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FEDERATED MALAY STATES r :

THE MINERAL ORES

ENACTMENT

CHAPTER 148

CHAPTER 148

.MINERAL @RE3

An Enactlaent t~ amend and c o n e r ~ l i d 4 ~ t ~ the 1 t o the purchase and e a e l t i n g of Miner

1. This ~ n a c t k e n t m y be c i t e d rs t h e

Enactlaent r

I n t h i s Enactment - v t r e a t ' h i t h its gr

expraseione means t o eubjec t

change t a k e s plaoe i n t h e eub . . . . .I

"Nines Offioertt laeancr any o f f i o ~ r of the &a)' '

Degartaent not below tbs r any Inspector or Barb-Inrrpl~sat~r appointed

Enaatment;

"Minis ter" means t h e Min i s t e r charged with t h e

r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r mining. k

- "Warden1' means Warden of Mines of a Sta te mB i n c l u d e s A s s i s t a n t Warden of Mines;

"mineral oret1 does no t i nc lude gold ;

f'land" means l a n d C O T . r i aed i n a mining lease o r

mining c e r t i f i c a t e

3 The Y m g di-Per tuan Agong may by n o t i f i c a t i o n

i n t h e Gaze t te appoin t s o many I n s p e c t o r s and Sub-In8pector6

as he may - ~ n s i d e r necessary f a r ca r ry ing out t h e purposes

of t h i s El- , tment.

4. On and a f t e r t h e commenceni~ of t h i s Enactment

i t s h a l l not be l a w f u l f o r any gerson , u n l e s s duly l i c e n e e d

i n t h a t beha l f under t h i s Enactment -

tom and t e r n of l i w ~ e . 36 of 1933~ 1) a t 1934r

1 1

provided t h a t e--ery l i c e n c e t o gurch-e x i n e r d

i nc lude t h e r i g h t t o keep a house, s t o r e , shop o r plrce- . . ; - , -AT .

f o r t h e purchase o r s t o r a g e t h e r e o f , and t h a t every l ic inco, . . ' . ; .~ . .

t o keep a f a c t o r y o r p l a c e f o r the purpans of slaelting o r .-:5< .

.. , . . . otherwise t r e a t i n g mine ra l o r e s h a l l i n c l u d e all r i e t s ,

>. - conveyed by a l i c e n c e t o purchase a i n e ~ a l o r e raad provide4

.

f u r t h e r t h a t no th ing i n t h i s Enactment s h a l l be deemed to

a f f e c t t h e s a l e of o r e by a sub- leasee t o his sub-lessor. - - - . . . ,

C' W - a' . . 5 : (3.1 Such a-d may be m t h e Waden lrpon

a p p l i o a t i o n and payment of a fee b f ,

and eha2.l be s u b s t a n t i a l l y i n t h e

such v a r i a t i o n e aa may be neces sa ry , bu t no oruch,liceaae

s h a l l be i s s u e d u n t i l t h e a p p l i u a n t themfor shall have m a d T - -

a depos i t of two hundred d o l l a r e , t o be r e t u r n e d a~ herein-, 1 a f t e r provided: such d e p o s i t s h a l l be e i t h e r by cash paid

i n t o the Treasury o r by d e l i v e r y at t h e Treasury gf a Bank . I r e c e i p t evidencing t h e payment of t h e s a i d m o u h t t o t h e

c r e d i t of t h e Governm~pt wi th such h k ; i n t e r e m t alAowed

by the Bank on m y such amount rshal.1 be payable t o t h e

depos i to r .

( i i ) Every such l i c e n c e s h a l l e x p i r e on t h e 31st .

day of December of t h e y e a r i n r e s p e c t of which i t waa

issued v d s h a l l be v a l i d on ly f o r t h e g l a c e and purpose . !.

s p e c i f i e d t h e r e i n .

k ( i i i ) I n t h e event of t h e dea th , m e n t ~ l d i s o r d e r o r

bankruptcy of a l i c e n s e e i t s h a l l be l a w f u l f o r t h e K u d e n

t o i s s u e t o such person as t h e Warden deems f i t a p e r n i t t o tBfbkh

ca r ry on t h e bus ines s u n t i l a p e r s o n a l r e p r e s e n t a t i v e ha6 'MWq.

been appointed by the Court o r u n t i l t h e e x p i r a t i o n of the -.-' ' , - - . > l i c e n c e , whichever f i r s t ,ccurs. For t h e purposet? of t h i s

\ -1' Enactment any perso,, t o whom a permit h a s been i s s u e d a e

, a f o r e s a i d s h a l l be deemed t o be a l i c e n s e e .

( i v ) No l i c e n s e e s h a l l t r a n s f e r o r a t t emp t t o

t r a n s f e r h i s l i c e n c e o r except with t h e w r i t t e n consent

of t h e Warden a u t h o r i s e any o t h e r person t o e x e r c i s e mny . ::'.. .

r i g h t o r p r i v i l e g e under t h e l i c e n c e : . .

