Minerals Development Act, 1940

Awards of compensation.

65.—(1) The Board shall inquire into every application under this Part of this Act and shall, after such inquiry, make its award thereon.

(2) Every award (in this Part of this Act referred to as an award) made by the Board shall contain the following matters—

(a) a statement of the nature and amount of the compensation to be paid (if any);

(b) the name of the person by whom payment is to be made;

(c) the name of the person to whom payment is to be made;

(d) if the payment is to be made to two or more persons, the allocation of such amount amongst such persons;

(e) if the compensation, or any part thereof, is assessed in respect of any land for the time being subject to a land purchase annuity, the matters required by the next following section to be included in such award.

(3) Every award shall be signed by all the members of the Board.

(4) Every award shall be conclusive evidence of all matters purported to be certified therein.

(5) Any sum directed by an award to be payable by one person to another shall be a debt payable by such first mentioned person to such other person and shall be recoverable as a simple contract debt.

(6) A certificate, purporting to be certified by the secretary of the Board, which contains a statement of the following matters, namely:—

(a) the fact that the Board has made an award,

(b) the nature and amount of the compensation payable under such award,

(c) the person to whom such compensation is payable,

(d) the person by whom such compensation is payable,

shall be received in all legal proceedings as prima facie evidence of the matters so certified without proof of the signature of the person by whom such certificate purports to be certified or that he was in fact the secretary of the Board.