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                                              VOLTA</span><span style="font-family: Arial"> 
                                              RIVER DEVELOPMENT ACT, 1961 (ACT 
                                              46)</span></b></p>
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                                              As amended by</span></p>
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                                              ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS</span></p>
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                                              Section</span></p>
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                                              PART I&#8212;THE VOLTA RIVER AUTHORITY</span></p>
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                                              1. Establishment of the Authority.</span></p>
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                                              2. Status of the Authority.</span></p>
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                                              3. Constitution of the Authority.</span></p>
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                                              4. Members of the Authority.</span></p>
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                                              5. Chief Executive.</span></p>
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                                              6. Resignation and Re-appointment 
                                              of Members.</span></p>
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                                              7. Proceedings of the Authority.</span></p>
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                                              8. Employees of the Authority.</span></p>
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                                              9. Authority to Institute Training 
                                              Programme.</span></p>
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                                              PART II&#8212;FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF 
                                              THE AUTHORITY</span></p>
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                                              10. Primary Functions of the 
                                              Authority.</span></p>
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                                              11. Flow of Water and Flooding.</span></p>
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                                              12. Powers in Relation to 
                                              Transmission System.</span></p>
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                                              13. Health Safeguards.</span></p>
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                                              14. Authority to have Local 
                                              Government Functions and Planning 
                                              Powers over Akosombo Township and 
                                              Lakeside Area.</span></p>
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                                              15. Additional Powers.</span></p>
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                                              16. Research and Records.</span></p>
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                                              17. Incidental Powers.</span></p>
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                                              18. Authority to Co-operate with 
                                              Other Public Authorities.</span></p>
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                                              19. Statutory Powers to be 
                                              Exercised Consistently with this 
                                              Act.</span></p>
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                                              20. Directions to the Authority.</span></p>
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                                              PART III&#8212;FINANCE</span></p>
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                                              21. Authority to Aim at Making 
                                              Profit.</span></p>
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                                              22. Borrowing Powers.</span></p>
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                                              23. Investment by the Republic.</span></p>
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                                              24. Exemption From Income Tax.</span></p>
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                                              25. Government to Re-imburse 
                                              Authority for Certain Measures.</span></p>
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                                              26. Accounts and Audit.</span></p>
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                                              PART IV&#8212;ACQUISITION OF LAND AND 
                                              RESETTLEMENT MEASURES</span></p>
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                                              27. Filling of the Lake and 
                                              Acquisition of Land.</span></p>
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                                              28. Compensation.</span></p>
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                                              29. Resettlement Measures.</span></p>
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                                              30. Defraying Expenses Incurred 
                                              Under this Part.</span></p>
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                                              PART V&#8212;MISCELLANEOUS</span></p>
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                                              31. Guarantees.</span></p>
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                                              32. Annual Report.</span></p>
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                                              33. Power to Make Regulations.</span></p>
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                                              34. Protection of Officers.</span></p>
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                                              35. Interpretation.</span></p>
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                                              36. Commencement.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              THE FORTY-SIXTH</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              ACT OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE 
                                              REPUBLIC OF GHANA</span></p>
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                                              ENTITLED</span></p>
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                                              THE VOLTA RIVER DEVELOPMENT ACT, 
                                              1961</span></b></p>
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                                              AN ACT to provide for the 
                                              establishment of an Authority 
                                              charged with the duties of 
                                              generating electricity by means of 
                                              the water power of the river 
                                              Volta, and by other means, and of 
                                              supplying electricity through a 
                                              transmission system; for the 
                                              construction of a dam and power 
                                              station near Akosombo, and for the 
                                              creation of a lake by the damming 
                                              of the river; for giving the 
                                              Authority power to administer 
                                              certain lands liable to be 
                                              inundated and lands adjacent 
                                              thereto, and for dealing with the 
                                              resettlement of people living in 
                                              the lands to be inundated; for 
                                              charging the Authority with 
                                              certain incidental 
                                              responsibilities; and for purposes 
                                              connected with the matters 
                                              aforesaid.</span></p>
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                                              DATE OF ASSENT: 26th April, 1961</span></p>
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                                              BE IT ENACTED by the President and 
                                              the National Assembly in this 
                                              present Parliament assembled as 
                                              follows:&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART I&#8212;THE VOLTA RIVER AUTHORITY</span></p>
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                                              Section 1&#8212;Establishment of the 
                                              Authority.</span></b></p>
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                                              There shall be established an 
                                              authority to be called the Volta 