Provided t h a t a l i c e n s e e i n t e n d i n g t o l e a v e t h e

Federated Malay S t a t e s may, wi th t h e w r i t t e n s a n c t i o n of

t h e Warden and wi th t h e consent i n w r i t i n g of t h e person

t o be, appoin ted appo in t a manager t o c a r r y on t h e bus ines s

i n t he 1 i c e n s e e ' ' s name and t o do i n h i s name any th ing

r equ i r ed t o be done by t h e l i c e n s e e under t h i a Enactment.

Any manager s o appoin ted s h a l l be deemed t o be a l i c e n s e e

f o r a l l purposes and s h a l l be l i a b l e t o any p e ~ a l t y pres-

c r ibed by t h i s Enactment i n r e s p e c t of any a c t of h i s t o

the same e x t e n t and i n t h e same manner as t h e o r i g i n a l

l i c ensee . . ( v ) A l i c e n s e e who c e a s e s t o c a r r y on business as

a l i c e n s e e , whether d u r i n g t h e currency of h i s l i c e n c e o r

upon t h e e x p i r a t i ~ n t h e r e o f , s h a l l w i th in a f o r t n i g h t of so . . ceasing d e l i v e r t o t h e Warden f o r i n s p e c t i o n tee book* rhioh he i s r equ i r ed by t h i s Enactment t o keep. - 6 * (i) It s h a l l be l a w f u l f o r t h e Warden, &n t h e

a p p l i c a t i o n of any person l i c e n s e d t o purchase minera l o r e ,

t o i s s u e t o such person f-

sub- l icences which s h a l l be s u b s t a n t i a l l y in t h e

) s u b j e c t t o t he payment of n f e e of f i v e d o l l a r s

f o r each sub- l icence .

( i i ) To evcry sub- l icence t h e r e s h a l l be a t t a c h e d ,

on i s s u e , a photograph of t h e sub- l icensee . Such photograph

s h a l l be supp l i ed by t h e sub - l i censee , who s h a l l p r e se rve

t he same i n good c o n d i t i o n o r r e t u r n t h e sub- l icence t o t h e

Flarden w i t h a v i ew t o having a f r e s h photograph a t tached .

( i i i ) No sub- l icpnce s h a l l remain i n f o r c e a f t e r

the te rmina t ion o.f t h e lScence t o which i t - e l a t e s .

. ( i v ) Every ho lde r of a sub- l icence when a c t i n g i n

pursu:?ce t he reo f s h a l l keep such sub- l icence on ~ J E ; person

and s h a l l produce i t on demanti for t h e i n s p e c t i o n b f any

Mines O f f i c e r o r P o l i c e Off icer .

~i&%a t o b8 7* Every applicant for or holder of a licence or - . , - . - radueed. Enactment shall if called upon to

- Warden, or an Inspector of Mines,

or Inspector under this Enactment every weight or instrument

for weighing which he may use or intend to uee for the

purpose of such licence or sub-licence and the certificates

of verification for the same.

ndorreeenf 8 r (i) The Warden shall endorse upon the licence or "dterting sub-licence, as the case may be, a description of the weights v Wmden.

and instruments for weighing so produced or to which the

certificates of verification relate; provided that,the i C* - - Wa+den shall not endorse on a sub-licence any weights or- - -

instruments for weighing which have not been endorsed on

the licence to which such sub-licence relates; and *rdvided

further that the Warden may in his discretion disallow the -

use, for the purposes of the licence or sub-licence, of any

weight or instrument for weighing so produced beiore him

and shall not endorse upon the licence or sub-licence the

description of any weight or instrument for weighing so

disallowed by him. \

(ii) If at any time after such endorsement upon a

licence any weight or instrument for weighing other than

as described therein shdl be found

(a) in the possession of the licensee, or

(b) in the possession of any person to whom a sub-licence shall have been issued on the application of the licensee, and it be not proved to have been in the possess- ion of such person without the knowledge or consent of the licensee, or

( c ) in the building or licensed,

the licensee shall.be deemed to have committed an offence

against the provisions of this Enactment; and if at any

time after such endorsement upon a sub-licence weight

or instrument for weighing other than as described therein

shall be found in the possession of the sub-licensee, the

sub-aiceneee ahall be deemed to have codtted an offence

ago;tnst tho prouioions'of this Enactment.

9. i It s h a l l be l a w f u l f o r t h e l iarden t o r e f u s e : fumaoes t o a l l ow any fu rnace t o be used i n any smelt ing-house i f he- .' ba prohibited.

s h a l l be s a t i s f i ~ d t h a t such f u r n a c e can on ly be e f f i c i e n t l y

may vary Schedule C.

worked w i th c h a r c o a l made from t h e woods s p e c i f i e d i n

Schedule C. . .

(ii) The Warden may a l s o r e f u s e t o l i c e n s e any

smel t ing-house c o n t a i n i n g any such f u r n a c e as af 0resd.d. 3 ,.

The Min i s t e r may from t ime t o t ime , by n o t i -

f i c a t i o n i n t h e G a z e t t e , add t o o r o the rw i se vary Schedule C;

Minister 11. It s h a l l be l a w f u l f o r t h e M i n i s t e r i n h i s

------- may =noel &+cre~orrtoca~cerx~~li~fii~~-~~ning anyp-- l i c cnce .

r e a s o n f o r so doing.

