Legal glossary
“mining lease”
Defined in 1 Acts. A definition holds for the Act that gives it; the same word can mean something else in another Act.
The Oilfields (Regulation and Development) Act, 1948 · s. 3
(d) "mining lease" means a lease granted for the purpose of searching for, winning, working, getting, making merchantable, carrying away or disposing of[3] [mineral oils] or for purposes connected therewith, and includes an exploring or a prospecting license[11] [granted before the commencement of the Oilfields (Regulation and Development) Amendment Act, 2025];
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