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                                              RENT ACT, 1963 (ACT 220)</span></b></p>
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                                              As amended </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;APPLICATION OF ACT, ETC.</span></p>
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                                              1. Application of Act, etc</span></p>
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                                              PART II&#8212;ADMINISTRATION OF ACT.</span></p>
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                                              2. Rent Commissioner.</span></p>
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                                              3. Officers.</span></p>
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                                              4. Continuance in service of 
                                              existing officers. </span></p>
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                                              5. Functions of appropriate Rent 
                                              Officers.</span></p>
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                                              PART III&#8212;RENT MAGISTRATE.</span></p>
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                                              6. Functions of Rent Magistrate.</span></p>
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                                              7. Powers of, and procedure to be 
                                              observed by, Rent Magistrate.
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                                              8. Rent Magistrate's decision on 
                                              recoverable rent final.</span></p>
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                                              9. Other powers and duties of Rent 
                                              Magistrate.</span></p>
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                                              PART IV&#8212;ASSESSMENT OF RECOVERABLE 
                                              RENT.</span></p>
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                                              10. Application for assessment of 
                                              recoverable rent by appropriate 
                                              Rent Officers.</span></p>
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                                              11. Minister's reference to 
                                              Magistrate to assess recoverable 
                                              rent. </span></p>
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                                              12. Appeal for variation of 
                                              recoverable rent assessed by 
                                              appropriate Rent Officers.</span></p>
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                                              13. Assessment of recoverable rent 
                                              by Minister.</span></p>
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                                              14. Matters to be taken into 
                                              account in assessing recoverable 
                                              rent.</span></p>
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                                              15. Certificate relating to 
                                              recoverable rent.</span></p>
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                                              16. Date on which recoverable rent 
                                              becomes payable.</span></p>
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                                              PART V&#8212;RECOVERY OF POSSESSION AND 
                                              EJECTMENT.</span></p>
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                                              17. Recovery of possession and 
                                              ejectment.</span></p>
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                                              18. Tenant to have option to new 
                                              tenancy of remodelled premises.</span></p>
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                                              PART VI&#8212;OBLIGATIONS OF LANDLORDS, 
                                              ETC.</span></p>
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                                              19. Landlord prohibited from 
                                              collecting rent increase resulting 
                                              from increase in rates without 
                                              notice, etc.</span></p>
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                                              20. Rent cards.</span></p>
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                                              21. Compensation for improvements.</span></p>
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                                              22. Control of sub-letting.&nbsp;
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                                              23. Landlord prohibited from 
                                              serving notice to quit within two 
                                              years of determination of 
                                              appropriate Rent Officer, etc.</span></p>
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                                              24. Appropriate Rent officer not 
                                              to be able to award costs, etc</span></p>
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                                              PART VII&#8212;OFFENCES, ETC.</span></p>
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                                              25. Offences.</span></p>
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                                              26. Offences by agents and 
                                              servants.</span></p>
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                                              27. Offence for inducing tenant to 
                                              quit.</span></p>
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                                              28. Statutory tenant prohibited 
                                              from demanding premium. </span>
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                                              29. Obligations of statutory 
                                              tenants.</span></p>
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                                              30. Furnished premises.</span></p>
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                                              31. Rates in relation to rent.</span></p>
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                                              32. Excess rent paid in advance.</span></p>
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                                              33. Receipt for rent to be 
                                              supplied.</span></p>
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                                              PART VIII&#8212;MISCELLANEOUS</span></p>
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                                              34. Appeals under other 
                                              enactments.</span></p>
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                                              35. Regulations.</span></p>
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                                              36. Interpretation.</span></p>
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                                              37. Amendment and repeals.</span></p>
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                                              38. Commencement of Act.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              THE TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTIETH</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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                                              <b>
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                                              THE RENT ACT, 1963</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              AN ACT to consolidate and amend 
                                              the law relating to the control of 
                                              rents and the recovery of the 
                                              possession of premises in certain 
                                              cases, to amend certain provisions 
                                              of existing enactments and to 
                                              provide for matters connected 
                                              therewith or incidental thereto.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              DATE OF ASSENT: 12th December, 
                                              1963</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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                                              PART I&#8212;APPLICATION OF ACT, ETC.</span></p>
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                                              Section 1&#8212;Application of Act, Etc.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) Subject to the provisions of 
                                              subsection (2), this Act shall 
                                              apply to all premises in Ghana.
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                                              (2) This Act shall not apply to&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) any premises of which a public 
                                              officer is a tenant by reason of 
                                              his employment and of which 
                                              premises the Government is the 
                                              landlord;</span></p>
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                                              (b) any lease of any premises when 
                                              such lease, whether entered into 
                                              or renewed before, on or after the 
                                              date of the commencement of this 
                                              Act, was entered into or renewed 
                                              as a lease of land upon which 
                                              there were no premises at the time 
                                              of the grant or renewal of the 
                                              lease; </span></p>
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                                              (c) where a lease whether entered 
                                              into, before, on or after the date 
                                              of the commencement of this Act, 
                                              was entered into as a lease of 
                                              land upon which there were 
                                              premises but the premises were 
                                              demolished and new premises 
                                              erected within five years after 
                                              the grant of the lease, such lease 
                                              after the erection of the new 
                                              premises;</span></p>
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                                              (d) any lease certified as being 
                                              valid under the law for the time 
                                              being in force relating to 
                                              concessions;</span></p>
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                                              (e) any lease under which the 
                                              landlord is the Government and 
                                              which relates to premises 
                                              certified by the Minister as being 
                                              premises let at a rent which 
                                              yields no financial gain to the 
                                              Government;</span></p>
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                                              (f)&nbsp; any market stall owned by a 
                                              Council;</span></p>
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                                              (g) any land subject to the Rents 
                                              (Stabilization) Act, 1962 (Act 
                                              109) or any regulations made 
                                              thereunder; or</span></p>
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                                              (h)&nbsp; prescribed premises.</span></p>
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                                              (3) This Act shall, except as 
                                              hereinafter provided, apply to the 
                                              Republic.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART II&#8212;ADMINISTRATION OF ACT</span></p>
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                                              <b>
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                                              Section 2&#8212;Rent Commissioner.</span></b></p>
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                                              There may be appointed for the 
                                              purposes of this Act a Rent 
                                              Commissioner, who shall subject to 
                                              the general or special directions 
                                              of the Minister, be charged with 
                                              the responsibility of the general&nbsp; 
                                              administration of the Act.</span></p>
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                                              Section 3&#8212;Officers.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1)&nbsp; There shall be appointed for 
                                              the purposes of this Act&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) a Chief Rent Officer for 
                                              Ghana;</span></p>
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                                              (b) Principal Rent Officers for 
                                              areas;</span></p>
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                                              (c) Senior Rent Officers for 
                                              areas;</span></p>
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                                              (d) Rent Officers for areas;</span></p>
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                                              (e) Senior Assistant Rent Officers 
                                              for areas;</span></p>
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                                              (f) Assistant Rent Officers for 
                                              areas; and</span></p>
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                                              (g) such other employees as may be 
                                              prescribed.</span></p>
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                                              (2) The officers specified in 
                                              paragraphs (b) to (f) of 
                                              subsection (1) of this section 
                                              shall be competent to discharge 
                                              the functions assigned to them 
                                              under the Act only in relation to 
                                              the areas for which they are 
                                              appointed.</span></p>
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                                              Section 4&#8212;Continuance in Service 
                                              of Existing Officers.</span></b></p>
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                                              Notwithstanding the repeal of the 
                                              Rent Control Ordinance, 1952 (No. 
