Section 39: Application of the Minerals Act. Cap. 226.

(1) The following provisions of the Minerals Act shall with any necessary modifications apply in relation to a quarry as they apply in relation to a mine, namely-
(a) section 3 (which relates to the control of and property in minerals, mineral oils and water);
(b) sections 7 and 8 (which prevent the prospecting or mining on sacred areas, injury or destruction of trees or other objects of veneration and areas closed to prospecting), as if the reference to the Governor of a State is a reference in section 7 to the public officer of the State charged with the responsibilities for the Local Government or administration of the area.
(c) section 14 (which prohibits prospecting or mining on or in, the erection of beacons on, or the occupation of, certain specified lands);
(d) Part IV (which deals with provisions regarding water), as if-
(i) the references in proviso (iii) of section 52 to the provisions of sections 12, 14, 77 and 78(1) and (2) were references to sections 7, 31 and 35 of this Act, or other prescribed provisions, corresponding thereto, and
(ii) the reference in section 54(1)(a) to the provisions of section 27 (which relates to temporary grants of mining rights or mining leases) is a reference to section 4 of this Act;
(e) Part IX (which relates to the construction and use of mining roads); and
(f) section 113 (which relates to a certain right of entry and inspection).
Cap. 226
(2) Nothing in this section or elsewhere in this Act shall be construed as limiting the effect of the provisions of the Minerals Act otherwise than as provided by this Act.