It s h a l l be l a w f u l f o r t h e Narden t o r e f u s e t o Iralardon i s s u e o r renew a l i c e n c e o r sub - l i c ence t o any person f o r rcfuse l i oonce r e a sons t o be s t a t e d by him i n w r i t i n g , i f so r e q u i r e d by

.. .i . . sub-1iaence* t h e a p p l i c a n t o r l i c e n s e e .

Power o f 1 3 * (i) It s h a l l be l a w f u l f o r t h e Warded t o cance l to any l i c e n c e a t any t ime , e i t h e r upon a p p l i c a t i o n by t h e

canool l i cenoe or l i c e n s e e f o r t h e wi thdrawal of t h e d e p o s i t made under sub-lioenoe~ S e c t i o n 5 ( i ) , o r upon t h e c o n v i c t i o n of t h e l i k e n s e e of

any o f f e n c e under t h i s Enactment o r on any charge i n v o l v i n g i ! f r a d u l e n t d e a l i n g .

%w. ( i i ) I t s h a l l be l a w f u l f o r t h e Warden i n h i s

d i s c r e t l n n t o c a n c e l any sub - l i c ence at any t ime.

Any person who may be conv i c t ed under S e c t i o n s i '

15 o r 18 of t h e Yieights and Measures Enactment i n r e s p e c t weights.

of any purchase of o r e s h a l l be l i a b l e _ t o _ a f i ~ & ~ h ~ - - - - - --

---------------- i hundred and f i f t 2 d o l l a r s , i n a d d i t i o n t o any p e n a l t y i n - !

i f l i c t e d under t h e p r o v i s i o n s o f t h a t Enactment, and ir -:ae

i of a second o r subsequent c o n v i c t i o n s h a l l a l s o be Xi : 3 , i t o imprisonment f o r t h r e e months.

: '3 I Dutios of ' 15. (i) Every l i c e n s e e under t h i s Enactment s h a l l keep lioQnseea p o s t e d i n a conspicuous p l a c e i n t h e b u i l d i n g o r p l a c e 36 of 1933.

l i c e r i s ed b o t h h i s l i c e n c e and a l is t s i g n e d by t h e Varden,

of a l l s a b - l i c e n c e s i s s u e d under S e c t i o n 6 upon h i s app l i -

cation, and shall allow at all times the inspection of . . - . .-. ,vq,'?- \-:..,;.. * - . %_. - ' . - :. <. . . ::

such building or place by any Magistrate, Mines Officer or ::;-:i :;i. . . . : *

4 - Police Officer not below the rank of.Inspector. . , . -. . .

(ii) Licensees shall produce on demand for the

inspection of any Mines Officer or Police Officer not below , -

the rank of Inspector all mineral ore on their premise&.

(iii) No licensee shall purchase mineral ore elsewhere

than at the place where his licence is posted except under

and in accordance with a sub-licence issued to him under

Section 6.

(iv) Every licensee shall k e e p l f accounts

'in which shall be entered at the time of - the follon-

ing particulars of every parcel of ore purchased:

(a) 'The date of purchase;

(b) The mukim or locality from which the ore . - -. - came;

(c) The number and description of'the title to the land from which the ore was raised, or the number of the individual licence or dulang pass under which the ore was won, or if bought from a licensee u~der this Enactment the number of his licence;

(d) The name of the landowner or individual licensee or dulang pass holder or licensee under this Enactment as the case may be and also the name of the advancer (if any);

(e) The namr of the Konesi (if any) from which the ore was bought;.

(f) The name of the person delivering the ore and producing authority for the sale in the Form in Schedule D;

( g ) The gross weight and description of ore purchased ;

(h) The weight of clean dry ore on which t ' . - price wac based;

(i) The price per pikul and the total price paid.

( v ) Every licensee shall also kee - accounts in which he shall make a correct record of all

lisposaEs of ore made by him shewins the

following 2articulars:

(a, Date of s a l e ;

( b ) Name and add re s s of buyer;

( c ) The g r o s s weight and d e s c r i p t i o n of o r e purchased ;

i d ) The weight of c l e a n d ry o r e on which t h e p r i c e w a s based;

( e ) The p r i c e p e r p i k u l and t h e t o t a l p r i c e .y=ij ?

nac t m

.shall e n t e r i n an account book

t o be k o p t Lor t h a t purpose a l l p a r t i c u l a r s r ega rd ing t h e

weight of c l e a n d ry o r e and o r i g i n of o r e r a i s e d from l a n d

i n n i s own occupa t i3n when such o r e has been p laced i n h i s

l i c e n s e d premises . Such o r e may be s o l d under t h e a u t h o r i t y

of h i s l i c e n c e 07 h e may d i spose of such o r e t o a purchaser

g iv ing t h e neces sa ry p a r t i c u l a r s r equ i r ed i n Schedule ~ ( i ) . '-

( v i i ) Every l i c e n s e e s h a l l keep a 7 which

he s h a l l e n t e r a t t h e c l o s e of each d a y ' s bus iues s t h e gross

weight of o r e

( a ) on h i s l i c e n s e d premises and owned by him;

(b) on h i s l i c e n s e d premises and n$t owned by him;

( c ) owned by him and s t o r e d elsewhere.