                                              River Authority (referred to in 
                                              this Act as the Authority) charged 
                                              with the duties and 
                                              responsibilities hereinafter 
                                              specified.</span></p>
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                                              Section 2&#8212;Status of the Authority.</span></b></p>
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                                              The Authority shall be a body 
                                              corporate with perpetual 
                                              succession and a common seal which 
                                              shall be officially and judicially 
                                              noticed, and may sue and be sued 
                                              in its corporate name, and for and 
                                              in connection with the purposes of 
                                              this Act may acquire and dispose 
                                              of land and personal property and 
                                              enter into contracts and other 
                                              transactions.</span></p>
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                                              Section 3&#8212;Constitution of the 
                                              Authority.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) The Authority shall consist&nbsp; 
                                              of a Chairman, the Chief&nbsp; 
                                              Executive appointed under section 
                                              5 of this Act and six other 
                                              persons of whom one, who shall 
                                              have had experience in financial 
                                              matters may be appointed as 
                                              Finance Member, and two shall be 
                                              appointed to represent major 
                                              consumers of the electrical power 
                                              to be generated by the Authority.</span></p>
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                                              (2) Subject to section 5 of this 
                                              Act, the Chairman and other&nbsp; 
                                              members of the Authority shall be 
                                              appointed by the President acting 
                                              in accordance with the advice of 
                                              the Prime Minister.</span></p>
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                                              (3) At every meeting of the 
                                              Authority at which he is present, 
                                              the Chairman shall preside and in 
                                              his absence a member elected by 
                                              the members present from among 
                                              themselves shall preside. [As 
                                              substituted by the Volta River 
                                              Development (Amendment) Act 1970 
                                              (Act 338) s. 1].</span></p>
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                                              Section 4&#8212;Members of the 
                                              Authority.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) All the members of the 
                                              Authority other than the Chairman 
                                              and the Chief Executive shall, 
                                              subject to subsection (2), hold 
                                              office for a period of three 
                                              years:</span></p>
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                                              Provided that the first such 
                                              members to be appointed, other 
                                              than those appointed to represent 
                                              major consumers of electrical 
                                              power, shall serve for the 
                                              following periods, which shall be 
                                              specified when they are appointed, 
                                              that is to say, two such members 
                                              shall serve for two years and the 
                                              remaining two for one year.</span></p>
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                                              (2) The appointment of any such 
                                              member may be terminated at any 
                                              time by the President if he is of 
                                              opinion that it is necessary in 
                                              the interests of the Authority to 
                                              do so.</span></p>
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                                              (3) Subject to the provisions of 
                                              this Act, the terms and conditions 
                                              of appointment of such members 
                                              shall be determined by the 
                                              President from time to time.</span></p>
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                                              Section 5&#8212;Chief Executive.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) The Authority shall have an 
                                              officer to be known as the Chief 
                                              Executive.</span></p>
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                                              (2) The Chief Executive shall be a 
                                              person nominated by the National 
                                              Liberation Council and appointed 
                                              by the Authority, and shall hold 
                                              office upon such terms and 
                                              conditions as the Authority may 
                                              determine.</span></p>
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                                              (3) The Chief Executive shall 
                                              devote his full time to the 
                                              affairs of the Authority.</span></p>
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                                              (4) Subject to the general control 
                                              of the Authority on matters of 
                                              policy, the Chief Executive shall 
                                              be charged with the direction of 
                                              the business of the Authority, and 
                                              of its administration and 
                                              organisation, and with the 
                                              employment, control and dismissal 
                                              of all the Authority's staff and 
                                              workpeople. [As substituted by the 
                                              Volta River Development Act 1961 
                                              (Amendment) Decree 1968 (NLCD 268) 
                                              s. 2].</span></p>
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                                              Section 6&#8212;Resignation and 
                                              Re-appointment of Members.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) Any member, other than the 
                                              Chief Executive may at any time 
                                              resign his appointment by notice 
                                              in writing to the President. [As 
                                              amended by the Volta River 
                                              Development Act 1961 (Amendment) 
                                              Act 1962 (Act 95) s. 1].</span></p>
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                                              (2) Every member shall, on ceasing 
                                              to be a member, be eligible for 
                                              re-appointment.</span></p>
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                                              Section 7&#8212;Proceedings of the 
                                              Authority.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) The Authority may make, add 
                                              to, amend and revoke standing 
                                              orders, not being inconsistent 
                                              with this Act, to provide for the 
                                              application of the Authority's 
                                              seal to legal documents, the 
                                              proper conduct of the business and 
                                              of the meetings of the Authority 
                                              or any committee thereof, 
                                              including the manner in which any 
                                              matter is to be determined on 
                                              behalf of the Authority, and the 
                                              standing orders for the time being 
