Section 17
Section 17
Every lease shall vest in the lessee thereof in the absence of any express provision to the contrary the following rights -
(a)
the right to work such metals and minerals as are specified in the lease and are found upon or beneath the land, and, subject to the provisions of paragraph (c), to remove, dispose of, dress, and treat the same during such term as may be mentioned in the lease;
(b)
the right to use such portion of the land as may be required for the purpose of erecting houses, labourers’ quarters, sheds or other building or of growing such plants and vegetables as may in the opinion of the Chief
Inspector be reasonable for the purposes of the mine or for the use of the labourers;
(c)
subject to the provisions of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 30
of the Land Ordinance [Cap. 68.] the right to all timber and other forest produce upon the land but no right, unless authorised under any other written law, to remove beyond the boundaries of the said land for any purpose (excepting only for the extraction therefrom of any metal or mineral ore) any timber or other forest produce or any earth, gravel, stone, coral, shell, guano, sand, loam or clay or any bricks, lime or other commodities manufactured from the material aforesaid.
FOR REFERENCE ONLY AS AT JANUARY 2019 10
Implied conditions on part of lessee.