( v i i i ) A l l . a ccoun t books k e p t a s r equ i r ed by t h i s

s e c t i o n s h a l l be produced on demand f o r t h e i n s ~ e c t i o n of

any Piagistratc Plines O f f i r s r o r P o l i c e O f f i c e r no t below

t h e rank of Inspec t . ! r .

( i x ) Books s h a l l n o t be des t royed u n t i l an i a t e r v a l

of twelve yonth6 s h a l l have e lapsed from t h e da' of t h e i r

l a s t being useZ.

(x ) The M i n i s t e r may by n o t i f i c a t i o r . m t h e Gaz

p r e s c r i b e t he forms i n which tlie books requir.ed s h a l l be

k e p t .

I b ~ o r l ~ I -. 16. (i) No l i c e n s e e o r suib-l icensee s h a l l purchase any

"tLnty 'Or mineral o r e except ! ralt,

( a ) upon d e l i v e r y t o him by t h e vendor of a w r i t t e n a u t h o r i t y 'or t h e s a l e thereof substrh$i.al ly i n t h e Form i n Schedule D ( i ) bea r ing t h e s i g n a t u r e o r chop o f 'he person

i n l a w f u l occupa t i on o f t h e l a n d from which such o r e was r a i s e d o r of his duly a u t h o r i s e d a r e n t ;

(b' from a l i c e n s e e under t h i s Enactment upon delivery of a w r i t t e n a u t h o r i t y f o r t h e s a l e t h e r e o f s u b s t a n t i a l l y i n t h e Form i n Schedul ~( i i ) b e a r i n & t h e signature o r chop of s u c h l i c e n s e e o r h i s duly a ~ t h o r i s e d agen t ;

( c ) from t h e h o l d e r of a du lang p a s s upon p r o d u c t i o n t h e r e o f . , . .,r,.q 11: c ,,, ' A ?

(il) E v e r y w r i t t e n a u t h o r i t y r e q u i r e d by tile p reced ing

sub - sec t i on ihall be f i l e d and k e p t by t h e l i c e n s e e f o r one

yea t a f t e r t h e d a t e of t h e purchase of any o r e and t h e file

shall be produced on demand f o r t h e i n ~ p e c t i o n o f - a n y

P i ag i s t r a t e , Mines O f f i c e r o r P o i i c e O f f i c e r n o t below t h e

rank o i I n s p e c t o r .

(iii) The "agen t" meri t ioned i n sub - sec t i on ( i ) shall

be a u t h o r i s e d i n w r i t i n e by t h e lawful o c c u p i e r of t h e land

o r l i r a n s e e as t h e case may be and shall produc6 this

a u t h o r i t y i f s o r e q u i r e d by t h e l i c e n s e e .

1 7 i No o r e o t h e r t h a n o r e won under a dub an^: pass

shall b e removed beyond t h e boundar ies of t h e l and on which

i t h a s been o b t a i t ~ e d o r on which i t i s being t r e a t e d o r

dressed, without a w r i t t e n document accompanyin& i t s t a t i n g

t h e name of t h e onner of t h e o r e , t h e number of t h e t i t l e t o t h e l a n d from which i t h a s been r a i c e a and t h e numuer

of bags of o r e , 2nd no o r e s h a l l be removed from any l i c e n s e d

place u n l e s s a c c ~ r n p a ~ ~ i e d by a document, i n such form as t h e

Warden may r e q u i r e , s t a t i n g t h e name o f t h e owner 2nd his

t i t l e t o its posse s s ion .

k ~ w e or (ii) Any o r e being removed unaccopPanin8 by such OnuurOOom- document shall be l i a b l e tL be

b h -- ?;it detained a t thd.

m o d by

' dwmnt. n e a r e s t police S t a t i o n o r Mines O f f i ~ c u n t i l t h e l a w f u l

ownership of such o r e is f u l l y establish-d.

(iii) V!hen t h t ownerchip r.!: such ore i s c? isputed o r

when c. Mines O f f i c e r o r P o l i c e O f f i c e r adt below the rank

o f i n s p e c t o r i s no t satisfied that a c l a im madc i n r e s p e c t

of s u c h o r e is a jus!- o n e . r e f e i e n c e s h e l l be made t o a

Court of c o m ~ e t e n t j u r i s d i c t i o n . I n the event c f E U C ~

c l a i m o r c l a i m s b e i n g r e j e c t e r : by t h e C o u r t , o r 1Q no c l a i m

i s made w i t h i n a - -- From t h e d a t e of

d e t e n t i o n , t h e p r o p e r t g i n t h e o r e s h a l l v e s t i n t h e Govern-

ment.

