
Section 6 of the principal
Ordinance is hereby amended by
inserting after the word "holder"
where it first occurs therein the
words "and lessee" and where it
next occurs the words "or lessee".
Section 7—Amendment of Section 7
of Principal Ordinance.
Section 7 of the principal
Ordinance is hereby amended by
substituting for the expression
"concession land" occurring
therein and in the marginal note
the expression "mining land".
Section 8—Amendment of Section 8
of Principal Ordinance.
Section 8 of the principal
Ordinance is hereby amended by
inserting after the word "holder"
the words "and lessee" and
substituting for the expression
"concession land" the expression
"mining land".
Section 9—Amendment of Section
11(1) of Principal Ordinance.
Subsection (1) of section 11 of
the principal Ordinance is hereby
amended—
(i)
by inserting in paragraph (d)
after the word "holders" the words
"and lessees"; and
(ii) by inserting immediately
after paragraph (d) the following
new paragraph (dd):—
"(dd) For prescribing accounts and
records to be kept by concession
holders and lessees;".
This printed impression has been
carefully compared by me with the
Bill which has passed the
Legislative Assembly, and found by
me to be a true and correctly
printed copy of the said Bill.
K. B. AYENSU
Clerk to the Legislative Assembly. |