                                              2), every officer appointed under 
                                              that Ordinance and in service 
                                              immediately before the 
                                              commencement of this Act shall be 
                                              deemed to be an officer appointed 
                                              for the purposes of this Act; and 
                                              for calculating any pension, 
                                              gratuity or other allowance to 
                                              which he may be eligible, his 
                                              service shall be deemed to have 
                                              commenced on the date he was 
                                              appointed for the purposes of the 
                                              said Ordinance.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 5&#8212;Functions of Appropriate 
                                              Rent Officers.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) Subject to the other 
                                              provisions of this Act, the 
                                              appropriate Rent Officer may 
                                              discharge all, or any of, the 
                                              following functions:&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) may assess the recoverable 
                                              rent of any premises (whether or 
                                              not such premises are occupied) on 
                                              an application made by any 
                                              landlord, tenant or person 
                                              interested in the premises, after 
                                              such enquiry as he may think fit;</span></p>
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                                              (b) shall investigate, in such 
                                              manner as he may think fit, 
                                              complaints by a landlord against a 
                                              tenant in respect of arrears of 
                                              rent and complaints by a landlord, 
                                              tenant or person interested in the 
                                              premises against any other person 
                                              in respect of any other matter 
                                              mentioned in this Act and shall 
                                              make a determination thereon;</span></p>
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                                              (c) shall investigate and 
                                              determine any matter relating to 
                                              this Act referred to him by the 
                                              Minister or a Rent Magistrate in 
                                              such manner as he may think fit;</span></p>
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                                              (d) shall prepare rent registers 
                                              and other prescribed documents and 
                                              specify therein the prescribed 
                                              particulars;</span></p>
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                                              (e) shall maintain a register of 
                                              vacant premises for prospective 
                                              clients and on application made by 
                                              any such client, shall furnish 
                                              information concerning such 
                                              premises;</span></p>
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                                              (f) may examine any landlord, 
                                              tenant or other person for the 
                                              purpose of ascertaining whether 
                                              the provisions of this Act or of 
                                              any statutory instrument made 
                                              thereunder are being observed;</span></p>
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                                              (g)&nbsp; may take measures against 
                                              tenants who have absconded from 
                                              the premises and may, for that 
                                              purpose, force open the doors of, 
                                              and search, any premises under the 
                                              authority of an order made by the 
                                              appropriate Rent Magistrate;</span></p>
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                                              (h) may make complaints to the 
                                              appropriate Rent Magistrate that 
                                              an offence under this Act has been 
                                              committed for the purpose of 
                                              investigation and determination by 
                                              him and may conduct the 
                                              prosecution of the offender before 
                                              the Magistrate, so, however, that 
                                              a public prosecutor appointed 
                                              generally may intervene and assume 
                                              the conduct of such prosecution; 
                                              and</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i) 
                                              shall discharge such other 
                                              functions for the purpose of 
                                              carrying out the principles of 
                                              this Act as the Minister may 
                                              direct or as may be prescribed.</span></p>
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                                              (2) The appropriate Rent Officer 
                                              discharging any functions under 
                                              this Act may exercise all, or any 
                                              of, the following powers:&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) may require the attendance of 
                                              parties and witnesses and may 
                                              examine them on oath or otherwise;</span></p>
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                                              (b) may require the discovery, 
                                              inspection and production of 
                                              documents;</span></p>
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                                              (c) may enter and view, or order 
                                              the inspection of, any premises 
                                              under consideration by such 
                                              officer;</span></p>
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                                              (d) may call in one or more 
                                              assessors or experts to assist in 
                                              the determination of any matter, 
                                              the subject of consideration by 
                                              such officer;</span></p>
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                                              (e) may require any landlord of 
                                              premises within the area for which 
                                              such officer was appointed to 
                                              furnish any information which he 
                                              may require for discharging his 
                                              functions under this Act; and
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                                              (f) shall make any person, known 
                                              to him as interested in securing 
                                              any unoccupied premises for rent, 
                                              a party to any enquiry held for 
                                              assessing the recoverable rent of 
                                              such premises.</span></p>
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                                              (3) The appropriate Rent Officer 
                                              may take into consideration any 
                                              matter which he considers relevant 
                                              and give weight to such matter as 
                                              he may think fit, notwithstanding 
                                              that such matter is not admissible 
                                              under the law relating to 
                                              evidence.</span></p>
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                                              (4) Except as otherwise provided 
                                              by or under this Act, the 
                                              appropriate Rent Officer shall not 
                                              be able to alter any of the 
                                              conditions of the tenancy other 
                                              than the amount of recoverable 
                                              rent.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART III&#8212;RENT MAGISTRATE</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 6&#8212;Functions of Rent 
                                              Magistrate.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The appropriate Rent 
                                              Magistrate may discharge all, or 
                                              any of the, following functions:&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) may by order, on an appeal by 
                                              any landlord, tenant or person 
                                              interested in the premises, that 
                                              he is dissatisfied with the amount 
                                              of the recoverable rent of such 
                                              premises as assessed by the 
                                              appropriate Rent Officer, vary 
                                              such amount;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) may by order, on an appeal by 
                                              any landlord, tenant or person 
                                              interested in the premises from 
                                              any determination of the 
                                              appropriate Rent Officer under 
                                              this Act on any other matter, 
                                              decide such matter;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) may by order, on a reference 
                                              made by the Minister to him, 
                                              assess the amount of the 
                                              recoverable rent of any premises; 
                                              and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) may make an order for the 
                                              ejectment of any tenant from any 
                                              premises situated within his area 
                                              of jurisdiction.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Without prejudice to the 
                                              provisions of subsection (1), the 
                                              appropriate Rent Magistrate shall 
                                              decide any matter which has been 
                                              required by this Act to be 
                                              determined by him or if such 
                                              matter has been referred to him by 
                                              the Minister or the appropriate 
                                              Rent Officer by or under this Act.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 7&#8212;Powers of, and Procedure 
                                              to be observed by Rent Magistrate.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Subject to the provisions of this 
                                              Act and any regulations made 
                                              thereunder, a District Magistrate 
                                              functioning as a Rent Magistrate 
                                              for the purposes of this Act shall 
                                              have the same powers and observe 
                                              the same procedure as a District 
                                              Magistrate has and observes in the 
                                              exercise of his ordinary 
                                              jurisdiction.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 8&#8212;Rent Magistrate&#8217;s 
                                              decision on Recoverable Rent 
                                              Final.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Every assessment of a Rent 
                                              Magistrate as to the amount of the 
                                              recoverable rent of any premises 
                                              shall be final subject to a 
                                              reservation to the High Court of 
                                              any question of law.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 9&#8212;Other Powers and Duties 
                                              of Rent Magistrate.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) A Rent Magistrate shall, in 
                                              making any determination, order or 
                                              decision under this Act, take into 
                                              account any matter which he 
                                              considers relevant, 
                                              notwithstanding that such matter 
                                              is not admissible under the law 
                                              relating to evidence.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Except as otherwise provided 
                                              by or under this Act, a Rent 
                                              Magistrate shall not be able to 
                                              alter any of the conditions of the 
                                              tenancy other than the amount of 
                                              the recoverable rent.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART IV&#8212;ASSESSMENT OF RECOVERABLE 
                                              RENT</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 10&#8212;Application for 
                                              Assessment of Recoverable Rent by 
                                              Appropriate Rent Officers. </span>
                                              </b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">A 
                                              landlord or tenant of premises or 
                                              other person interested in such 
                                              premises may apply to the 
                                              appropriate Rent Officer, in 
                                              accordance with such regulations 
                                              as may be made in that behalf, to 
                                              assess the amount of the 
                                              recoverable rent of such premises 
                                              (whether or not such premises are 
                                              occupied): </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Provided that such officer shall 
                                              not entertain an application for 
                                              an assessment of such premises, if 
                                              an assessment has been made 
                                              previously by him or the 
                                              appropriate Rent Magistrate, 
                                              unless he is satisfied that&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a)&nbsp; the circumstances affecting 
                                              the question of the rent of such 
                                              premises have materially altered 