Detention of 16. Vihere a Mines O f f i c e r o r P o l i c t 3 f f i c e r n o t on, sold under below t i le ranlt o f I n s p e c t o r s h a l l have r e a s o n t o b e l i e v e t h a t dooranent m p e o t e d t o o r e h a s been s o l d under a document t h e c o n t e n t s of which a r e be fa l se . f a l s e , i t s h a l l be l a w f u l for him t o i s s u e an o r d e r i n 36 of 1933.

w r i t i n g t o a l i c e n s e e p r o h i b i t i n g t h e removal of such o r e

f o r such t ime as may be s t a t e d i n such o r d e r , and t h e l i c e n s e e

s h a l l be bound t o comply wi th such o r d e r .

Power to

smst. 1 9 It s h a l l be l a w f u l f o r a n y Yunes O f f i c e r o t h e r

t h a n a S u b - I n s p e c t o r under t h i s Enactment o r a a n y P o l i c e

O f f i c e r n o t below t h e rank of I n s p e c t o r t o arrest wi thou t

war ran t and t a k e b e f o r e t h e Viarden o r a N a g i s t r a t r m y person

whom he may f i n d commit t ing o r attempt in^ t o commit an

o f f e n c c a g a i n s t t h e p r o v i s i o n s of t h i s Enactmefit, and t o

t , k e p o s s e s s i o n of any o r e i n r e s p e c t of which such o f f e n c e

i s o r h a s been committed.

20. Any P i a g i s t r n t e may by war ran t a d d r e s s e d t o any

Nines O f f i c e r o r P o l i c e O f f i c e r n o t b e l o c t h e r a n k of

I n s p e c t o r empower such o f f i c e r t o e n t e r upon and s e a r c h any

premises w i t h i n t h e j u r i s d i c t i o n of sucn M a g i s t r a t e i n any

c a s e i n which i t s h a l l appear t o such K a g i s t r a t e upon t h e - ---- o a t h of any p e r s o n t h a t t h e r e i s r e a s o n a b l e cause t o b e l i e v e

t h a t i n suci , p r e m i s e s i s concea led o r d e p o s i t e d any m i n e r a l

o r e i n r e s p e c t of which an o f f e n c e h a s been committed a g a i n s t

t h i s Znactment an? t o t a k e p o s s e s s i o n o f such m i n e r a l ore

and Lo a r r e s t any pe rson be ing i~ such g r e m i ~ e s who i ' 1% rear.,. m S l e t o assume i s t!le l a v r f u l o c c u y i W of such yrew(Ses,

and any o f f i c e r +o whom such warrant s h a l l have .en d i r e c t e S

may i n c a s e o f o b $ t r u c t i o n o r r e s i s t a n c e b r e a k oper, arTr

i n n e r o r o u t e r door of sucn p remises and any c h e s t s , t r u r t s ,

o r p a c k a g e s , and by f o r c e i f n e c e s s a r y e n t e r upon m y p a r t

of such p r e m i s e s and remove any o b s t r u c t i c n t o such entry,

s e a r c h o r 1 and d e t a i n any person r q d i n such p remises f. u n t i l t h e s e a r c n s h a l l nave been completed.

search withour

warrturt.

Penalty for f s l s e or inomplate authori ty .

36 of 1933.

'"henever I.t a p p e a r s t o a Mines O f f i c e r o r

P o l i c e O f f i c e r n o t below t h e i .ank of I n s p e c t o r t h a t t h e r e

i s r e a s o n a b l e c a u s e t o b e l i e v e t h a t i n any dwe l l ing -house ,

shop o r c t h e r b T . i l d i i i , o r p l a c e t h e r e i s c o n c c n l e d o r

depos i&ed nqy m i n e r a l ? r e s u b j e c t t o f o r f e i t u r e unde r t h i s

Enactment o r a? t o which a n o f f e n c e u n d e r t h l . Znactmr

h a s been c c m i t t e d - a n d h e h a s good g r o u n d s f o r b e l i e v i n g

t h a t by r e a s o n of t h e d e l a y i n o b t a i n i n g a s e a r c h w a r r a n t

t h e m i n e r a l o r e i s l i k e l y t o be removed, t he &nes O f f i c e r

o r P o l i c e O f f i c e r i n v i r t u e o f h i s o f f i c e may e x e r c i s e i n ,

upon, and i n r e s p e r t of such d w e l l i n g - h o u s e , shop o r o t h e r

b u i l d i n g o r p l a c e a l l t h e powers i n t!ie p r e c e d i n g s e c t i o n

ment ioned i n as f u l l and ample n manner as i f he were

empowered t o do s o by w a r r a n t issued u n d e r t h e s a i d s e c t i o n .

22, { i Any person who w i l f u l l y a r dishoxe~tly inaerte

or cauees to be &ns&rtsd fa l s e partisular~; or o d t s t o I n se r t J.

%he neoesaary partsfcula~.~ rsquired by BchaC~f D i n any 1

documen% purporting t o be an authority f o p the sale af

~ i n a r $ f ore ahall be l i a b l e t o i ;olpris~~menk for one year o r

t o a f i n e of one t h o u c u d d o l l a r s or t o b o t h . \

(ii) k p e r s o n whose chop i s a f f i a c d 4 b q eocurnent

p u r ) \ g \ r t i n g t o be a n a u t h o r i t y f o r t h e s a l e of m i n e r a l o r e

s h a l l be presumed, u n t i l t h e c o n t r a r y i s p r o v e d , t o have

a f f i x e d s u c h chop , o r caused t h e same t o he a f f i x e d , t h e r e t o .

