Section 12
Production of permits and licences, inspection, etc.
(1)
Every holder of a prospecting permit and every licensee shall produce his permit or licence at all reasonable time when required to do so by the Director or by any person duty authorised by him in that behalf.
(2)
Every licensee, holder of a prospecting permit or person prospecting under the provisions of subsection (1) of section 4 shall permit the Chief Inspector or any person duly authorized by him, at all reasonable times, to inspect any prospecting operations, and shall, at his own cost and expense -
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(a)
render, at such times and in such form as the Chief Inspector may specify, such documents and information relating to the prospecting operations as the Chief Inspector may require;
(b)
within one month of the expiration of his licence or permit, or the completion of such prospecting, as the case may be, render to the Chief
Inspector a full, true, particulars and just account of the results of his prospecting operations.
(3)
Any documents or information rendered under paragraph (a) of subsection (2)
shall, during the term of the licence or permit, or continuation of prospecting under subsection
(1)
of section 4, as the case may be, be treated as confidential by the Chief Inspector save in so far as the person by whom, or on whose behalf, the same are rendered may permit, which permission shall not be unreasonably withheld:
Provided that the Chief Inspector shall, without such permission, be entitled at any time to make use of any information so received for the purpose of preparing and publishing aggregated returns and general reports or for the purpose of arbitration or litigation between the Government and the licensee.
Cancellation of permits and licences.