                                              in force shall be observed by the 
                                              Authority and its committees and 
                                              members.</span></p>
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                                              (2) A quorum of the members of the 
                                              Authority shall be four. The 
                                              Chairman shall have an original 
                                              and a casting vote.</span></p>
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                                              (3) The validity of any 
                                              proceedings of the Authority shall 
                                              not be affected by any vacancy 
                                              amongst the members thereof, or by 
                                              any defect in the appointment of a 
                                              member thereof.</span></p>
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                                              Section 8&#8212;Employees of the 
                                              Authority.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) The Authority shall employ 
                                              such staff and workpeople as may 
                                              be necessary for the discharge of 
                                              its functions, on such terms and 
                                              conditions as it may think fit.</span></p>
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                                              (2) It is hereby declared that the 
                                              terms and conditions referred to 
                                              in subsection (1) need not be the 
                                              same as those relating to the 
                                              Civil Service.</span></p>
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                                              Section 9&#8212;Authority to Institute 
                                              Training Programme.</span></b></p>
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                                              The Authority shall, so far as may 
                                              be consistent with the proper 
                                              discharge of its functions, 
                                              institute arrangements for the 
                                              training of Ghanaians in 
                                              administrative, technical, 
                                              managerial and other capacities, 
                                              with a view to securing the 
                                              benefit of their knowledge and 
                                              experience in the conduct of the 
                                              Authority's operations, and with a 
                                              view to all branches of the 
                                              Authority's activities being, in 
                                              due course, in Ghanaian hands.</span></p>
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                                              PART II&#8212;FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF 
                                              THE AUTHORITY</span></p>
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                                              Section 10&#8212;Primary Functions of 
                                              the Authority.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) Subject to the provisions of 
                                              this Act it shall be the duty of 
                                              the Authority to plan, execute and 
                                              manage the Volta river development 
                                              which comprises&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) the generation of electrical 
                                              power for the operation of an 
                                              aluminum industry, and for general 
                                              industrial and domestic uses in 
                                              Ghana, by such means as the 
                                              Authority may think fit, and in 
                                              particular in the first instance, 
                                              by the construction and operation 
                                              of a dam and hydroelectric 
                                              generating station in the vicinity 
                                              of Akosombo;</span></p>
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                                              (b) the construction and operation 
                                              of a transmission system for the 
                                              distribution of the electrical 
                                              power generated by the Authority;</span></p>
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                                              (c) the supply of the electrical 
                                              power generated by the Authority 
                                              to&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i) 
                                              any Government department or 
                                              public corporation responsible for 
                                              the supply of electrical power to 
                                              the public;</span></p>
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                                              (ii) the township of Akosombo; and</span></p>
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                                              (iii) any other consumer in Ghana 
                                              or elsewhere under any 
                                              arrangements agreed upon between 
                                              the Government, the Authority and 
                                              the Electricity Corporation of 
                                              Ghana;. [As substituted by the 
                                              Volta River Development 
                                              (Amendment) Law 1987, (PNDCL 
                                              171)].</span></p>
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                                              (d) the provision, when and so far 
                                              as practical, of facilities and 
                                              assistance for the development of 
                                              the lake as a source of fish, and 
                                              as a route for the transportation 
                                              of goods and passengers, and in 
                                              any other manner; and</span></p>
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                                              (e) the development of the 
                                              lakeside area for the health and 
                                              well-being of the inhabitants, and 
                                              people living adjacent thereto.</span></p>
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                                              (2) The Authority may also own, 
                                              maintain, and operate vessels or 
                                              craft of any kind and size for the 
                                              purpose of transporting goods and 
                                              passengers along the lake and may 
                                              charge fares for the said 
                                              services. [As inserted by The 
                                              Volta River Development Act 1961 
                                              (Amendment) Decree 1967 (NLCD 211 
                                              s. 1(b)].</span></p>
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                                              Section 11&#8212;Flow of Water and 
                                              Flooding.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) The Authority shall so control 
                                              the dam as to prevent, so far as 
                                              is practicable&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) the harmful penetration of 
                                              salt water up the River Volta to a 
                                              greater degree than was normal at 
                                              minimum river flow preceding the 
                                              construction of the dam;</span></p>
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                                              (b) the level of the lake from 
                                              rising to a height greater than 
                                              280 feet above mean sea level; and</span></p>
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                                              (c) such a flow of water past the 
                                              dam as may cause flooding 
                                              downstream from the dam above the 
                                              levels which were normal preceding 
                                              the construction of the dam.</span></p>
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                                              (2) The Authority shall take all 
                                              reasonable measures to give 
                                              warning of possible flooding from 
                                              the lake or from the River Volta 