(iii) Any p e r s o n u s i n g o r a t t e m p t i n g t o u s e any

dorument i n which f a l s e p a r t i c u l a r s h?--o b e e n i n s e r t e d o r

from which t h e n e c e s s a r y p a r t i c u l a r s rcq,i~.rod by Schedu le D

have b e e n o r i t t e d s h a l l Se presumed u n t i l t h e c o d f a r y i~

p r o v e d (a) t o have i n p e t t e d such false p a r : i c u i a r s o r

m i t t e d such n e c e s s a r y p a r t i c u l a r s and (b) t o have i q s e r t d

f a l s e w r t i c u l a r s or- t o have o m i t t e d suck n e c e s s a r y

P a r t i c u l a r s w i l f u l l y o r d i s h o n e s t l y .

23 Except as prov i6 :d i n S e c t l o g 22, any person

who s h a l l Qommi+ o r a b e t t h e commission of any offenre

a g a i n s t t h e p r o v i s i o n s of t h i s Enactment, o r who s h a l l make

d e f a u l t i n complying w i th an:; o b l i g a t i o n imposed on him by

t h i s Enactment, s h a l l be l i a b l e t o a f i n e of f i v e hundred

d o l l a r s , o r t o imprisonment f o r one yecf

C rirdiotim* 24 ( i j A l l p r o s e c u t i o n s under t h i s Enactment may be

had be fo r e a M a g i s t r a t e of t h e F i r s t Class o r b e f o r e t h e

Warder ?:.:la s h a l l by v i r t u e of t h i s s e c t i o n be ve s t ed wi th

t h e powers of a M a g i s t r a t e of t h e F i r s t C l a s ~ for t h e purpose

of compel l ing t h e a t t e n d a n c e of w i t n e s s e s , o f keep ing o r d e r

i n h i s Court and of h e a r i n g p r o s e c u t i o n s under this Enactment

a n d ' p a s s i n g s e n t e n c e o r making o r d e r thereon.

(ii) Such p r o s e c u t i o n s may be conductnd by a Mines

Of f i c e r .

t (iii) Any pe r son who i s d i s s a t i s f i e d wi th any judgment, . -

sen tence o r o r d e r pronounced by t h e Warden may p r e f e r a n

appeal t o t h e Supreme Cour t i n t h e manner p rov ided by t h e

Criminal Procedure Code. \

25 - The M i n i s t e r may make Ruleti ,not i n c o n s i s t e n t

with t h e p r o v i ~ i o n s of t h i s Enactment, f o r t he purpose of

f u r t h e r s e c u r i n g t h e e f f e c t u a l c o n t r o l of t h e s a l e , purchase ,

s t o r a g e and t r e a ty - -n t of m ine ra l o r e s q 4 t h e p r even t i on of

: raud i n connec t ion t h e r e w i t h , and suck, h i e s , wnen pub l i shed

i n t h e G a z e t t e , s h a l l have t h e f o r c e of lax.

26. Any pe r son wh s h a l l commit any "-each of t h e

p r o v i s i o n s G: any such Rule s h a l l be 15-'1.e t o a f i n e of

i n e hundred dol:!-nrs, and, when t h e b re& h a s been a ,:-. ' .L-

uning one, t o a f u r t h e r f i n e of twentg- f ive c io l l a r s f o r

eva-s day du r ing which such breach s h a l l have con t inued .

27 . It s h a l l be l a f l u 1 f o r any Mag i s t r a t e o r Warden

b e f o r e whon s c o n v i c t i o n nay be had under t h i s Enactment

t o d i r e c t til;:t a n j sum n o t exceed ing o r l~- . . a l f o f any f i n e

recovered upon such c o n v i c t i o n shall b e paid t o any person

upon V J ~ O S ~ in fo rmaQor , ~ ( e v i c i c i ~ c e a:-lei, c o n v i c t i o n was

ob t a ine d.

Any person aggr ieved by any r e f u s a l or o rde r

of t h e Us~c(en under t h i s Enactment of any Rules made there-

under , o t h e r t han an o rde r made upon any prosecu t ion , may

appeal t o t he Ruler-in-Council whose d e c i s i o n shall be

f i n a l ; p rov ided t h a t such ~ ~ p e a . 1 shall no t be a b i t t e d

a f t e r t h e e x p i r a t i o n of t h i r t y days from the d a t e of t h e

r e f u s a l o r order appealed a g a i n s t .

29 (i) Z v e r y app l i can t f o r a l i c e n c e , o r l i c e n s e e ,

shall, on demand, be e n t i t l e d to receive from the Warden

an o r d e r on t h e Treasury a u t n o r i s i n g t h e r e t u r n of anyr

d e p o s i t made under S e ~ t i o n 5(1); provided that no depos i t

, shall be r e t u r n e d t o any l i c e n s e e u n t i l af te : t h e e x p i r a t i o n

of one month frofi t h e da t e on which h i s l i c e n c e expired o r

whi ie any -.=gal proceedingc unuer t h i s E n a c t m a t a r e pendir.2

against the l . ' .censee.

