Economic Plants Protection Act, 1979 🇬🇭

Ghana 1 Citing Cases

A.F.R.C.D. 47

Economic Plants Protection Act, 1979

Published in Government Gazette on 22 September 1979
Assented to on 21 September 1979
Commenced on 22 September 1979
[This is the version of this document from 22 September 1979.]
[Note: The original publication document is not available and this content could not be verified.]

AN ACT to provide for the prohibition of the destruction of specified plants of economic value and for related matters.

1. Destruction of specified plants prohibited

A person who,

(a)without the written authority of the Minister, or

(b)for purposes other than for horticultural husbandry, intentionally destroys or causes the destruction of a specified plant commits an offence.

2. Payment of compensation

(1)Where a Court convicts a person of an offence under section 1, the Court shall order that person to pay compensation in respect of every specified plant destroyed, in addition to the punishment imposed under section 5.

(2)The Minister may give written authority under sectio…

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