The Minerals Act, 1962 (Act 126) is hereby amended:-

(a) in section 2 thereof by the addition next after subsection (3) thereof, of the following new subsection:-

"(4) Notwithstanding any other enactment for the time being in force, a licence granted in respect of any of the matters specified in subsection (1)(a) of this section in accordance with regulations made under this Act and executed by the Commissioner responsible for Lands and Mineral Resources or the Commissioner to whom functions under this Act are assigned by the National Liberation Council, or by a person authorised by any such Commissioner in that behalf by notice published in the Gazette, shall be valid and have full effect."

(b) by the addition next after section 2 thereof, of the following new section:-

2A. "Licence to Prevail in Cases of Conflict.

Where any enactment for the time being in force is in conflict with any term of a licence as is mentioned in section 2(1) and (4) of this Act, the term of the licence shall to the extent of the conflict prevail over that enactment."