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Natural Resources Law — Title 23, Liberian Code of Laws Revised

Natural Resources Law, Title 23, is preserved in the Government-published Liberian Code of Laws Revised, Volume IV. Modern mining, forestry, petroleum and environmental statutes are catalogued separately.

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Natural Resources Law — Title 23, Liberian Code of Laws Revised

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Natural Resources Law — Title 23, Liberian Code of Laws Revised

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Amended by1976
Act Creating the Forestry Development Authority, 1976The 1976 Forestry Development Authority Act expressly repeals Chapters 1 through 4 of the Natural Resources Law relating to forest conservation, national parks and wildlife and replaces that institutional framework with the FDA.
Amended by2017
National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority Act, 2017The 2017 NaFAA Act expressly repeals Subchapter B, Fish Resources, of Title 23, Natural Resources Law, while preserving the remainder of the title.
Amended by2000
An Act Adopting a New Minerals and Mining Law, Part I, Title 23, Liberian Code of Laws RevisedThe 2000 Act enacts the new Minerals and Mining Law as Part I of Title 23 of the Liberian Code of Laws Revised, replacing the earlier mining-law provisions identified in its opening section.
Amended by2006
National Forestry Reform Law, 2006Section 2 of the National Forestry Reform Law of 2006 expressly amends Part II of Title 23, Natural Resources Law, to enact the new forestry framework.
Amended by1962
An Act to Repeal Chapter 5 of the Natural Resources Law and to Amend the Executive Law to Create the Ministry of Lands and Mines, 1962The 1962 Act expressly repeals Chapter 5 of the Natural Resources Law while leaving the remainder of Title 23 intact; the relationship is recorded as an amendment rather than a repeal of the entire title.