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Mining Act

7. Saving for custom

Edition: 2026-07-24 · In force

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7. Saving for custom

(1)Nothing in this Act shall prevent any person from taking, subject to such conditions as may be prescribed from time to time by the Cabinet Secretary, soil, clay iron, salt or soda from any land, except land within the area of a mineral right, from which it has been the custom of the member of the community to which that person belongs to take the same.
(2)The Cabinet Secretary may, by notice in the Gazette, and with the advice of the Mineral Rights Board, prescribe materials of customary usage.
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Source: Kenya Law