                                              downstream from the dam.</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 12&#8212;Powers in Relation to 
                                              Transmission System.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              For the purposes of constructing 
                                              and operating the transmission 
                                              system referred to in paragraph 
                                              (b) of section 10 of this Act, or 
                                              of preventing damage or 
                                              obstruction thereto, the Authority 
                                              shall have all the powers of the 
                                              Chief Engineer set out in section 
                                              3 of the Electricity Supply 
                                              (Control) Ordinance (Cap. 66), to 
                                              be exercised by itself, its 
                                              workmen and agents, and be subject 
                                              to the limitations and the duties 
                                              there provided; and every person 
                                              who has any estate or interest in 
                                              any lands injuriously affected by 
                                              exercise of the powers conferred 
                                              by this section shall be entitled 
                                              to compensation to be settled, 
                                              awarded and paid in accordance (as 
                                              nearly as may be) with the 
                                              provisions relating to 
                                              compensation which are contained 
                                              in the State Property and 
                                              Contracts Act, 1960 (CA 6).</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 13&#8212;Health Safeguards.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) It shall be the duty of the 
                                              Authority to take all reasonable 
                                              measures, in co-operation with the 
                                              Minister responsible for health, 
                                              and with local authorities, to 
                                              safeguard the health and safety of 
                                              its employees and persons engaged 
                                              on the construction of works 
                                              referred to in section 10 of this 
                                              Act and their families and 
                                              dependents, and the inhabitants of 
                                              Akosombo township and the lakeside 
                                              area.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Authority shall, in and 
                                              over the lake and the lakeside 
                                              area, and in the township of 
                                              Akosombo, be the authority for 
                                              executing the provisions of the 
                                              Mosquitoes Ordinance (Cap. 75), 
                                              and shall have the powers referred 
                                              to in section 3 of that Ordinance; 
                                              and all amounts recovered under 
                                              that Ordinance by the Authority 
                                              shall be paid to the credit of the 
                                              Authority.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 14&#8212;Authority to have Local 
                                              Government Functions and Planning 
                                              Powers Over Akosombo Township and 
                                              Lakeside Area.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The President may by executive 
                                              instrument make such provision as 
                                              he thinks fit for constituting the 
                                              Authority as the local authority 
                                              for the township of Akosombo and 
                                              the lakeside area, and for 
                                              applying to the Authority, in its 
                                              capacity as such, and with such 
                                              modifications as may be expedient, 
                                              the enactments relating to local 
                                              government.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Authority may, in 
                                              consultation with the Minister 
                                              responsible for town and country 
                                              planning, exercise all the powers 
                                              of that Minister in relation to 
                                              town and country planning in the 
                                              township of Akosombo and the 
                                              lakeside area.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The Authority shall take 
                                              measures to enhance the natural 
                                              beauty of the lakeside area by the 
                                              planting of trees and otherwise; 
                                              and shall be responsible for the 
                                              development of Akosombo township 
                                              in such a manner as to prevent the 
                                              growth of slum or other conditions 
                                              likely to be injurious to the 
                                              health or wellbeing of the 
                                              inhabitants.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 15&#8212;Additional Powers.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The President may on terms to be 
                                              agreed between the Government and 
                                              the Authority and for the better 
                                              discharge by the Authority of its 
                                              functions under this Act require 
                                              the Authority for such period as 
                                              he may specify to perform any 
                                              function of a Minister or any 
                                              public authority or any body of 
                                              which the Government is in control 
                                              or over which it has powers of 
                                              direction, in relation to the 
                                              township of Akosombo and the 
                                              lakeside area.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 16&#8212;Research and Records.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Authority shall with a view to 
                                              facilitating present or future 
                                              research or planning, maintain and 
                                              preserve such records relating to 
                                              its functions as it shall consider 
                                              proper; and shall have power to 
                                              engage in research, and to assist 
                                              others to engage in research, in 
                                              respect of any matter relating to 
                                              those functions and to publish 
                                              such records and the results of 
                                              any research in which it may 
                                              engage.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 17&#8212;Incidental Powers.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Authority may carry on any 
                                              activity which is reasonably 
                                              requisite or convenient for or in 
                                              connection with the discharge of 
                                              its functions under this Act.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 18&#8212;Authority to Co-operate 
                                              with Other Public Authorities.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              In the discharge of its functions 
                                              the Authority shall co-operate 
                                              fully with all Government 
                                              departments and agencies and other 
                                              public authorities.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 19&#8212;Statutory Powers to be 
                                              Exercised Consistently with this 
                                              Act. </span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              No person shall exercise shall 
                                              exercise any statutory power or 
                                              duty inconsistently with the 
                                              exercise of any powers or duties 
                                              conferred on the Authority by or 
                                              under this Act.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 20&#8212;Directions to the 
