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| (1) The Bureau shall not issue a license to any person to explore for, or mine any minerals upon
| | (a) any burial ground or cemetery within the meaning of the Cemeteries and Burial Grounds Ordinance (Chapter 231), without the approval of the Minister and the Minister in charge of the subject of Local Government ; | | |
| | (b) any land within such distance of a railway track, aerodrome, road, thoroughfare, power line or other public work or public building as may be prescribed, without the approval of the Minister and the Minister in charge of the relevant subject ; | | |
| | (c) any land situated within such distance of a lake, stream or a tank or bund within the meaning of the Crown Lands Ordinance (Chapter 454), as may be prescribed, without the approval of the Minister and the Minister in charge of the subject of Lands ; | | |
| | (d) any wild life reservation, nature reserve, forest or park within the meaning of the Crown Lands Ordinance (Chapter 454) without the approval of the Minister and the Minister in charge of the subject of Lands ; | | |
| | (e) any land situated within such distance of a catchment area within the meaning of the Crown Lands Ordinance (chapter 454) as may be prescribed, without the approval of the Minister and the minister in charge of the subject of Lands; | | |
| | (f) the foreshore or sea-bed within the meaning of the Crown Lands Ordinance (Chapter 454) without the approval of the Minister and the Minister in charge of the subject of Coast Conservation ; | | |
| | (g) any land vested in any naval, military, or air force authority, without the approval of the Minister and the Minister in charge of the subject of Defence ; | | |
| | (h) any land vested in any Provincial Council or a local authority without the approval of the Minister and the Minister in charge of the subject of Provincial Councils. | | |
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| (2) In addition to any ether condition that may be prescribed under this Act, the Minister or the Ministers referred to in subsection (1), as the case may be, may, in granting approval for a licence under subsection (1), lay down such further conditions, as may be determined by such Minister or Ministers. Where approval is granted subject to any further conditions, the Bureau shall cause such conditions to be specified in the licence. |
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