Permit to export minerals

(1) The Minister may grant to any person a permit to export minerals from Belize on conditions determined by the Minister and specified in the permit; but the grant of such a permit does not exempt the person concerned from complying with the requirements of any other law relating to the export of minerals. (2) Any person who exports any mineral from Belize otherwise than under and in accordance with a permit granted under sub-section (1), commits an offence and is liable on conviction– (a) in the case of an individual, to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or to both such fine and term of imprisonment; or (b) in the case of a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars. (3) This section shall not apply with respect to such minerals as may be prescribed. land. CAP. 184.