Section 10Part 0 —
Permission to enter upon land
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Where a licensee or a person who is a party to a petroleum agreement has been refused entry upon land by the holder thereof, such licensee or person may make an application to the Governor for permission to enter upon such land; and the Governor may, subject to subsection (2), grant the permission applied for on condition that the applicant undertakes to pay compensation for all damage which may have been caused to the land, crops or property therein or for any loss of the lawful use of such land or on such other conditions as the Governor may deem fit to impose.
Before granting the permission referred to in subsection (1), the Governor shall consider such written representations as the holder of such land shall, within such reasonable time as the Governor may allow for that purpose, submit, and the permission so granted shall not be questioned in any court of law.
Upon the production to the holder of such land of the permission granted under subsection (1), such holder shall allow the person in whose favour the permission is granted or a person authorised by him to enter upon such land.
Whoever, being the holder of land after having had produced to him the permission referred to under subsection (1), refuses or fails to allow entry upon his land by the person in whose favour the permission is granted or a person authorised by him, is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and a further fine of twenty dollars for every day during which the refusal or failure continues.
In this section —
"entry" includes the exercising of any rights contained in the licence or the petroleum agreement; and
"holder" includes chargee, lessee, occupier or any person having an interest in the land.
Defined Terms
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