Updated to 23 October 2025
			(Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 506 of 2025)
			
	
		
		
		Contents
		
		
		Commencement
		
            
            
                | Section | 
                Commencement/Effective Date 
                    Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below. 
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                Commencement Information | 
            
            
			
			
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						Whole Act  | 
					
						4 June 1941 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
		
		
		Amendments and other effects
		
			
				
					| How Affected | 
					Affecting Provision | 
					
			
			
			
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						Repealed | 
					23/2017, ss. 1(2), 238(1)(e)(i) | 
					
			
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						Trans. of cert. functns. under. | 
					S. I. No. 9 of 1980 | 
					
			
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					S. I. No. 314 of 1997, art. 4 (1) (2) | 
					
			
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					S.I. No. 418 of 2011, arts. 1(2), 3 & sch. 1 | 
					
			
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						S. 2, "minerals" am. | 
					7/1945, s.15 (1) | 
					
			
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						S. 5 constr. of refs. | 
					10/2011, s. 16(4) | 
					
			
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						S. 5(1) rep., new provns. substit. | 
					7/1945, s.14 (1) | 
					
			
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						S. 5(2) rstrct. | 
					7/1945, s.6 (2) | 
					
			
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						S. 10 cesser. | 
					35/1947, s.9 | 
					
			
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						S. 10 trans. of cert. functns. under. | 
					10/2011, ss. 1(2), 6, 9, 20 & Sch. 2 pt. 1 | 
					
			
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						Ss. 11, 12 appl. | 
					35/1947, s.3 (2) | 
					
			
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						S. 13 cesser. | 
					35/1947, s.10 | 
					
			
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						S. 15 constr. of refs. | 
					10/2011, s. 16(4) | 
					
			
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						S. 17(1), ext. of time. | 
					7/1945, s.18 | 
					
			
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						S. 24(2) am. | 
					35/1947, s.6 | 
					
			
		
		
		SIs made under the Act
		
			| Section | SIs made under the Act | 
			
			
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						S. 23(2) | 
					Minerals Exploration and Development (Application For Compensation) Regulations 1941 (S.I. No. 397 of 1941) |