                                              since the last assessment of the 
                                              rent of such premises;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) the last assessment of the 
                                              rent of such premises was obtained 
                                              by fraud, misrepresentation or 
                                              mistake;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) fresh evidence of a material 
                                              nature, which could not by the 
                                              exercise of reasonable diligence 
                                              have been produced when the last 
                                              assessment of the rent of such 
                                              premises was made, is now 
                                              available;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) the last assessment of the 
                                              rent of such premises was made in 
                                              the absence of any necessary or 
                                              proper party whose absence was not 
                                              due to any default or neglect on 
                                              his part; or</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (e) in his opinion injustice has 
                                              been occasioned.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 11&#8212;Ministers&#8217;s Reference 
                                              to Magistrate to Assess 
                                              Recoverable Rent. </span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Minister may refer, in 
                                              accordance with such regulations 
                                              as may be made in that behalf, to 
                                              the appropriate Rent Magistrate, 
                                              to assess the amount of the 
                                              recoverable rent of any premises.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 12&#8212;Appeal for Variation of 
                                              Recoverable Rent Assessed by 
                                              Appropriate Rent Officers.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The landlord or tenant of any 
                                              premises or a person interested in 
                                              such premises may appeal to the 
                                              appropriate Rent Magistrate, in 
                                              the prescribed form, from the 
                                              assessment by the appropriate Rent 
                                              Officer of the amount of the 
                                              recoverable rent of such premises 
                                              within seven days after such 
                                              assessment.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) A person appealing under 
                                              subsection (1) from the assessment 
                                              of the appropriate Rent Officer 
                                              shall, within ten days after such 
                                              assessment, send a copy of his 
                                              statement of appeal to such 
                                              officer with a request to such 
                                              officer to transmit to the 
                                              appropriate Rent Magistrate within 
                                              fourteen days after the receipt by 
                                              the officer of such request&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) copies of all the relevant 
                                              documents certified by him to be 
                                              exact copies of such documents;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) a statement of the facts of 
                                              the matter; and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) his reason for such 
                                              assessment.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The appropriate Rent Officer 
                                              referred to in subsection (2) 
                                              shall, within fourteen days after 
                                              the receipt by him of the request 
                                              mentioned in that subsection, 
                                              comply with the terms of the 
                                              request. </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) A person appealing under 
                                              subsection (1) from the assessment 
                                              of the appropriate Rent Officer in 
                                              respect of any premises shall, 
                                              within fourteen days after such 
                                              assessment, send copies of his 
                                              statement of appeal to any other 
                                              person interested in such 
                                              premises, that is to say, to the 
                                              landlord, tenant and any other 
                                              person interested in such 
                                              premises.&nbsp; </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) The Rent Magistrate to whom an 
                                              appeal has been made under 
                                              subsection (1) from an assessment 
                                              of the appropriate Rent Officer 
                                              shall have the power to refer any 
                                              matter relating to such appeal for 
                                              the further investigation of such 
                                              officer.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (6) The Rent Magistrate to whom an 
                                              appeal has been made under 
                                              subsection (1) from an assessment 
                                              of the appropriate Rent Officer 
                                              may, in accordance with the 
                                              provisions of this Act and such 
                                              regulations as may be made 
                                              hereunder, vary the amount of the 
                                              assessment.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 13&#8212;Assessment of 
                                              Recoverable Rent by Minister.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Minister may, by executive 
                                              instrument, assess the amount of 
                                              the recoverable rent in respect of 
                                              premises of a similar type in 
                                              similar localities and, in 
                                              particular, in respect of such 
                                              premises established out of public 
                                              funds.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 14&#8212;Matters to be Taken 
                                              into Account in Assessing 
                                              Recoverable Rent.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The appropriate Rent Officer or 
                                              the appropriate Rent Magistrate, 
                                              for the purpose of assessing the 
                                              amount of recoverable rent of any 
                                              premises, shall take into account 
                                              the following matters:&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) the rateable value of the 
                                              premises for the assessment of 
                                              rates thereon;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) the value of the land on which 
                                              such premises are situated;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) the amount of the annual rates 
                                              in respect of such premises, and 
                                              where the premises have been let 
                                              in part, any apportionment of the 
                                              rates attributable to such part;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) the recoverable rent assessed 
                                              for similar premises by the 
                                              Minister under section 13;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (e) the estimated cost in respect 
                                              of repairs or the maintenance of 
                                              such premises;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (f) the amount of the recoverable 
                                              rent for like premises;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (g) the current rate of interest 
                                              charged by the Ghana Commercial 
                                              Bank on overdrafts.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (h) the obligations of the 
                                              landlord, tenant and any other 
                                              person interested in the premises 
                                              under the lease; and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i) 
                                              the justice and merits of each 
                                              particular case.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 15&#8212;Certificate Relating to 
                                              Recoverable Rent.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Where the appropriate Rent Officer 
                                              or the appropriate Rent Magistrate 
                                              assesses the amount of the 
                                              recoverable rent in respect of any 
                                              premises he shall, as soon as may 
                                              be practicable thereafter, issue a 
                                              certificate specifying&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) the amount of the recoverable 
                                              rent of such premises assessed by 
                                              him;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) the rates or where part of the 
                                              premises have been let, the 
                                              apportionment of the rates 
                                              attributable to such part;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) if the premises have been let 
                                              together with fixtures and 
                                              furniture, the amount of the rent 
                                              apportioned for the premises 
                                              without such fixtures and 
                                              furniture and the amount of the 
                                              rent for the fixtures and 
                                              furniture; and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) such other particulars as may 
                                              be prescribed.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 16&#8212;Date on which 
                                              Recoverable Rent becomes Payable.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Where the amount of the 
                                              recoverable rent of any premises 
                                              is assessed for the first time 
                                              under this Act, or is assessed at 
                                              an amount not more than the 
                                              recoverable rent of such premises 
                                              immediately before such assessment 
                                              and there is no appeal therefrom, 
                                              such amount shall become payable 
                                              with effect from the end of the 
                                              month following the month in which 
                                              the assessment was made.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Where the amount of the 
                                              recoverable rent of any premises 
                                              is assessed at an amount more than 
                                              the amount of recoverable rent of 
                                              the premises and no appeal lies 
                                              therefrom, such amount shall 
                                              become payable, if, but only, if 
                                              one month's notice in writing of 
                                              the landlord's intention to 
                                              collect such amount in the future 
                                              has been given to the tenant.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Where the notice referred to 
                                              in subsection (2) has not been 
                                              given by the landlord of the 
                                              premises, the recoverable rent 
                                              payable in respect of such 
                                              premises shall be the recoverable 
                                              rent payable in respect of such 
                                              premises immediately before the 
                                              assessment mentioned in that 
                                              subsection.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) Where the notice referred to 
                                              in subsection (2) has been given 
                                              by the landlord of the premises, 
                                              the amount of the recoverable rent 
                                              shall become payable at the end of 
                                              the month following the month in 
                                              which the notice was given.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) When a Rent Magistrate 
                                              assesses the recoverable rent of 
                                              any premises under this Act at an 
                                              amount different from the rent 
                                              previously payable, such amount 
                                              shall become payable as from a 
                                              date fixed by the Magistrate but 
                                              not earlier than the date on which 
                                              the recoverable rent would have 
                                              become payable in accordance with 
                                              the appropriate provisions of this 
                                              section.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <i>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Illustrations</span></i></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) Where the recoverable rent has 
                                              been reduced from £G5 each month 
                                              to £G4 each month on December 14, 
                                              1963, the monthly recoverable rent 
                                              of £G4 shall become payable on and 
                                              after February 1, 1964.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) Where the recoverable rent has 
                                              been increased from £G5 each month 
                                              to £G6 each month on December 14, 
                                              1963, and the one month's notice 
                                              referred to in sub-section (2) is 
                                              not given, the monthly recoverable 
                                              rent shall continue to be £G5.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) Where the recoverable rent has 
                                              been increased from £G5 each month 
                                              to £G6 each month on December 14, 
                                              1963 and the one month&#8217;s notice 
