Cocoa Bill: Parliament caught constitutional flaw in mining provision before passage – Jerome Sam

According to him, an initial provision in the Bill would have required the Chief Executive of COCOBOD to give express permission even after a person had been granted a mining licence.“At first we had in there, whereby even if somebody should be granted a license to mine, the person needed the express permission of the chief executive, and we did find out that it was in contravention with what the constitution, as well as provisions in the Minerals and Mining Act,” he said.“So if somebody has gone through the right process and has been issued a license, and then you say that an express permission would has to be granted by the chief executive of Coco Board, then it contradicts provisions in what in the constitution,” he said.