Africa-Press – Angola. The Proposed Law on Combating Illegal Mining Activity that criminalizes conduct regarding the illicit exploitation of mineral resources is ready for discussion and voting, in general, at the next Plenary meeting of the National Assembly (AN).
The specialized committees of Parliament related to the matter approved this Tuesday the Joint Opinion Report of the document, which defines rapid procedures for the loss and appropriation in favor of the State of instruments and proceeds of crime.
The Executive’s legislative initiative aims to discourage and criminalize conduct that derives from the illicit exploitation of mineral resources that generate harmful impacts on the environment, human life, public health, the subsistence of communities, the economy and consequent development.
The Proposed Law on Combating Illegal Mining Activity has a preambular part and a dispositive part, systematized into two sections, four chapters and 22 articles, debts by general provisions, crimes, fate of good people and final provisions.
The aforementioned proposal, considered by the Council of Ministers in January this year, aims to introduce a specific legal regime to combat illegal mining activity that establishes penalties appropriate to the severity of the typified conduct and results, as well as defining rapid confiscation and appropriation procedures.
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