CHAPTER 306 - Mining Act (KENYA) Commencement Date: 10/1/1940 An Act of Parliament to consolidate the law relating to mining Part I - PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL 3 of 1980, 18 of 1986 Short title 1.This Act may be cited as the Mining Act. Interpretation. 22 of 1954, s.2 L.N.342/1956, L.N.343/1956, 27 of 1959, Sch., L.N.172/1960, L.N.173/1960, 15 of 1961, Sch., 35 of 1963, Sch., L.N.56/1965, 21 of 1966, 1st Sch., 18 of 1986, Sch.Cap. 307 2.(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— "alluvial" includes all forms of mineral deposits which do not fall within the definition of "lode"; "claim" means the unit of a location as prescribed; "engineer" means a person who is a graduate of a school of mines recognized by the Minister, and has had three years' practical mining experience since graduating, or a person who has been in full charge of major mining or metallurgical operations for a minimum continuous period of five years; "lease&q...