Commencement of working. Mines to be effectually worked. Mines to be properly worked. Number of men to be employed on mines. High Com missioner may direct number of men to be increased. Scale of plans. Inspection of accounts and plans. Inspection by High Commissioner or duly authorised person. Penalty for interfering with the inspection. curtilage thereof, or within 50 yards of any land under actual cultivation, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a penalty not exceeding Twenty-five pounds or to imprisonment not exceeding three months. 16. The holder of a license to mine shall, within 6 months of date of granting of such license, or within such further time as the High Commissioner by writing under his hand may grant, commence mining operations upon the lands subject to his said license. 17. The holder of a license to mine will at all times during the continuance thereof, except during the first 6 months, and unless prevented by any disturbances, or by unavoidable accident, effectually and vigorously work and develop and carry on mining operations on the land subject to the said license. 18. Such mining operations as aforesaid shall be carried on in a proper and effectual manner, and with as little damage as possible to the surface of the land or to any huts, houses, or buildings thereon. 19. The holder of a license to mine shall at all times during the continuance of the said license, except during the first six months thereof, employ in and about such mining operations as aforesaid a number of men sufficient to carry on such operations effectively. 20. If the High Commissioner shall be of opinion that an insufficient number of men are being employed in and about such mining operations as aforesaid, he may direct the holder of a license to employ such further number of men as to the High Commissioner may seem just. 21. The scale of plans and sections prepared as required by section 44 of the Proclamation shall be one in 1 in 192 on the horizontal or ground plane and one in 1 in 96 on the vertical plane. 22. The High Commissioner or any one authorised by him. may at all reasonable times inspect and take copies of or extracts from the books of accounts, plans and sections to be kept as directed by sections 43 and 44 of the Proclamation. 23. The High Commissioner or any person duly authorised by him may at all reasonable times enter and inspect mines, buildings, machinery and works and the holder of a license, his agent and employees shall give all facilities for the purposes aforesaid. 24. Any person interfering with the High Commissioner, or such duly authorised person, and any holder of a license any of his agents or employees neglecting to give facilities for inspection as above mentioned shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Twenty-five pounds or to imprisonment not exceeding three months. 25. A license to mine or any portion of the rights under such Surrender of license may be surrendered on such terms as the High Com- licenses. missioner may in his absolute discretion think just. 26. The Treasurer may in pursuance of the powers bestowed Summonses to upon him by the provisions of the said Proclamation issue sum- be issued by monses to witnesses in Form 4 in the schedule hereto with such modifications as the circumstances of each case may require. Treasurer. FORM I. The Minerals Proclamation, 1902 (Northern Nigeria). EXCLUSIVE LICENSE TO PROSPECT No. OF 19 The exclusive right, subject to the provisions of the said Proclamation and of the rules and regulations made thereunder, for [here insert the period from the day of is hereby granted to d.B. [here insert name, address and description of licensee] to prospect for minerals, mineral oils and precious stones (or as the case may be) within the following limits [here insert boundaries of area] as the same are delineated on the map attached hereto and coloured. GENERAL LICENSE TO PROSPECT No. OF 19 License, subject to the provision of the said Proclamation and of the rules and regulations made thereunder, is hereby granted for 12 months from the date hereof to E.F. [here insert name, address and description of licensee to prospect for minerals, mineral oils and precious stones time to time be thrown open to prospectors by Government Notice in the Gazette. This day of 19 C. D. High Commissioner. FORM III. The Mineral Proclamation, 1902 (Northern Nigeria). of 19 License is hereby given to to dig for mine and work all [here state minerals, etc., which license covers] upon or under [here describe area with boundaries] as the same is delineated on the map attached hereto and coloured red for the period of years from the date hereof subject to the provisions of the said Proclamation or to any Proclamations amending, altering or repealing the same, and to all such rules and regulations as may from time to time be made under such Proclamation or Proclamations. Dated this day of 19 C. D. High Commissioner. Το FORM IV. IN THE MATTER of "The Minerals Proclamation, 1902." and In the matter of assessing the duties on profits payable by under the provisions of the said Proclamation. of You are hereby commanded, in accordance with the provisions of the said Proclamation, to attend before me at day of on the and so on from day to day until the above matter is concluded to give me such information as I may require respecting the statement of profits and of minerals, mineral oils, and precious stones for the period from the named, day of day of to the forwarded to me by the above and also to produce all books, accounts, vouchers and papers in your custody or under your control relating to the said statement. DECLARATION of excepted districts under section 21 of Proclamation No. 5 of 1902: (1.) The area in the neighbourhood of the Badiko mines, situate in the Province of Bautshi, between longitude 8 deg. and longitude 9 deg. 30 min., and between latitude 9 deg. 40 min. and latitude 11 deg. (2.) The area in the neighbourhood of the Orufu mines, situate in the Muri Province, lying between longitude 8 deg. 30 min. and longitude 9 deg. 30 min., and between latitude 8 deg. and latitude 7 deg. 30TH JANUARY, 1904. NOTICE UNDER SECTION 7 OF PROCLAMATION No. 5 OF 1904. The whole of Northern Nigeria, with the exception of any areas in respect of which exclusive licenses are, or may hereafter be, granted, is declared to be open for general prospecting, but the High Commissioner reserves to himself the right to prohibit any prospector from going into any district which the High Commissioner may, without reason assigned, consider it dangerous or unadvisable for him to enter. And such district shall cease thereupon to be open for general prospecting. Short title. Interpretation of terms. SUPREME COURT. PROCLAMATION No. 6 OF 1902.* A PROCLAMATION to repeal certain provisions of the BE ITENACTED by the High Commissioner of Northern 1. This Proclamation may be cited as "The Supreme Court Proclamation, 1902." 2. In this Proclamation the following words and expressions shall have or include the meanings hereinafter attached to them unless there be something in the subject or context repugnant thereto : "Court" includes the Supreme Court and the Chief Justice. and Puisne Judges of the Supreme Court, sitting together or separately, and every Cantonment Magistrate being engaged in any judicial act or proceeding or inquiry. "The jurisdiction" or "The jurisdiction of the Court" means the local limits of the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court as defined by this Proclamation. "Cause" shall include any action, suit, or other original proceeding between a plaintiff and a defendant and any criminal proceeding. "Suit" shall include action, and shall mean a civil proceeding commenced by writ of summons or in such other manner as may be prescribed by the Rules of Court, and shall not include a criminal proceeding. "Matter" shall include every proceeding in the Court, not in a Cause. "Cause of action" in suits founded on contract shall not necessarily mean the whole cause of action, but a cause of action shall be deemed to have arisen within the jurisdiction if the contract was made therein, though the breach may have occurred elsewhere, and also if the breach occurred within the jurisdiction, though the contract may have been made elsewhere. Proclamation No. 11 of 1903 incorporated. Amended by Nos. 13 of 1903 and 23 of 1904. |