Timber Resource Management and Legality Licensing Regulations, 2017 (L.I. 2254)
Regulation 24—Records inspection
(1) An official inspector of the Commission may at a reasonable time and upon production of the authority of that inspector to a timber contractor, processor or seller, enter a contract area for timber operations or any other area that the Minister may direct, to inspect the records of the timber contractor, processor or seller to
(a) verify the ownership and source of any timber product in the contract area; and
(b) ensure that timber produced, processed or sold in the contract area is in accordance with the provisions of the Act and these Regulations.
(2) A timber contractor, processor or seller shall not obstruct an official inspector of the Commission in the exercise of the duties of that official inspector.
(3) A timber contractor, processor or seller who contravenes subregulation (2) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to
(a) a fine of not less than two hundred and fifty penalty units and not more than one thousand penalty units or to a term of imprisonment of not more than two years or to both; and
(b) a fine of not, less than one thousand penalty units for a second or continued offence under these Regulations.
Subject : Timber Resources Management And Legality
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Responsible Institution
Ministry of Environment, Science Technology and Innovation
Liberia Lake, Accra
- Email: contact@mesti.gov.gh
- Website: mesti.gov.gh
- GPS: GA-107-3073
- Telephone: 0302-666 049 0302-688913/688 663
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