                                              referred to in subsection (2) was 
                                              given on December 18, 1963, the 
                                              monthly recoverable rent of £G6 
                                              shall become payable on and after 
                                              February 1, 1964.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) When a Rent Magistrate alters 
                                              the monthly rent of premises from 
                                              £G5 to £G4 on December 14, 1963, 
                                              he shall not be able to fix a date 
                                              earlier than February 1, 1964, as 
                                              the date from which the monthly 
                                              rent of £G4 shall be payable.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART V&#8212;RECOVERY OF POSSESSION AND 
                                              EJECTMENT</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 17&#8212;Recovery of Possession 
                                              and Ejectment.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Subject to the provisions of 
                                              subsection (2) of section 25 and 
                                              of section 28, no order against a 
                                              tenant for the recovery of the 
                                              possession of, or for the 
                                              ejectment from, any premises shall 
                                              be made or given by the 
                                              appropriate Rent Magistrate, or 
                                              any other Judge of a court of 
                                              competent jurisdiction in 
                                              accordance with the provisions of 
                                              any other enactment for the time 
                                              being in force, except in any of 
                                              the following circumstances:&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) where any rent lawfully due 
                                              from the tenant has not been paid 
                                              or tendered within one month after 
                                              the date on which it became 
                                              lawfully due;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) where any obligation of the 
                                              tenancy, other than that specified 
                                              in paragraph (a), so far as such 
                                              obligation is consistent with the 
                                              provisions of this Act, has been 
                                              broken or not performed;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) where the tenant or any person 
                                              residing with him has been guilty 
                                              of conduct which is a nuisance or 
                                              an annoyance to adjoining 
                                              occupiers;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) where the tenant or any person 
                                              residing with him has been 
                                              convicted of using the premises or 
                                              allowing the premises to be used 
                                              for an immoral or illegal purpose;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (e)&nbsp; where the condition of the 
                                              premises has in the opinion of 
                                              such Magistrate or Judge 
                                              deteriorated owing to acts of 
                                              waste by, or the neglect or 
                                              default of, the tenant or any 
                                              person residing with him;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (f) where the tenant has given 
                                              notice of his intention to quit in 
                                              writing and in consequence of such 
                                              notice the landlord has contracted 
                                              to sell or let the premises or has 
                                              taken any other steps as a result 
                                              of which he would, in the opinion 
                                              of such Magistrate or Judge, be 
                                              seriously prejudiced if he could 
                                              not obtain possession;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>
                                              </p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (g) where the premises are 
                                              reasonably required by the 
                                              landlord for personal occupation 
                                              as a dwelling house by himself, a 
                                              member of his family or any person 
                                              in his whole time employment, such 
                                              premises being constructed to be 
                                              used as a dwelling house, so, 
                                              however, that&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i) 
                                              the circumstance that the premises 
                                              are reasonably required by the 
                                              landlord for personal occupation 
                                              by someone in his employ shall not 
                                              be a sufficient circumstance if 
                                              the Magistrate or Judge is not 
                                              satisfied that such landlord 
                                              usually provides premises for 
                                              occupation by an employee of the 
                                              class to which that employee 
                                              belongs, and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (ii) no such order shall be made 
                                              if the Magistrate or Judge is 
                                              satisfied having regard to all the 
                                              circumstances of the case, 
                                              including any alternative 
                                              accommodation available for the 
                                              person for whose occupation the 
                                              premises are so required or for 
                                              the tenant, that greater hardship 
                                              would be caused by granting the 
                                              order than by refusing it;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (h) where the lease has expired 
                                              and the premises are reasonably 
                                              required by the landlord to be 
                                              used by him for his own business 
                                              purposes, such premises being 
                                              constructed to be used as such, if 
                                              the landlord has given not less 
                                              than six months&#8217; written notice to 
                                              the tenant of his intention to 
                                              apply for an order for the 
                                              recovery of the possession of, or 
                                              the ejectment from, the premises;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i) 
                                              where the lease has expired and 
                                              the tenant is a statutory tenant 
                                              and the landlord&#8212;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i) 
                                              intends to pull down the premises 
                                              and construct new premises,</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (ii) intends to remodel the 
                                              premises and the remodelling 
                                              cannot be carried out with the 
                                              tenant in occupation, or</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (iii) requires possession of the 
                                              premises to carry out a scheme of 
                                              re-development, if the landlord 
                                              has given not less than six 
                                              months&#8217; written notice to the 
                                              tenant of his intention to apply 
                                              for an order for the recovery of 
                                              the possession of, or the 
                                              ejectment from, the premises, so, 
                                              however, that&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(aa)&nbsp; 
                                              the Magistrate or Judge may, on 
                                              making or giving an order under 
                                              this paragraph, make it a 
                                              condition that if the landlord 
                                              fails to carry out his intention 
                                              within such period as may be 
                                              allowed by such Magistrate or 
                                              Judge the landlord shall reinstate 
                                              the former tenant as a statutory 
                                              tenant at the same rent as that 
                                              formerly payable or pay to the 
                                              tenant such compensation as the 
                                              Magistrate or Judge may consider 
                                              reasonable,</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(ab) 
                                              the Magistrate or Judge shall 
                                              cause a copy of such order to be 
                                              served on the appropriate Rent 
                                              Officer for the area where the 
                                              premises are situated and such 
                                              officer shall take such 
                                              proceedings as are necessary to 
                                              ensure compliance with the terms 
                                              of the order, and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (ac) the making or giving of an 
                                              order under this paragraph in the 
                                              circumstances specified in 
                                              paragraph (i) (ii) of this 
                                              subsection shall be subject to any 
                                              option of the tenant to acquire 
                                              under the provisions of section 
                                              18, a new statutory tenancy of any 
                                              premises remodelled to which such 
                                              an order relates;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (j) where the premises were let to 
                                              the tenant by reason of his 
                                              employment in the service of the 
                                              landlord and such employment has 
                                              ceased; and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (k) where the landlord was 
                                              personally in occupation of the 
                                              premises and has let the premises 
                                              substantially furnished for a term 
                                              during his absence from Ghana or 
                                              that area of Ghana in which the 
                                              premises are situated and has 
                                              returned and requires the 
                                              re-occupation of the premises for 
                                              himself, so, however, that no 
                                              order granting the possession of, 
                                              or the ejectment from, the 
                                              premises shall be granted on or 
                                              after the commencement of this Act 
                                              unless the lease is in writing and 
                                              sets out that the lease has been 
                                              granted for a term during the 
                                              absence of the landlord from Ghana 
                                              or such area.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Subsection (1) of this section 
                                              shall not apply to&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) proceedings by a person 
                                              claiming under a title adverse and 
                                              superior to that under which the 
                                              original tenancy by virtue of 
                                              which the tenant became entitled 
                                              to retain possession was derived; 
                                              or</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) proceedings against a 
                                              derivative landlord; or </span>
                                              </p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) proceedings by or on behalf of 
                                              the Republic.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The Magistrate or Judge making 
                                              or giving any order or judgment 
                                              for the recovery of the possession 
                                              of any premises or for the 
                                              ejectment of a tenant therefrom 
                                              may stay or suspend execution of 
                                              any such order or judgment or 
                                              postpone the date of possession 
                                              for such period or periods as the 
                                              Magistrate or Judge thinks fit and 
                                              subject to such conditions, if 
                                              any, in regard to payment by the 
                                              tenant of arrears of rent, mesne 
                                              profits and such other sums as the 
                                              Magistrate or Judge thinks fit and 
                                              if such conditions are complied 
                                              with, the Magistrate or Judge may 
                                              discharge or rescind such order or 
                                              judgment.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) An order for recovery of 
                                              possession or ejectment given or 
                                              made under the provisions of 
                                              paragraph (g) of subsection (1) 
                                              shall state in full the name of 
                                              the person who is to occupy the 
                                              premises.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) An order or judgment against a 
                                              tenant for the recovery of the 
                                              possession of any premises or 
                                              ejectment therefrom made or given 
                                              under the provisions of this 
                                              section or of subsection (2) of 
                                              section 25 shall not affect the 
                                              right of any sub-tenant to whom 
                                              the premises or any part thereof 