                                              Authority.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The President may after 
                                              consultation with the Authority, 
                                              give to the Authority in any 
                                              matter of exceptional public 
                                              importance, directions of a 
                                              general character not being 
                                              inconsistent with the provisions 
                                              of this Act nor with the 
                                              contractual or other legal 
                                              obligations of the Authority as to 
                                              the exercise by the Authority of 
                                              its functions under this Act, and 
                                              the Authority shall give effect to 
                                              any such directions.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART III&#8212;FINANCE</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 21&#8212;Authority to Aim at 
                                              Making Profit.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) It shall be the duty of the 
                                              Authority to conduct its affairs 
                                              on sound commercial lines, and in 
                                              particular, so to carry out its 
                                              functions under this Act as to 
                                              ensure that, taking one year with 
                                              another, its revenues are greater 
                                              than its outgoings properly 
                                              chargeable to revenue account.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Authority shall charge to 
                                              revenue account all charges which 
                                              in the normal conduct of a 
                                              business are proper to be charged 
                                              to revenue account, including in 
                                              particular, proper provision for 
                                              depreciation of assets, or for 
                                              renewal of assets, and in addition 
                                              all interest on borrowings, 
                                              repayments to be made each year in 
                                              respect of loans incurred by the 
                                              Authority to the extent that such 
                                              repayments exceed provision for 
                                              depreciation, and proper 
                                              allocations to reserve.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Without prejudice to the power 
                                              of the Authority to establish 
                                              appropriate reserves for 
                                              replacements or other purposes, 
                                              the Authority shall establish and 
                                              out of its profits make payments 
                                              to a reserve for the purpose of 
                                              expanding its activities.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) The Authority shall fix the 
                                              rates at which it supplies the 
                                              electrical power generated by it 
                                              so as to ensure that it is able to 
                                              comply with the requirements of 
                                              this section.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 22&#8212;Borrowing Powers.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) In order to enable the 
                                              Authority to meet expenditure of a 
                                              capital nature (including 
                                              provision for working capital) for 
                                              the discharge of its functions 
                                              under this Act, and in particular 
                                              for the financing of the 
                                              operations referred to in section 
                                              10 of this Act, the Authority may 
                                              borrow on such terms and in such 
                                              currencies as may be agreed 
                                              between it and any lender, such 
                                              sums as it may require.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Authority may borrow 
                                              temporarily, by way of overdraft 
                                              or otherwise, such sums as it may 
                                              require for meeting its current 
                                              obligations or discharging its 
                                              functions.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The Authority may charge its 
                                              assets, undertakings and revenues 
                                              with the repayment of any money 
                                              borrowed together with interest 
                                              thereon and may issue debentures, 
                                              bonds or other securities in order 
                                              to secure the repayment of any 
                                              money so borrowed together with 
                                              interest thereon and may do all 
                                              other things necessary in 
                                              connection with or incidental to 
                                              such borrowings as are authorised 
                                              by this section.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) The President may, from time 
                                              to time, prescribe the maximum 
                                              sums which the Authority may 
                                              borrow under either or both of 
                                              subsections (1) and (2).</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 23&#8212;Investment by the 
                                              Republic.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) During the ten years following 
                                              the commencement of this Act the 
                                              Republic shall invest in the Volta 
                                              River development such sums, not 
                                              exceeding thirty-five million 
                                              pounds, as the Authority may 
                                              require for the discharge of its 
                                              functions under this Act.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The payment of the said 
                                              thirty-five million pounds is 
                                              hereby charged on the Consolidated 
                                              Fund, and shall be made to the 
                                              Authority in such instalments and 
                                              at such times as may be agreed 
                                              between the Minister responsible 
                                              for finance and the Authority.[As 
                                              amended by The Volta River 
                                              Development (Amendment) Act 1962 
                                              (Act 95) s. 2 ].</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) By way of return on the said 
                                              investment the Authority may pay 
                                              to the Accountant-General, out of 
                                              income remaining available when 
                                              the charges referred to in 
                                              subsection (2) and (3) of section 
                                              21 of this Act have been provided 
                                              for, such sums as the Authority 
                                              after consulting the Minister 
                                              responsible for finance, thinks 
                                              proper having regard to its future 
                                              financial requirements.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) When the Authority is of the 
                                              opinion that its financial 
                                              position justifies it the 
                                              Authority may, by agreement with 
                                              the Republic, repay in such 
                                              amounts and at such times as may 
                                              be agreed part or all of the 
                                              capital sum invested by the 
                                              Republic under the provisions of 
                                              this section.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) Sums received under 
                                              subsections (3) and (4) shall be 
                                              paid into the Consolidated Fund. 
