Geological Survey Act 1974 s 2

s 2 Interpretation

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— “analysis” means the determination of the composition of a specimen or sample by physical or chemical method; “authorized person” means a person authorized by a Geological Survey Officer in making a geological survey; “Collector” means a Land Administrator within the meaning of the National Land Code [Act 56 of 1965] and a Collector of Land Revenue within the meaning of the Land Ordinance of Sabah [Cap. 68] and in relation to Sarawak means the Superintendent appointed under section 3 of the Land Code of Sarawak [Cap. 81]; “Director General” means the Director General of Geological Survey appointed under section 3; “fossiliferous material” means any mineral substance, including rock material, which contains remains or traces of animals or plants which have been preserved by natural processes in the earth’s crust; “geological survey” means any systematic investigation of the surface, or content of the earth with or without the aid of any physical or chemical measurement; “Geological Survey Officer” means any person appointed under section 3; “identification” means the naming of a sample using simple physical and chemical tests when necessary; “mineral” means any naturally occurring homogeneous substance with a definite chemical composition and an ordered atomic arrangement; “ore” means solid naturally occurring mineral aggregate of economic interest from which one or more valuable constituents may profitably be recovered by treatment; “rock material” means any rock, stone, marble, gravel, sand, earth, laterite, loam, clay, soil, mud, turf, peat, coral, shell or guano within or upon any land; “sample” means a fraction of naturally occurring matter representative of the mass of which it forms a part; “specimen” means a fraction of naturally occurring matter not necessarily representative of the mass of which it forms a part.