Malaysia legislation
Section 12
Section 12
(1)
Subject to this Enactment, a mineral tenement may only be granted or transferred to –
(a)
a natural person;
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(b)
a company incorporated under the relevant law relating to companies and authorised by its constitution to hold mining land;
(c)
a body expressly empowered to hold mining land under any other written law; or
(d)
a foreign company as defined in the relevant law relating to companies and registered as such under the said law and authorised by its constitution to hold mining land.
(2)
Subject to this Enactment, any person may be granted more than one mineral tenement.
Mineral tenement may be granted over State land, etc.