Section 11
Persons to whom mineral tenement may be granted or transferred
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(1)
Subject to this Ordinance, a mineral tenement may only be granted or transferred to—
(a)
a person who is a citizen of Malaysia and who is permanently residing in Sarawak;
(b)
a company incorporated in Malaysia under the relevant law relating to companies and authorized by its constitution to prospect for or to mine minerals;
(c)
a body expressly empowered to hold mining land under any other written law; or
(d)
subject to subsection (3), a foreign company as defined in the relevant law relating to companies and registered as such under that law and authorized by its constitution to prospect for or to mine minerals.
(2)
Subject to this Ordinance, any person may be granted more than one mineral tenement.
(3)
No mineral tenement shall be granted to a foreign company without approval of the Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri and subject to such special conditions as the Majlis may consider fit to impose.