Section 23, Environment Protection Agency Act, 2008

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this Act andnotwithstanding the provisions of any enactment, no person shall undertake or cause to be undertaken any of the projects set out in the First Schedule unless he holds a valid licence in respect of such project. (2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding twentyfive million leones in the case of a citizen of Sierra Leone and ten thousand United States dollars in the case of a non-citizen or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding two years or to both the fine and imprisonment.