                                              were lawfully sub-let before 
                                              proceedings for recovery of 
                                              possession or ejectment were 
                                              commenced, to retain possession 
                                              under this section, and every such 
                                              order or judgment shall declare 
                                              whether it shall be enforced 
                                              against a sub-tenant or not.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (6) Any sub-tenant against whom an 
                                              order or judgment is not 
                                              enforceable shall, if he remains 
                                              in possession after notice of the 
                                              order or judgment, cease to be a 
                                              sub-tenant of the tenant and 
                                              become a tenant of the landlord.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (7) A landlord in whose favour an 
                                              order for recovery of the 
                                              possession of, or the ejectment 
                                              from, premises on any of the 
                                              grounds specified in paragraph 
                                              (g), (h) or (k) of subsection (1) 
                                              has been made or given shall not, 
                                              within two years from the date of 
                                              the order, let such premises or 
                                              any part thereof without an order 
                                              of the appropriate Rent 
                                              Magistrate, except, in the case of 
                                              an order on grounds specified in 
                                              the said paragraph (g), to the 
                                              person or persons for whom the 
                                              premises were stated to be 
                                              required in the proceedings in 
                                              which such recovery or ejectment 
                                              was obtained.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 18&#8212;Tenant to have Option 
                                              to New Tenancy of Remodelled 
                                              Premises.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Where possession of premises 
                                              is required for the grounds set 
                                              out in paragraph (i) (ii) of 
                                              subsection (1) of section 17 and 
                                              the premises are vacated&#8212; </span>
                                              </p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) pursuant to an order of the 
                                              appropriate Rent Magistrate or 
                                              Judge; or</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) voluntarily after a notice 
                                              given by the landlord,</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              the statutory tenant so 
                                              dispossessed shall be deemed to 
                                              have an option to be reinstated in 
                                              the premises remodelled at the 
                                              recoverable rent assessed in 
                                              accordance with subsection (4).</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) A statutory tenant vacating 
                                              the premises in accordance with 
                                              the provisions of subsection (1) 
                                              shall give his name and address 
                                              for the time being to the 
                                              appropriate Rent Officer, if he 
                                              proposes to exercise the option 
                                              referred to in subsection (1).</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Upon application made by a 
                                              tenant of any premises referred to 
                                              in subsection (1) to the 
                                              Magistrate or Judge having 
                                              jurisdiction over the area in 
                                              which such premises are situated, 
                                              such Magistrate or Judge may 
                                              determine whether or not such 
                                              tenant is entitled to 
                                              reinstatement and make an order 
                                              for the reinstatement of the 
                                              tenant, if he is so entitled.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) Within one month after the 
                                              completion of the remodelling of 
                                              the premises, the landlord shall 
                                              apply to the appropriate Rent 
                                              Officer for the assessment of the 
                                              recoverable rent for such premises 
                                              and such officer shall make the 
                                              assessment.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) Every statutory tenant of any 
                                              premises who has given his name 
                                              and address under subsection (2) 
                                              shall be made a party to any 
                                              proceedings for the fixing of the 
                                              recoverable rent for such premises 
                                              before the appropriate Rent 
                                              Officer.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (6) Where more than one person is 
                                              entitled to be reinstated under 
                                              subsection (1) and the remodelled 
                                              premises contain insufficient 
                                              accommodation for all such tenants 
                                              to be reinstated, priority shall, 
                                              in default of agreement among the 
                                              former tenants, be given to the 
                                              tenant whose former tenancy was 
                                              earlier in date. In any case where 
                                              there is no distinction between 
                                              one former tenant and another of 
                                              any premises, in respect of 
                                              priority of dates, the landlord of 
                                              such premises shall apply to the 
                                              appropriate Rent Magistrate or 
                                              Judge for a declaration as to the 
                                              person entitled to be granted a 
                                              tenancy. Such Magistrate or Judge 
                                              shall consider the balance of 
                                              hardship between the former 
                                              tenants and determine the person 
                                              entitled to the tenancy.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (7) Nothing in this section shall 
                                              apply where possession of premises 
                                              was taken under the provisions of 
                                              paragraph (i) (ii) of subsection 
                                              (1) of section 17 and where on 
                                              application subsequently made to 
                                              him by the landlord or by a former 
                                              tenant, the appropriate Magistrate 
                                              or Judge is satisfied that the 
                                              premises at the date of the 
                                              application are unsuitable for use 
                                              by the former tenants.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART VI&#8212;OBLIGATIONS OF LANDLORDS, 
                                              ETC.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 19&#8212;Landlord Prohibited 
                                              from Collecting Rent Increase 
                                              Resulting from Increase in Rates 
                                              without Notice, Etc.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) No landlord of premises shall 
                                              collect from the tenant of such 
                                              premises any increase of rent 
                                              attributable to an increase of 
                                              rates in respect of such premises, 
                                              unless he has notified the tenant&nbsp; 
                                              previously in writing in the 
                                              prescribed form the amount of the 
                                              old rates, the amount of the new 
                                              rates, and where a part of any 
                                              premises has been let, the amount 
                                              of the rates attributable to such 
                                              part, the amount of the increase 
                                              in rent and the date from which 
                                              the new rates take effect.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) When a part of any premises 
                                              has been let and there has been an 
                                              increase in the rates in respect 
                                              of the whole of such premises, no 
                                              landlord shall&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) fix the amount of the rates 
                                              attributable to such part, or
                                              </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) collect an increase in rent in 
                                              respect of such part,</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              unless such amount and increase 
                                              have been approved by the 
                                              appropriate Rent Officer.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) No landlord of, or other 
                                              person interested in, any 
                                              premises, shall collect the 
                                              increase in rent attributable to 
                                              an increase in rates in respect of 
                                              any period before such increased 
                                              rates were assessed.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 20&#8212;Rent Cards.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Every landlord of any premises 
                                              on monthly or shorter tenancies 
                                              shall issue to the tenant of such 
                                              premises, within seven days after 
                                              the commencement of the tenancy, a 
                                              rent card specifying the following 
                                              particulars:&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) the name and address of the 
                                              landlord of such premises;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) the name and address of the 
                                              tenant of such premises;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) the amount of the recoverable 
                                              rent of such premises; and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) any other prescribed 
                                              particulars.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Where any particulars 
                                              specified in a rent card have been 
                                              altered, the landlord shall call 
                                              for the rent card from the tenant 
                                              and make the appropriate 
                                              alterations, within seven days 
                                              after the alterations have been 
                                              decided upon.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 21&#8212;Compensation for 
                                              Improvements.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Where a tenant who has made 
                                              improvements to his premises, with 
                                              the approval of the landlord of 
                                              the premises is requested to 
                                              vacate his premises before the 
                                              prescribed period, the landlord of 
                                              such premises shall pay such 
                                              compensation for the improvements 
                                              as may be ordered by the 
                                              appropriate Rent Officer within 
                                              such period as may be specified by 
                                              him.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 22&#8212;Control of Sub-letting.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1)&nbsp; No person, in the case of a 
                                              monthly or shorter tenancy of any 
                                              premises, shall sub-let such 
                                              premises without the written 
                                              consent of his landlord.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) No person in the case of a 
                                              tenancy of any premises, other 
                                              than the tenancy specified in 
                                              subsection (1), shall sub-let such 
                                              premises, in the absence of 
                                              express agreement in writing to 
                                              the contrary, for a period in 
                                              excess of the period of his 
                                              tenancy.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Every person sub-letting his 
                                              premises shall inform the landlord 
                                              of such premises in writing within 
                                              fourteen days after he has so 
                                              sub-let the premises the fact of 
                                              such sub-letting and its terms.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 23&#8212;Landlord Prohibited 
                                              from Serving Notice to Quit within 
                                              Two Years of Determination of 
                                              Appropriate Rent Officer, Etc.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              No landlord of any premises shall 
                                              serve a notice to quit on a tenant 
                                              of such premises within two years 
                                              from the date of any assessment, 
                                              order or decision of the 
                                              appropriate Rent Officer from 
                                              which there has been no appeal or 
                                              of the appropriate Rent Magistrate 
                                              or of any other Judge of a court 
                                              of competent jurisdiction, unless 
                                              the lease is due to expire within 
                                              the said period of two years.
