9. Cases of Encroachment.

When application shall have been made for a lease of any land to the whole or any part of which any person other than the applicant shall claim to be entitled, by virtue of prior occupation under a miner's right or business license, the objection to the granting of such page 25 lease may be heard by the Warden in the same way as a case of encroachment under the "Gold Fields Act;" and such Warden shall immediately report the hearing of any such objection, and the decision arrived at therein, to the Superintendent of the Province.