Disposal of application for reconnaissance licence

(1) Subject to this Act, on application duly made, the Minister may grant on such conditions as he may determine, or refuse to grant, a reconnaissance licence over any area of land. (2) The total area of land over which a reconnaissance licence is granted to any person shall not exceed fifty square kilometres and shall be of such shape and orientation that so far as possible, it shall be rectangular with the width not being less than one quarter of the length, 24 Provided that the Minister may authorize the shape to be other than rectangular when satisfied that local circumstances make this desirable, and may authorise the use of a permanent natural boundary instead of a straight line, provided that such boundary in clearly discernible on the ground, such as the centre line of a river, stream, road or track.