【全非资讯·加纳】 加纳：Wontumi主席寻求最高法院对条款的解释

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新爱国党（NPP）阿散蒂地区主席Bernard Antwi-Boasiako已要求阿克拉高等法院将矿产和采矿法的相关条款提交最高法院进行释宪。\n\n被告此前被指控违反矿产和采矿法，涉嫌将其位于西部地区萨姆雷博伊（Samreboi）的采矿特许权进行租赁。\n\n其辩护律师Samuel Atta Akyea表示，如果由法官Audrey Kocuvi-Tay主持的该法院拒绝将案件提交最高法院，则法院应当判决其当事人无罪并予以释放。\n\n上述内容包含在他提交给法院长达50页的书面陈词中，该法院将于7月20日对本案作出判决。\n\nAkyea希望最高法院裁定，根据对1992年《宪法》第19条第11款的真实和适当解释，作为针对其当事人指控基础的条款之一——2006年《矿产和采矿法》（第703号法案）第14条第11款（注：原文为14(1)）是否在法律上含糊不清、过于宽泛且与该宪法条款的精神和字面相悖，从而违宪、无效。\n\nBoasiako目前正寻求竞选NPP全国主席，他此前对未经批准转让矿业权以及故意协助无证采矿的指控均表示不认罪。\n\n总检察长办公室对三名被告提起了刑事诉讼，其中包括Akonta Mining公司股东Antwi-Boasiako以及该公司董事Kwame Antwi。

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Mr Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, Ashanti Regional Chiarman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has asked the High Court in Accra to refer provisions of the Minerals and Mining Act to the Supreme Court for interpretation.

The accused was arraigned for allegedly leasing his mining concession at Samreboi in the Western Rsgion, contrary to the Minerals and Mining Act.

His counsel, Mr Samuel Atta Akye, said should the court, presided over by Justice Audrey Kocuvi-Tay, refused to refer the case to the SC, then the court should acquit and discharge his client.

This was contained in his 50 page written address to the court which is set to deliver a judgement on July 20.

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Mr Akyea wants the Supreme Court to determine whether, on a true and proper interpretation of Article 19(11) of the 1992 Constitution, Section 14(1) of the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703), one of the provisions underpinning the charges against his client, is legally vague, overbroad and inconsistent with the letter and spirit of the said article, and therefore unconstitutional, null and void.

Mr Boasiako, who is currently seeking to contest as the National Chairman of the NPP, has pleaded not guilty to assignment of mineral rights without approval and purposely facilitating an unlicensed mining operation.

The Office of the Attorney General preferred criminal charges against three accused persons -- Antwi-Boasiako, a shareholder of Akonta Mining, and Kwame Antwi, a director of the company.

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