Section 5
of Mining Act
ActIn forceProvision 5 of 22
Section 5
(2)
An index shall be kept in which all such applica-tions shall be recorded serially in the order in which they are received and there shall be charged a fee of $500 in respect of every application so recorded:·
Provided that the lodging or filing of an application shall give no claim or priority of claim as a matter of right to the issue of a prospecting licence and that it shall be lawful for
His Majesty in Council, without assigning any cause, to refuse to issue any prospecting licence .. In the event of such refusal all entries in the index relating to such application shall be cancelled.