THE NINE HUNDRED AND NINETY-FIFTH

ACT

OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA

ENTITLED

MINERALS AND MINING (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2019

AN  ACT  to amend  the Minerals  and Mining  Act, 2006 (Act 703) to increase  the  penalties   for a person  who  buys  or  sells minerals without a licence  or without a valid  authority;   to  increase  the penalties for a person who engages in mining contrary to a provision of the Act and to provide for related matters.

DATE OF ASSENT:   19th August, 2019.

PASSED by Parliament and assented to by the President: 

1.  The Minerals and Mining  Act, 2006 (Act 703),  referred to in this Act  as  the principal enactment, is amended by  the  substitution for section 81 of

            "Application

             81. (1)  Sections 82 to 98 apply to small scale mining only.

                  (2)  Section 99 applies to illegal small scale mining  and other forms of illegal mining.".