                                              [As amended by The Volta River 
                                              Development (Amendment) Act 1962 
                                              (Act 95) s. 2 ].</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 24&#8212;Exemption from Income 
                                              Tax.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Authority shall be exempted 
                                              from the tax imposed by the Income 
                                              Tax Ordinance, 1943 (No. 27).</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 25&#8212;Government to Reimburse 
                                              Authority for Certain Measures.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Republic shall pay to the 
                                              Authority the net cost of any 
                                              measures undertaken by it under 
                                              sections 13 to 15 of this Act the 
                                              necessity for which is not 
                                              attributable to the creation of 
                                              the lake or other activities of 
                                              the Authority.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 26&#8212;Accounts and Audit.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Authority shall&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) cause proper accounts and 
                                              other records in relation thereto 
                                              to be kept;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) prepare an annual statement of 
                                              accounts in such form and 
                                              containing such particulars as the 
                                              Auditor-General may from time to 
                                              time direct, or as may be required 
                                              to satisfy its undertakings or 
                                              engagements.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The accounts of the Authority 
                                              shall be audited by an independent 
                                              auditor to be appointed annually 
                                              by the Authority subject to the 
                                              approval of the Auditor-General, 
                                              and the auditor shall make a 
                                              report in each year on the 
                                              accounts audited by him.&nbsp; The 
                                              remuneration of the auditor shall 
                                              be determined by the Minister 
                                              responsible for finance and shall 
                                              be paid out of the funds of the 
                                              Authority.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The Authority's financial year 
                                              shall end on the last day of 
                                              December in each year, and the 
                                              period between the commencement of 
                                              this Act and the last day of 
                                              December shall be the Authority's 
                                              first financial year. [As amended 
                                              by The Volta River Development 
                                              (Amendment) Act 1962 (Act 95) s. 
                                              3].</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART IV&#8212;ACQUISITION OF LAND AND 
                                              RESETTLEMENT MEASURES</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 27&#8212;Filling of the Lake and 
                                              Acquisition of Land.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Authority shall, upon the 
                                              completion of the dam, so operate 
                                              the dam as to cause the lake to 
                                              fill by the accumulation of water 
                                              in the area upstream of the dam.
                                              </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The National Liberation 
                                              Council shall cause to be acquired 
                                              lands which in the opinion of the 
                                              Authority:&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) may require to be inundated by 
                                              the filling of the lake together 
                                              with any other land not extending 
                                              beyond one mile from the shores of 
                                              the lake at its maximum fill;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) may be required for the 
                                              development of Akosombo township;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) may be required for the use of 
                                              persons being resettled as a 
                                              result of the inundation of their 
                                              lands by the filling of the lake;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) are necessary to acquire for 
                                              the proper discharge of the 
                                              Authority's functions.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) All lands acquired under 
                                              paragraphs (a), (b) and (d) of 
                                              subsection (2) of this section 
                                              shall immediately after their 
                                              acquisition vest in the Authority 
                                              without any further assurance than 
                                              this subsection free from any 
                                              incumbrances whatsoever and the 
                                              Authority shall have power to 
                                              sell, transfer, exchange, let or 
                                              demise or otherwise dispose of all 
                                              or any of them to or with any 
                                              person and on such terms as it 
                                              shall consider necessary for the 
                                              proper discharge of its functions.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) Notwithstanding the provisions 
                                              of&nbsp; any enactment under which the 
                                              same were acquired all lands 
                                              falling under both or either of 
                                              the descriptions set out in 
                                              paragraphs (b) and (d) of 
                                              subsection (2), of this section 
                                              being lands which have been 
                                              acquired at any time before the 
                                              commencement of this Decree and 
                                              vested in the National Liberation 
                                              Council immediately before such 
                                              commencement are hereby vested in 
                                              the Authority and shall be subject 
                                              to the powers conferred on the 
                                              Authority by subsection (3) of 
                                              this section.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) Any land acquired under 
                                              paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of 
                                              this section may be transferred, 
                                              exchanged, let, demised or 
                                              otherwise disposed of by the 
                                              National Liberation Council to or 
                                              with any person whether or not 
                                              that person is included among the 
                                              persons being resettled and upon 
                                              such terms as may be necessary for 
                                              the promotion of the well-being of 
                                              the resettlement areas and the 
                                              inhabitants of those areas.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (6) No legal proceedings shall lie 
                                              against the Authority as a result 
                                              of the inundation of any lands 
                                              caused by the filling&nbsp; of the 
                                              lake. [As substituted by The Volta 