(ii) All moneys depos i t@? by any l i c e n a e e aha i l be

at all t imes l i a b l e t o be app l i ed i n s a t i s f a c t i o n o f any

f i n e i n f l i c t e d upon him by any Court .

(i) Save as h e r e i n a f t e r provided i f any licensee d v

I

who has ceased to carry on b u s i n e e s a~ a 1icens;e fails t o **\ apply f o r t h e r e t u r n of t h e depos i t made by him under Qh

f rom the d a t e o f such

c e s s a t i o n tile deposit shall be deemed t o be forfeited.

( i i ) I n t h e event o f t h e dea th , mental disorder

o r bankruptcy o f & Licensee t h e pe r iod of three months pcb-

r e f e r r e d t o i n sub-sect ion (i) of t h t s section s h a i l p w s ,

A\ w w comcnce f r o ~ , +he dq$e of t h e appointment of h i s pe r sona l

WrUu r e p r e s e n t a t i v e , committee, o r a$5ignee, p rov ide6 that such

p e r s o n a l r e p r e s e r t a t i v e , comc2ztee o r a s ~ i g n e e does not

c a r r y on the bus iness .

( * i i ) ~f such pe r sona i r e ~ r e s e n t a t i v e , committee, k\<qC

assignee, o r any person permi t ted under S e c t i o n 5 (iii),

carries on t l ~ e business then t h e pe r iod of t h r ee xionths *P r e f e r r e d t o i n sub-qection ii; of t h i s s e c t i r - ~ h ~ ~ 1 bfXc commence f.- 'f; t h e tic.- vhen GUZ.: per60rl82 r e p r e s e n t a t i v e ,

commi'ttee, acrignee o r o t h e r person ceases to csrry - 2 t h e h - 3 " 4 ---a

No document p u r p o r t i n g t o g i v e any l i c e n s e e

unde r t h i s Enactment a n y c h a r g e , l i e n o r s e c u r i t y o v e r any

o r e s h a l l i n t h e a b s e n c e of a n e x p r e s s p r o v i s i o n t o t h a t

e f f e c t be r e q u i r e d t o be a t t e s t e d o r r e g i s t e r e d u n d s r t j ~ o

B i l l s o f S a l e E n a c t v y n t , o r any e n a c t e d m o d i f i c a t i o n t h e r e o f ,

o r - ' : a l l b e r e n d e r e d i n any way v o i d o r i n v a l i d b; r e a s o n

of t h e a b s e n c e of 7uch a t t e s t a t i o n o r r e g i s t r a t i o n ,

p r o v i d e d

(i) Tna., t h e l o a n s e c u r e & by such document s h a l l n o t be less t h a n one hundred d o l l a r s .

(ii) T n a t s u c h document s h a l l g i v e no chayge, l i e n o r s e c u r i t y on any o r e a f t e r t h e l a p s e of s i x months from t h e ; a t e t h e r e o f .

( i i i ) That the s i g n a t u r e s of t h e p a r t i e s t o s u c h documents s h a l l be a t t e s t e d by t v ~ o w i t n e s s e s .

( i v ) T h a t s u c h document a n d a d u p l i c a t e t h e r e o f , b o t h d u l y s t amped , s h a l l be produced i n t h e C o u r t of 0. M a g i s t r a t e o f t h e F i r s t Class w i t h i n f o u r t e e n d a y s of t h e d a t e of its e x e c u t i o n , and b e e n d o r s e d by such Ibiia.gistrate, i n t h e manner h e r e i n a f t e r p r e s c r i b e d .

( v ) Thot e v e r y s u c h document s h a l l be i n t h e B n g l i s h l a n g u a g e and t h a t t h - 7 : . -istrate may r e f u s e t o e n d o r s e , o r t o r e t a i n , o r ; f i l h t h e d u p l i c a t e of any document h e terms of which may i n h i s o p i n i o n ]I:-!, be s u f f i c i e n t l y e x p l i c i t o r be ?.;.able t o T t . s c o n s t r u c t i o n .

%* h e r y M a g i s t r a t e b e f o r e whom such document and

d u p l i c a t e a r e s o p roduced s h a l l e n d o r s e t h e r e o n t h e d a t e

o f p ~ o d u c t i o n and s h a l l r e t a i n and fil. t h e d i : ~ l i i a t e .

"The , ! inera1 o r e s Enactment"

S t a t e 3 LI CENCS

L i c e n c e i s h e r e b y g i v e n t o of a t i n t h e

d i s t r i c t o f t o p u r c h a s e miner-i.1 o r e w i t h i n t h e f o l l o w i n g

area, t h a t i s t o s c ; ~ nnd t o k e e p t h e p l a c e h e r e u n d e r

s p e c i i i e d f o r t h e p u r p ;e of p u r c h a s i n g and s t o r i n g and of

s m e l t i n g and o t h e r w i s e t r e a t i n g * t h e r e i n m i n e r a l o r e a c c o r d i n g

t o t h e p r o v i s i o n s o f t h e K i n e r a 1 Ores Enactment .

