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by any Officer, and if so apprehended shall be conveyed as soon as 

 practicable before a Magistrate or Warden to be dealt with according 

 to law. 



(2) Every person convicted under this Regulation shall Ije liable 

 to a penalty not exceeding forty-eight dollars. 



61. — (1) Every person who, being at the time on a claim or other producmTa""* 

 land within a mining district, refuses or neglects without reasonable licence or 

 excuse to produce to any Officer when required to do so, a valid ™.™^"„g when 

 prospecting licence or claim licence, or Mining privilege entitling him rei|uesred by 

 to work on the land where he is, may be arrested without warrant by officer, 

 or at the instance of any Officer, and if so apprehended shall be 

 conveyed as soon as practicable before a Magistrate or Warden to be 

 dealt with according to law. 



(2) Every person convicted under this Eegulation shall be liable 

 to a fine of forty-eight dollars. 



62- It shall be lawful for the Governor-in-Council to cancel any Licence or 

 Licence or Concession if the holder thereof shall knowingly suffer or ^""c ancelled™''^ 

 permit any person to be or to work on such claim in contravention of for breach of 

 these Eegulations. Sation.. 



PAET VI. 



Water Righ ts. 



63. A person may hold at the same time on any one water-course Extent of claims 

 which is not navigable claims extending from the point where such ^ekf on™water- 

 water-course ceases to be navigable to its source. No claim other course. 



than a Dredging Concession shall include the bed of a navigable 

 river or water-course. 



64. The question whether a water-course is or is not navigable, Deterrnination 

 and at what point a water-course is or is not navigable, shall be of water^couri. 

 determined by the Warden or Commissioner. 



65. No person holding a claim on either bank of a navigable Savin? of right 

 water-course shall prevent free navigation and passage thereon. ° ^^^ '"* '° 



66. — (1) Where any water-course passes through or adjacent to Use of water- 

 any claim the use of the water passing through or along the same °^\""*'y'"*f^^'" 

 shall be subject to any Regulations which may be for the time being near claim. 

 in force. 



(2) Every holder of a claim shall be entitled to the free use of 

 water naturally flowing through or past his claim, and not already 

 lawfully appropriated in such manner as may, in the opinion of the 

 Commissioner or of the Warden, subject t<> the approval of the 

 Commissioner, be necessary for the proper working thereof. 



67. No person shall back the water of any river, creek, or Prohibition of 

 water-course upon any claim or cause any claim to be flooded, either f ootimg of 

 wilfully or by neglect, through the construction of any dam or stop- 

 off, or in any other way. 



68. The Governor may grant to any person a licence, with such Licence for 



terms and conditions as he may think proper, — construction of 



*' . dam, etc. 



(1) To construct and use any dam, reservoir or water-race, or lay 

 down pipes for the conveyance of water or erect any wii'e or land 



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