Section 98
Preparation of licence, lease and certificate
—
(1)
Any licence, lease or certificate granted under this
Ordinance shall be prepared in duplicate, one copy to be delivered by the Registrar to the holder of the licence, lease or certificate, as the case may be, and the other to be retained by the Registrar to be bound up in the appropriate registers referred to in section 97 and serially numbered therein.
(2)
The Registrar shall not cause any panning licence, prospecting licence, proprietary mining licence, mining lease or certificate to be prepared, unless—
(a)
in the case of a panning licence and proprietary mining licence, the prescribed fees have been paid;
(b)
in the case of a prospecting licence, the prescribed fees and the first year’s licence fee have been paid; and
(c)
in the case of a mining lease or certificate—
(i)
the prescribed fees and the first year’s rent have been paid; and
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(ii)
in the case of mining land which has been surveyed, and the survey fees, and if the survey was carried out by land surveyor, his fees, have been paid.