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enter upon any land within the designated area;

cut, remove or otherwise clear such uncultivated vegetation as may be necessary for the proper conduct of such survey;

erect or emplace such pegs and marks as may be necessary for the proper conduct of such survey;

conduct a superficial geological survey;

conduct an artificial geophysical survey;

bore, drill, fracture, dig or pit over the land;

obtain and remove any specimen or sample from the land in furtherance of such survey and remove and dispose of as he deems fit such superficial or cognate material as may be necessary to obtain the specimen or sample.

Any Geological Survey Officer or authorized person entering upon any land for the purpose of a geological survey shall, on demand by the occupier of the land, produce to the occupier his letter of authority in the form prescribed.

In this section—

“artificial geophysical survey” means any investigation of the surface, subsurface, or content of the earth by measuring the deviations of artificially induced physical forces;

“geochemical survey” means any systematic investigation of the surface, subsurface, or content of the earth by means of chemical analysis of specimens or samples taken from the earth, terrestrial water or vegetation;

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“natural geophysical survey” means any investigation of the surface or subsurface or content of the earth by measurement of its innate physical properties;

“superficial geological survey” means any systematic investigation of the surface, subsurface, or content of the earth by means of natural geophysical survey, geochemical survey or physical examination;

“systematic investigation” means any investigation including a preliminary examination.

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