                                              </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 24&#8212;Appropriate Rent 
                                              Officer not to be able to Award 
                                              Costs, Etc.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              No appropriate Rent Officer shall 
                                              have the power to award costs, or 
                                              receive payment for any service 
                                              except his salary and such other 
                                              remuneration as may be prescribed.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART VII&#8212;OFFENCES, ETC.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 25&#8212;Offences.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Every person who, in respect 
                                              of any premises&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) demands or receives more than 
                                              the recoverable rent for such 
                                              premises notwithstanding any lease 
                                              to the contrary;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) demands or receives any 
                                              consideration, whether in money or 
                                              in kind or in any other manner 
                                              whatsoever and whether by way of 
                                              rent, fine, premium or otherwise, 
                                              for the grant, renewal, 
                                              continuance or assignment of any 
                                              tenancy;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) being or acting as an agent or 
                                              broker or go-between demands or 
                                              receives for his services in 
                                              connection with the procuring of 
                                              any grant, renewal, continuance or 
                                              assignment of a tenancy, any 
                                              consideration which exceeds five 
                                              per centum of the recoverable rent 
                                              for one year of such premises;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) where the purchase or hire of 
                                              any furniture, fittings, fixtures, 
                                              or other articles is required by 
                                              him as a condition for the grant, 
                                              renewal, continuance or assignment 
                                              of any tenancy, demands or 
                                              receives any price or 
                                              consideration for such purchase or 
                                              hire in excess of a reasonable 
                                              price or consideration therefor;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (e) enters into or carries out any 
                                              fictitious or artificial agreement 
                                              which has effect of attempting to 
                                              defeat the objects of this Act;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (f) being a landlord fails to 
                                              furnish any information he is 
                                              required to furnish by or under 
                                              this Act;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (g) being a landlord of any 
                                              premises ejects a tenant of such 
                                              premises for failing to pay more 
                                              than the recoverable rent of the 
                                              premises; </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (h) being a landlord and having 
                                              remodelled premises after 
                                              obtaining possession under the 
                                              provisions of paragraph (i) of 
                                              subsection (1) of section 17 fails 
                                              to comply with the requirements of 
                                              section 18; or</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i) 
                                              contravenes any other provisions 
                                              of the Act,</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              shall be guilty of an offence and 
                                              shall upon conviction by the 
                                              appropriate Rent Magistrate be 
                                              liable to a fine not exceeding one 
                                              hundred pounds or to imprisonment 
                                              for a term not exceeding six 
                                              months or to both such fine and 
                                              imprisonment.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Upon the hearing of a charge 
                                              alleging the contravention of the 
                                              provisions of subsection (1), it 
                                              shall be lawful for the 
                                              Magistrate, in addition to 
                                              imposing a fine if the accused is 
                                              convicted, to order the accused to 
                                              pay the tenant such one or more of 
                                              the following sums as may be 
                                              appropriate to the case:&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) any sum received in excess of 
                                              the rent lawfully recoverable;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) the amount or value of the 
                                              consideration paid in 
                                              contravention of the provisions of 
                                              paragraph (b) or (c) of subsection 
                                              (1); and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) the amount by which the price 
                                              or consideration for such purchase 
                                              or hire referred to in paragraph 
                                              (d) of subsection (1) exceeds a 
                                              reasonable price or consideration.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Upon such hearing the Magistrate 
                                              may, also if the accused is a 
                                              principal tenant order his 
                                              ejectment.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Nothing in this section 
                                              contained shall prejudice the 
                                              right of any person to recover by 
                                              civil action any such sums as the 
                                              Magistrate may order to be paid 
                                              under subsection (2).</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) Where there is any such change 
                                              of circumstances in a tenancy as 
                                              the following, that is to say, any 
                                              diminution of the rights of the 
                                              tenant to use accommodation in 
                                              common with others which renders 
                                              the letting less favourable to the 
                                              tenant without a corresponding 
                                              reduction in rent, there shall be 
                                              deemed to have been an increase in 
                                              rent.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) Any person who as a condition 
                                              of the grant, renewal or 
                                              continuance of a tenancy demands 
                                              in the case of a monthly or 
                                              shorter tenancy, the payment in 
                                              advance of more than a month's 
                                              rent or in the case of a tenancy 
                                              exceeding six months, the payment 
                                              in advance of more than six months 
                                              rent shall be guilty of an offence 
                                              and shall upon conviction by the 
                                              appropriate Rent Magistrate be 
                                              liable to a fine not exceeding one 
                                              hundred pounds.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (6) Notwithstanding anything in 
                                              subsection (1), an assignor may, 
                                              if apart from this section he 
                                              would be entitled so to do, 
                                              require the payment by the 
                                              assignee&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) of so much of any outgoings 
                                              discharged by the assignor as is 
                                              referable to any period after the 
                                              assignment takes effect;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) of a sum not exceeding the 
                                              amount of any expenditure 
                                              reasonably incurred by the 
                                              assignor in carrying out any 
                                              structural alteration of the 
                                              premises or in providing or 
                                              improving fixtures, therein, being 
                                              fixtures which as against the 
                                              landlord he is not entitled to 
                                              remove;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) where the assignor became a 
                                              tenant of the premises by virtue 
                                              of an assignment of the tenancy 
                                              thereof, of a sum not exceeding 
                                              any reasonable amount paid by him 
                                              to his assignor in respect of 
                                              expenditure incurred by that 
                                              assignor, or by any previous 
                                              assignor of the tenancy, in 
                                              carrying out any such alteration 
                                              or in providing or improving any 
                                              such fixtures as are mentioned in 
                                              paragraph (b) of this subsection; 
                                              or</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) where the premises or any part 
                                              thereof are used as a shop or 
                                              office, or for business, trade or 
                                              professional purposes, of a 
                                              reasonable amount in respect of 
                                              any goodwill of the business, 
                                              trade or profession, being 
                                              goodwill transferred to the 
                                              assignee in connection with the 
                                              assignment or accruing to him in 
                                              consequence thereof.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 26&#8212;Offences by Agents and 
                                              Servants.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Where an offence which may be 
                                              committed by a landlord or tenant 
                                              under this Act has in fact been 
                                              committed by his agent or servant, 
                                              such agent or servant shall be 
                                              liable to the like penalty as if 
                                              he were the landlord or tenant, as 
                                              the case may be.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Any landlord or tenant, who 
                                              would have been guilty of an 
                                              offence under the provisions of 
                                              this Act for anything done or 
                                              omitted to be done by him 
                                              personally, shall be guilty of 
                                              such offence if such thing has 
                                              been done or omitted by his agent 
                                              or servant, unless he proves that 
                                              he took reasonable precautions to 
                                              prevent the doing or omission of 
                                              such thing.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 27&#8212;Offence for Inducing 
                                              Tenant to Quit.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Every person who shall do any 
                                              act whatsoever, or refrain from 
                                              doing anything which the 
                                              conditions of the tenancy require 
                                              him to do, with intent to compel 
                                              the lessee of any premises to give 
                                              up possession thereof shall be 
                                              guilty of an offence and shall on 
                                              conviction by the appropriate Rent 
                                              Magistrate, be liable to a fine 
                                              not exceeding fifty pounds.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Upon the hearing of a charge 
                                              alleging the contravention of the 
                                              provisions of subsection (1), it 
                                              shall be lawful for the Magistrate 
                                              if the accused is convicted and in 
                                              addition to imposing a fine, to 
                                              order the accused to pay to the 
                                              lessee of the premises, such sum 
                                              as may appear to the Magistrate 
                                              reasonable to compensate the 
                                              lessee for any costs, damages, or 
                                              loss or inconvenience sustained by 
                                              him by reason of such act or 
                                              omission and, if he so thinks fit, 
