30 U.S.C. § 183 — Cancellation of prospecting permits

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The Secretary of the Interior can cancel a prospecting permit if the permit holder fails to work diligently on the prospecting job as the permit requires. Every permit issued under this chapter must include terms allowing the Secretary to cancel it this way.

The Secretary of the Interior keeps, and may use, the power to cancel any prospecting permit if the person holding it doesn't work diligently on the prospecting job, as the permit's terms and conditions require. The Secretary must also put cancellation terms like this into every permit issued under this chapter.

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The Secretary of the Interior shall reserve and may exercise the authority to cancel any prospecting permit upon failure by the permittee to exercise due diligence in the prosecution of the prospecting work in accordance with the terms and conditions stated in the permit, and shall insert in every such permit issued under the provisions of this chapter appropriate provisions for its cancellation by him.

Source credit: (Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, § 26, 41 Stat. 448.)

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1920Enacted · Act of Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85 · 41 Stat. 448

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