Section XVII †Gaveller may refuse to register, unless Evidence is produced, subject to Appeal to the Commissioners.C1

It shall be lawful for the Gaveller or Deputy Gaveller for the time being to refuse to register the names of any persons claiming to be Free Miners, without such persons shall produce evidence satisfactory to the said Gaveller or his Deputy of their being Free Miners; and if any person claiming to be a Free Miner shall be dissatisfied with the decision of the Gaveller or Deputy Gaveller, it shall be lawful for him to appeal . . . F1