                                              River Development Act 1961 
                                              (Amendment) Decree 1967 (NLCD 211) 
                                              s. 2].</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 28&#8212;Compensation.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Claims to compensation in respect 
                                              of land acquired by virtue of 
                                              section 27 of this Act shall be 
                                              governed by the State Property and 
                                              Contracts Act, 1960 (CA 6), 
                                              subject to the following 
                                              modifications&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The provisions of the State Lands 
                                              Act, 1962 (Act 125) (relating to 
                                              the acquisition of land) shall, 
                                              subject to the following and such 
                                              other modifications as may be 
                                              required by the provisions of this 
                                              Act, apply to all lands acquired 
                                              under subsection (2) of section 
                                              27:&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) the market value of any 
                                              property so acquired shall be the 
                                              amount which that&nbsp; property might 
                                              have been expected to realise if 
                                              sold in the open market by a 
                                              willing seller to a willing buyer 
                                              on the sixth day of March, 1957;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) compensation may be paid in 
                                              money or in the case of lands 
                                              acquired under paragraph (a) of 
                                              subsection (2) of section 27 in 
                                              non-monetary assistance towards 
                                              settlement or both and no person 
                                              shall be entitled to dispute the 
                                              compensation offered to him by 
                                              reason only that it is not in 
                                              money, whether in whole or in 
                                              part;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) lands subject to the 
                                              Administration of Lands Act, 1962 
                                              (Act 123) may be acquired under 
                                              this Act. [As substituted by The 
                                              Volta River Development Act 1961 
                                              (Amendment) Decree 1967 (NLCD 211) 
                                              s. 3] </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 29&#8212;Resettlement Measures.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Minister responsible for 
                                              social welfare (referred to in 
                                              this section as the Minister) 
                                              shall be charged with the duty of 
                                              taking all reasonable measures to 
                                              assist in the resettlement of the 
                                              people inhabiting lands liable to 
                                              be inundated and lands adjacent 
                                              thereto which are needed by the 
                                              Authority for the discharge of its 
                                              functions, and it shall be the 
                                              responsibility of the Minister to 
                                              ensure, so far as is practicable, 
                                              that no person suffers undue 
                                              hardship or is deprived of 
                                              necessary public amenities, as a 
                                              result of his resettlement.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Repealed by The Volta River 
                                              Development Act 1967 (Amendment) 
                                              Decree 1967 (NLCD 211 s. 4)</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 30&#8212;Defraying Expenses 
                                              Incurred Under this Part.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Expenses incurred in pursuance of 
                                              this Part of this Act shall be 
                                              defrayed, as to the first three 
                                              million pounds by the Authority, 
                                              as to the next million pounds by 
                                              the Authority and the Government 
                                              equally, and as to any excess over 
                                              four million pounds by the 
                                              Government.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART V&#8212;MISCELLANEOUS</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 31&#8212;Guarantees.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) In the name and on behalf of 
                                              the Republic, the President may in 
                                              writing guarantee the performance 
                                              of any obligation undertaken by 
                                              the Authority.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Moneys payable under any such 
                                              guarantee are hereby charged on 
                                              the Consolidated Fund.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 32&#8212;Annual Report.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Authority shall annually, not 
                                              later than six months after the 
                                              end of its financial year, present 
                                              to the President a report dealing 
                                              generally with the activities and 
                                              operations of the Authority during 
                                              the preceding financial year and 
                                              containing:&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i) 
                                              such information with regard to 
                                              the proceedings and policy of the 
                                              Authority as the Authority 
                                              considers may properly be given 
                                              without detriment to the interests 
                                              of the undertaking of the 
                                              Authority; and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (ii) a copy of the statement of 
                                              accounts referred to in section 26 
                                              of this Act, together with a copy 
                                              of the report made by the auditor 
                                              on that statement or on the 
                                              accounts,</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              and the report shall not later 
                                              than seven months after the end of 
                                              the Authority's financial year be 
                                              laid before the National Assembly.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 33&#8212;Power to Make 
                                              Regulations.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Authority may, by 
                                              legislative instrument, make 
                                              regulations&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) prohibiting, restricting or 
                                              regulating the use of the lake and 
                                              the lakeside area;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) prohibiting, restricting or 
                                              regulating the abstraction of 
                                              water from the River Volta or the 
                                              lake otherwise than for the 
                                              purpose only of obtaining water 
                                              for domestic use in any village, 
                                              town or house situate within the 
                                              catchment area of the River Volta;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) for the protection of any 