                                              make an order reinstating the 
                                              lessee in such premises.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 28&#8212;Statutory Tenant 
                                              Prohibited from Demanding Premium.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) If a statutory tenant demands 
                                              or receives the payment of any 
                                              fine or premium or any other 
                                              consideration for giving up 
                                              possession of premises to the 
                                              landlord or to any other person 
                                              with or without the knowledge or 
                                              approval of the landlord, such 
                                              tenant shall be guilty of an 
                                              offence and shall be liable on 
                                              conviction by the appropriate Rent 
                                              Magistrate to imprisonment for a 
                                              term not exceeding three months or 
                                              a fine not exceeding one hundred 
                                              pounds, or to both such 
                                              imprisonment and fine. For the 
                                              purposes of this section the 
                                              demanding or receiving of a price 
                                              or consideration for any 
                                              furniture, fittings, fixtures or 
                                              other articles in excess of a 
                                              reasonable price or consideration 
                                              therefor shall be deemed to be the 
                                              demanding or receiving of a 
                                              premium.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Upon the hearing of a charge 
                                              alleging the contravention of the 
                                              provisions of subsection (1), it 
                                              shall be lawful for the Magistrate 
                                              upon conviction of the accused and 
                                              in addition to imposing a fine&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) to order the accused to pay 
                                              the person from whom such fine, 
                                              premium or other consideration has 
                                              been received the amount of such 
                                              fine, premium or other 
                                              consideration wrongfully received, 
                                              including the amount by which the 
                                              price or consideration paid for 
                                              any furniture, fittings, fixtures 
                                              or other articles exceeds the 
                                              reasonable value thereof; and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) to order the ejectment of the 
                                              tenant.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 29&#8212;Obligations of 
                                              Statutory Tenants.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) A statutory tenant shall, so 
                                              long as he retains possession, 
                                              hold the premises of the landlord 
                                              upon the following terms and 
                                              conditions, namely&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) he shall hold as a tenant from 
                                              month to month, and, subject 
                                              thereto, shall observe and be 
                                              entitled to the benefit of all the 
                                              terms and conditions of his 
                                              original tenancy, as the case may 
                                              be, so far as the same are 
                                              consistent with the provisions of 
                                              this Act, so, however, that, in 
                                              the case of a tenant who has 
                                              become a statutory tenant by 
                                              reason of the provisions of 
                                              paragraph (c) of the definition of 
                                              &quot;statutory tenant&quot; in section 36, 
                                              he shall in addition hold the 
                                              premises subject to any 
                                              restrictive covenants contained in 
                                              the terms and conditions of the 
                                              lease between the landlord and the 
                                              principal tenant;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b)&nbsp; his tenancy shall be 
                                              determinable by him by such notice 
                                              as would have been required by law 
                                              to determine a monthly tenancy of 
                                              the premises containing no express 
                                              provision for determination 
                                              thereof; and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) he shall be subject to all the 
                                              rights and powers conferred upon a 
                                              landlord under and by virtue of 
                                              any provision of law relating to 
                                              distress for arrears of rent.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 30&#8212;Furnished Premises.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Where premises are let together 
                                              with furniture or fixtures the 
                                              combined recoverable rent of 
                                              premises and furniture or fixtures 
                                              shall be the rent at which the 
                                              premises were let with furniture 
                                              or fixtures on the first day of 
                                              July, 1960, or, where the premises 
                                              were not so let on that date the 
                                              rent at which they were last so 
                                              let before that date, or, in the 
                                              case of premises which were first 
                                              so let after that date the 
                                              recoverable rent of the premises 
                                              let unfurnished and without 
                                              fixtures with the addition per 
                                              month of one-sixtieth of the true 
                                              value of the furniture or fixtures 
                                              at the date of the commencement of 
                                              the tenancy:</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Provided that if a combined 
                                              recoverable rent has been assessed 
                                              under this Act, such rent shall be 
                                              the combined recoverable rent.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 31&#8212;Rates in Relation to 
                                              Rents.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Nothing in this Act shall be so 
                                              construed as to prevent a landlord 
                                              from collecting from his tenant 
                                              the rates for the time being 
                                              payable in respect of any 
                                              premises, or such apportioned sum 
                                              as shall properly be attributable 
                                              to such premises in respect of 
                                              rates, if the obligation of paying 
                                              rates in respect of such premises 
                                              was assumed by the tenant under 
                                              the terms of the lease, or when 
                                              the recoverable rent therefor has 
                                              been assessed under this Act, if 
                                              the obligation of payment of rates 
                                              was stated in the order assessing 
                                              such rent to be payable by the 
                                              tenant.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 32&#8212;Excess Rent paid in 
                                              Advance.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Where a recoverable rent applies 
                                              under this Act and prior to the 
                                              commencement of this Act a 
                                              landlord has received a payment of 
                                              rent in advance for periods of the 
                                              tenancy which have not commenced 
                                              on the date on which such rent 
                                              commenced to apply, any such 
                                              excess of rent shall be applied by 
                                              the landlord as the rent for the 
                                              next succeeding periods until out 
                                              of the total moneys paid in 
                                              advance the landlord retains only 
                                              an amount equal to the recoverable 
                                              rent for the period for which rent 
                                              may lawfully be demanded in 
                                              advance:</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Provided that where a tenancy is 
                                              determined by any means prior to 
                                              such application by the landlord 
                                              of the whole of such excess, the 
                                              balance unapplied may be recovered 
                                              from the landlord by the tenant as 
                                              if it were a debt due from the 
                                              landlord to the tenant.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 33&#8212;Receipt for Rent to be 
                                              Supplied.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              At the time of payment to a 
                                              landlord of any sum in respect of 
                                              rent for premises, or of rent for 
                                              premises and for the use of 
                                              furniture or fixtures, such 
                                              landlord shall provide the person 
                                              making such payment with a receipt 
                                              in writing, duly stamped if a 
                                              stamp is required under any other 
                                              enactment for the time being in 
                                              force, specifying the premises in 
                                              respect of which the rent is paid, 
                                              whether the premises are furnished 
                                              or unfurnished, the amount paid, 
                                              the period in respect of which the 
                                              payment is made and the name of 
                                              the tenant.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART VIII&#8212;MISCELLANEOUS</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 34&#8212;Appeals Under Other 
                                              Enactments.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Save as otherwise expressly 
                                              provided in the provisions of this 
                                              Act, these provisions shall not 
                                              affect the right of any person 
                                              convicted by or aggrieved by any 
                                              order or decision of, the 
                                              appropriate Rent Magistrate under 
                                              this Act, to appeal to any other 
                                              court of competent jurisdiction in 
                                              accordance with the provisions of 
                                              any other enactment for the time 
                                              being in force.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 35&#8212;Regulations.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Minister may by 
                                              legislative instrument make such 
                                              regulations as may be necessary 
                                              for giving effect to the 
                                              provisions of this Act.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Without derogation from the 
                                              generality of the provisions of 
                                              subsection (1), the Minister may 
                                              make regulations in respect of 
                                              all, or any of, the following 
                                              matters:&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) such matters as are required 
                                              by this Act to be prescribed or as 
                                              may be authorised to be made by 
                                              regulations under the Act;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) the inspection of premises and 
                                              other places for the purposes of 
                                              the Act;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) the form of registers, 
                                              records, returns and other 
                                              documents to be maintained or 
                                              issued for carrying out the 
                                              provisions of this Act, the 
                                              particulars to be specified 
                                              therein, the manner in which such 
                                              documents shall be prepared and 
                                              the persons obliged to keep such 
                                              documents;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) the time within which, the 
                                              form of, and the manner in which, 
                                              applications, references or 
                                              appeals may be made under this 
