PETROLEUM MINING ACT 1966 (REVISED 1972)ACT 95PreambleAn Act to make provision with regard to mining for petroleum and for matters connected therewith.1. Citation and application.(1) This Act may be cited as the Petroleum Mining Act 1966.(2) This Act shall apply throughout Malaysia but in its application to Sabah and Sarawak it shall have effect only with respect tooffshore land.2. Interpretation.In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires -"continental shelf" has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Continental Shelf Act 1966 (Act 83);"exploration licence" means a licence issued under section 7;"exploration work" means any work carried out in connection with exploration for petroleum;"foreshore" means all that land lying between the shore line and the low-water mark of ordinary spring tides;"land" , in relation to the States in West Malaysia, means any area of on-shore land and includes off-shore land adjacent to...