Malaysia legislation

Section 65

of Mineral Enactment 1999

Section 65

(1)

Where an application for a mining lease has been approved, a boundary survey of the area specified in the application shall be carried out at the expense of the lessee before the mining lease is issued.

(2)

The provisions of the Surveyors Ordinance 1960 [Ord. No. 22 of 1960.] and section 19 of the Land Ordinance [Cap. 68.] relating to survey for the purpose of alienation shall, with such modification as may be necessary, apply in respect of boundary survey for the purpose of a mining lease and to any survey matter relating thereto.

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(3)

No development work or mining may commence under a mining lease until the mining land in respect of which the lease is granted has been surveyed.

Duration and renewal of mining lease.