Minerals And Mining Act, 2006(ACT 703) As amended
Section 99 as amended in Act 900: (1) A person who sells or buys minerals without a licence granted under section 97 or 104 or without a valid authority granted under this Act or any other enactment commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than three thousand penalty units or to a term of imprisonment of not more than five years or to both.
(2) A person who,
(a) without a licence granted by the Minister, undertakes a small scale mining operation contrary to the provisions of this Act, or
(b) acts in contravention of a provision of this Act in respect of which a penalty has not been specified,
commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than three thousand penalty units or to a term of imprisonment of not more than five years or to both.
(3) A foreigner who undertakes small scale mining operations contrary to the provisions of this Act commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not less than thirty thousand penalty units and not more than three hundred thousand penalty units or to a term of imprisonment of not more than twenty years or to both.
(4) A Ghanaian who employs or engages a foreigner to illegally undertake or participate in small-scale mining commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not less than two thousand penalty units and not more than twenty thousand penalty units or to a term of imprisonment of not less than five years and not more than ten years or to both.
(5) Where a person is arrested for an offence under subsection (3) or (4), any equipment used in or associated with the commission of the offence and any product derived from the commission of the offence shall, regardless of the ownership of the equipment or product, be seized and kept in the custody of the police.
(6) A court which convicts a person for an offence under subsection (2), (3) or (4) shall in addition to the penalty that it may impose, order the forfeiture of any equipment or product seized under subsection (5) to the State.
(7) The Minister shall, within sixty days after the confiscation of the equipment or product, allocate the equipment or product to the appropriate state institution and publish in the Gazette the name of the state institution to which the equipment or product is allocated.
(8) In this section, “court” includes the Circuit Court.”
Procedure to Follow
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Responsible Institution
36 Second Cantonments Cl, Accra
- Email:
- Website: https://www.mincom.gov.gh/
- GPS: GA-110-0371
- Telephone: 030 277 1318
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