D e s c r i p t i o n of p l a c e

D e p o s i t 92b0.

Fee 8100.

h a t e d at t h i s day of

', (To be addcd belov: by i'larden,

DESCRIPTION O F WEIGHTS AITD IiJSTRUMSNTS F O R YIEIGHING UiJDZR SECTIOFi 8

~ ~ -- - -- - ----- ~ ~~ - ~ - ~ -

* D e l e t e t h e words i n i t a l i c - vinen l i c e n c e t o t r e a t i s n o t g iven . * ------------

"The M i n e r a l Ores Znac tment"

Government r- r

No. o i p r i n c i p a l l i c e n c e . Kame of l i c e n s e e unde r p r i n c i p a l l i c e n c e

No. o f s u b - l i c e n c e . T h i s s u b - l i c e n c e a u t h o r i s e s t o p u r c h a s e m i n e r a l

o r e as a g e n t f o r ; A l e p r i n c i p a l l i c e n s e e a c c o r d i n g t o t h e p r o v i s i o n

of t h e P i n e r a 1 Ores Enactment , r - t h i n + h e f o i l o w i n g a r e a , thy,:,

i s to say . Date a t day of t h i s

Warden of Mines.

( T o b e added ba\onl by t h e Warden)

DESCRIPTION OF WEIGHTS UJG X i ~-.'?-'';i;T;TTS FOR \rlEIGXING UNDZR SLCTIOli v

SCHEDULE

The , :od of gutta-percha trees and all other wood the

conversion of w; '.ch into charcoal is prohibited by Rule 21(a)

of the Forest Rules, 1920.

PUTIIORIT> FOR SALZ OF ORE BY PERSON HOLDING TITLE TO MINE

Date

Authority iz hereby given to* to sell pikuls

katis of + ore won on land held under mining'lease

140. plan No. , (or m i n ~ n g certificate No.

(or won under the au~kority r f individual licence No.

in the mulzirn of district of

Mame of holder of title or licence

Name of advancer (if any) . Name of Kongsee (if any)

'. (Signature or chop)

SCHEDULE

A U T I I O L T I FOR S U E OF ORE BY LICZI3SZZ UNDER THE M1WERli.L ORZS ENkC TI.ENT

kuthority i~ hereby given to*

katis of + ore owned by .2p

under thc Mineral O:.es Enactment. .. >.., .,; j

to sell p:;jy

licence ,KO.

Signature or -;?.on.

*Name of Zerson t inging ore for sale. +Descript~on of ore.

P u b l i s h e d i n Supplemen t o t h e Government G a z e t t e of t h e F e d e r a t e d Halay S t a t e s and of each of t h e S t a t e s of Pe r&, S e l a n g o r , N e g r i Sembilan and Pahang of October 2 , 1941, No. 21 , Vol. XXXIII, N o t i f i c a t i o n No. 4282.

FEDERATED MALAY STATZS

tiis MINERAL ORES EETACTmT

I n e x e r c i s e of t h e p w e r s s e v e r a l l y c o n f e r r e d on

them by s e c t i o n 25 of t h e Minera l Ores Enactment ( ~ a p . 1 4 8 ) ,

t h e R e s i d p t s o f P e r a k , S e l a n g o r , E e g r i Sembiland and Pahang

each i n r e s p e c t of t h e S t a t e whereof h e i s Resfdent have made

t h e f o l l o i i n g R u l e s :

1. ?These R u l e s may be c i t e d as t h e Yfineral Ores Rules I

1141. I

I n t h e s e Rules

"Dulang pass" meam a duiang p a s s i s s u e d under t h e Mining Enactment . "Licensee" means a l i c e n s e e under t h e Minera l Ores Enactment.

3. Every l i c e n s e e t a k i n g d e l i v e r y of o r e from t h e

h o l d e r o f a d u l a n g p a s s s h a l l on each o c c a s i o r ~ ~f such d e l i v e r y

e n t e r i n t h e space p r o v i d e d f o r t h e purpose i n such d u l a n g pass

t h e d a t e of d e l i v e r y and t h e weight of o r e d e l i v e r e d and s h a l l

a l s c s i g n such e n t r y o r a f f i x h i s chop t h e r e t o .

4. No p e r s o n othe: ' h n r t h e h o l d e r of e dulang p a s s

s h a l l r e t u i n p o s s e s s i o n c such dulang pas6 e x c e p t i n t h e

p resence o f t h e h o l d e r t i ryreof and f o r t h e immediate purpose of

such entry a s i s r e f e r r e d t o i n Rule 3.

5 Any pr-con who commits a breach o f t n e s e Rules s h a l l

be l i a b l e t o a f i n e of $100.

G a z e t t e i . io t i f ica t ;on 130. j, 34 of 3927 p u b l i s h e d under

t h e Minera l Ores Enactment 1933 i s c a n c e l l e d . ( F. 3 2 7 5 / 4 1 ) .