                                              Act;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (e) the procedure to be observed 
                                              at the hearing of such 
                                              applications, references or 
                                              appeals;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (f)&nbsp; the places where such 
                                              registers, records, returns and 
                                              other documents shall be kept;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (g) the fees to be paid for any 
                                              matter which may be necessary for 
                                              carrying out the provisions of 
                                              this Act; and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (h) the prohibition of the 
                                              obstruction of officers and other 
                                              persons appointed for the purposes 
                                              of this Act.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 36&#8212;Interpretation.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              In this Act unless the context 
                                              otherwise requires&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;appropriate Rent Magistrate&quot; in 
                                              respect of any premises, means the 
                                              District Magistrate of the 
                                              district in which the premises are 
                                              situated;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;appropriate Rent Officer&quot; means 
                                              the Chief Rent Officer for Ghana 
                                              or, in respect of any premises in 
                                              any area, means any other officer 
                                              specified in subsection (1) of 
                                              section 3 appointed for such area;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;business premises&quot; means premises 
                                              used for business, trade or 
                                              professional purposes;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;Council&quot; means District Assembly 
                                              or other council established under 
                                              the Local Government Act, 1993 
                                              (Act 462);[As substituted by the 
                                              Local Government Act, 1993 (Act 
                                              462), sch. 7]</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;landlord&quot; means any person who 
                                              leases premises to another person 
                                              in consideration of the payment of 
                                              rent and includes any person 
                                              deriving title under the original 
                                              landlord;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;lease&quot; includes every agreement 
                                              for the letting of any premises, 
                                              whether oral or otherwise, and 
                                              whether the terms thereof grant 
                                              the right of exclusive occupation 
                                              to the tenant or include the use 
                                              of any premises in common with the 
                                              landlord or any other person or 
                                              with the landlord and any other 
                                              person;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;let&quot; includes sub-let, and 
                                              cognate expressions shall be 
                                              construed accordingly;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;member of the family&quot; means the 
                                              father or mother, a wife, husband, 
                                              child, brother or sister, or such 
                                              other person as may be prescribed;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;Minister&quot; means the Minister to 
                                              whom the functions under this Act 
                                              have been assigned by the 
                                              President;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;premises&quot; means any building, 
                                              structure, stall or other erection 
                                              or part thereof, movable or 
                                              otherwise, which is the subject of 
                                              a separate letting, other than a 
                                              dwelling house or part thereof 
                                              bona fide let at a rent which 
                                              includes a payment for board or 
                                              attendance, and includes land 
                                              outbuildings and appurtenances let 
                                              together with such premises at a 
                                              single rent when adjoining the 
                                              premises let therewith; </span>
                                              </p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;recoverable rent&quot;, with respect 
                                              to any premises to which this Act 
                                              applies, means&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) subject to the provisions of 
                                              paragraph (b) of this definition, 
                                              the rent at which the premises 
                                              were let on the first day of July, 
                                              1960, or, where the premises were 
                                              not let on that date, the rent at 
                                              which they were last let before 
                                              that date, or in the case of 
                                              premises which were first let 
                                              after that date, the rent agreed, 
                                              at the time of the first letting 
                                              after such date, between a 
                                              landlord and a tenant, so however 
                                              that, if there is a rent for the 
                                              time being in force for such 
                                              premises assessed by any authority 
                                              or Magistrate before the 
                                              commencement of this Act under any 
                                              enactment repealed by this Act or 
                                              by the appropriate Rent Officer or 
                                              the appropriate Rent Magistrate or 
                                              the Minister under this Act, such 
                                              rent shall be the recoverable 
                                              rent; and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) if the premises are let as 
                                              furnished premises or with 
                                              fixtures, the combined recoverable 
                                              rent within the meaning of section 
                                              30:</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Provided that&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i)&nbsp; 
                                              where the rates in respect of any 
                                              premises have been or are altered 
                                              after the date on which, or with 
                                              regard to which, as the case may 
                                              be, the recoverable rent is fixed 
                                              or varied;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (ii) the terms of the lease do not 
                                              require the tenant to pay rates or 
                                              an apportionment of the rates; and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (iii) in the case of such an 
                                              increase in rates, the landlord 
                                              shall have informed the tenants, 
                                              in writing, of the amount of the 
                                              increase in rates, and where a 
                                              part of the premises have been 
                                              let, of the amount of the rate 
                                              attributable to such part,</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              the recoverable rent shall be 
                                              varied by the amount by which the 
                                              rates assessed for, or, where a 
                                              part of the premises has been let 
                                              the amount of the rates 
                                              attributable to such part of, the 
                                              premises has been or is altered, 
                                              and where the period for which 
                                              rent is payable differs from the 
                                              period for which such rates are 
                                              assessed the recoverable rent 
                                              shall be altered by the proportion 
                                              of the alteration of the rates 
                                              which the first-mentioned period 
                                              bears to the other period;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;remodelling&quot;, in respect of 
                                              premises, shall not include the 
                                              demolition of premises and the 
                                              erection on the land on which the 
                                              premises were situated of new 
                                              premises, and cognate expressions 
                                              shall be construed accordingly;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;statutory tenant&quot; means a tenant 
                                              who&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) remains in possession of 
                                              premises after the determination 
                                              by any means of his tenancy and 
                                              cannot by reason of the provisions 
                                              of this Act be deprived of such 
                                              possession by his landlord; or</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) on the commencement of this 
                                              Act is in possession of premises 
                                              of which he retained possession 
                                              prior to such commencement by 
                                              virtue of any other enactment 
                                              repealed by this Act; or</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) is a tenant by virtue of the 
                                              provisions of subsection (5) of 
                                              section 17; and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;tenant&quot; means any person who 
                                              leases premises from another 
                                              person in consideration of the 
                                              payment of rent, and includes&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) any person deriving title 
                                              under the original tenant;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) a sub-tenant;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) a person who, before the 
                                              commencement of this Act has 
                                              retained possession of premises 
                                              and who on and after such 
                                              commencement continues in 
                                              possession of such premises; and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) a person who shall retain 
                                              possession of any premises by 
                                              virtue of the provisions of this 
                                              Act.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 37&#8212;Amendment and Repeals.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Ghana Housing Corporation 
                                              Ordinance, 1955 (No. 31) is hereby 
                                              amended by the repeal of section 
                                              19. </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Courts Act, 1960 (Act 9), 
                                              as subsequently amended, is hereby 
                                              further amended in section 52, by 
                                              the addition at the end thereof, 
                                              of the following:&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;(e) in all civil matters relating 
                                              to the landlord or tenant of any 
                                              premises or any other person 
                                              interested in such premises as 
                                              required or authorised by or under 
                                              the Rent Act, 1963.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The Rent Control Ordinance 
                                              1952 (No. 2), as subsequently 
                                              amended, is hereby repealed:</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Provided that any statutory 
                                              instrument made thereunder and in 
                                              force immediately before the 
                                              commencement of this Act shall be 
                                              deemed on and after such 
                                              commencement to be a statutory 
                                              instrument made under this Act if 
                                              its provisions are not 
                                              inconsistent with the Act or any 
                                              statutory instrument made 
                                              thereunder.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 38&#8212;Commencement of Act.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              This Act shall come into force on 
                                              such date as may be fixed by the 
                                              Minister by executive instrument.</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">
                                              LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1993 (ACT 
                                              462).1</span></p>
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