MINERALS ACT AND REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) DECREE, 1969

IN pursuance of the Proclamation entitled "Proclamation for the Constitution of a National Liberation Council for the administration of Ghana and for other matters connected therewith", published in Gazette No. 11 of 28th February, 1966, this Decree is hereby made:—

Legislation

Table of Content

1. Amendment to Act 126.

2. Revocation of regulation 15 of LI 231.

3. Amendment of LI 257

4. Commencement.

1. Amendment to Act 126.

2. Revocation of regulation 15 of LI 231.

3. Amendment of LI 257

4. Commencement.

Section 1

1. Amendment to Act 126.

The Minerals Act, 1962 (Act 126) is hereby amended:— (a) in section 2 thereof by the addition next after subsection (3) thereof, of the following new subsection:— "(4) Notwithstanding any other enactment for the time being in force, a licence granted in respect of any of the matters specified in subsection (1)(a) of this section in accordance with regulations made under this Act and executed by the Commissioner responsible for Lands and Mineral Resources or the Commissioner to whom functions under this Act are assigned by the National Liberation Council, or by a person authorised by any such Commissioner in that behalf by notice published in the Gazette, shall be valid and have full effect." (b) by the addition next after section 2 thereof, of the following new section:— 2A. "Licence to Prevail in Cases of Conflict. Where any enactment for the time being in force is in conflict with any term of a licence as is mentioned in section 2(1) and (4) of this Act, the term of the license shall to the extent of the conflict prevail over that enactment."

Section 2