                                              transmission lines erected by the 
                                              Authority or any works or 
                                              apparatus connected therewith;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) imposing penalties on persons 
                                              trespassing on any land in the 
                                              ownership or possession of the 
                                              Authority;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (e) prohibiting, restricting or 
                                              regulating the movement of motor 
                                              or other traffic on or in the 
                                              vicinity of the dam;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (f) for the better discharge of 
                                              the Authority's duties under 
                                              section 13 of this Act; and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (g) generally for the purpose of 
                                              enabling the better discharge by 
                                              the Authority of its functions 
                                              under this Act.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Any regulations made under 
                                              this section may, in addition to 
                                              the penalties which can be imposed 
                                              by virtue of section 9 of the 
                                              Statutory Instruments Act, 1959 
                                              (No. 52), impose in the case of 
                                              continuous offences, a fine of £G5 
                                              for each day during which the 
                                              offence continues.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) In lieu of prohibiting, 
                                              restricting or regulating any 
                                              activity, regulations made under 
                                              this section may prohibit, 
                                              restrict or regulate such 
                                              activities without a licence to be 
                                              granted by the Authority.&nbsp; Such 
                                              regulations may prescribe the 
                                              forms to be used and fees to be 
                                              paid for such licences, and may 
                                              provide for the delegation of the 
                                              power to grant licences to a local 
                                              authority.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) Proceedings for offences 
                                              against any regulations made under 
                                              this section shall not be 
                                              instituted except by the 
                                              Attorney-General, or by, or with 
                                              the consent of, the Authority.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 34&#8212;Protection of Officers.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              No matter or thing done by any 
                                              officer or employee of the 
                                              Authority shall, if the matter or 
                                              thing be done bona fide for the 
                                              purpose of executing any provision 
                                              of this Act, subject such officer 
                                              or employee or any person acting 
                                              by his directions, personally, to 
                                              any civil liability.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 35&#8212;Interpretation.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) In this Act unless the context 
                                              otherwise requires&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;abstract&quot; includes divert, or by 
                                              any means cause to flow;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&quot;Akosombo 
                                              township&quot; means such area as the 
                                              President may by executive 
                                              instrument specify in that behalf;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;the dam&quot; means the dam referred 
                                              to in paragraph (a) of section 10 
                                              of this Act;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;the lake&quot; means the lake to be 
                                              created as a result of the 
                                              construction of the dam, as the 
                                              waters thereof extend from time to 
                                              time (including any islands 
                                              therein);</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;the lakeside area&quot; means such of 
                                              the lands referred to in paragraph 
                                              (a) of subsection (2) of section 
                                              27 of this Act as are not for the 
                                              time being comprised in the lake;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;the river Volta&quot; means the 
                                              following rivers so far as they 
                                              are within Ghana, that is to say, 
                                              the Volta, the Black Volta, the 
                                              White Volta, the Red Volta, and 
                                              the Oti river, and includes all 
                                              rivers, streams and watercourses 
                                              which are tributaries whether 
                                              direct or indirect of any of the 
                                              aforesaid rivers, or whose waters 
                                              flow directly or indirectly into 
                                              the lake, but does not include any 
                                              part of the lake;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;supply&quot; in relation to electrical 
                                              power includes maintaining 
                                              potential, whether or not the 
                                              power so supplied is taken.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) For the purposes of the Rivers 
                                              Ordinance (Cap. 266), and any 
                                              other enactment the lake shall not 
                                              be deemed to be a river; and 
                                              section 10 of the Rivers Ordinance 
                                              shall not apply to any part of the 
                                              River Volta upstream of the lake.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3)&nbsp; Officers of the Authority 
                                              shall, for the purposes of the 
                                              Criminal Code, 1960 (Act 29) and 
                                              the Criminal Procedure Code, 1960 
                                              (Act 30) be deemed to be public 
                                              officers.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 36&#8212;Commencement.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              This Act shall come into force on 
                                              such day as the President may, by 
                                              legislative instrument, appoint.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;amended 
                                              by</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              VOLTA RIVER DEVELOPMENT 
                                              (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1962 (ACT 95).1</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              VOLTA RIVER DEVELOPMENT ACT, 1961 
                                              (AMENDMENT) DECREE, 1967 (NLCD 
                                              211).2</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              VOLTA RIVER DEVELOPMENT ACT 1961, 
                                              (AMENDMENT) DECREE, 1968 (NLCD 
                                              268).3</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              VOLTA RIVER DEVELOPMENT 
                                              (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1970 (ACT 338).4</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              VOLTA RIVER DEVELOPMENT 
                                              (AMENDMENT) LAW, 1987 (PNDCL 
                                              171).5</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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