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                                              PUBLIC CONVEYANCING ACT, 1965 (ACT 
                                              302)</span></b></p>
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                                              &nbsp;ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS</span></p>
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                                              Section</span></p>
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                                              1. Declaration of selected area.</span></p>
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                                              2. President to grant land in 
                                              selected area to certain persons.</span></p>
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                                              3. Plan and Schedule to plan, etc.</span></p>
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                                              4. Grants of land to other 
                                              persons.</span></p>
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                                              5. Regulations.</span></p>
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                                              6. Interpretation.</span></p>
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                                              7. Repeal.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              THE THREE HUNDRED AND SECOND</span></p>
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                                              ACT OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE 
                                              REPUBLIC OF GHANA</span></p>
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                                              ENTITLED</span></p>
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                                              THE PUBLIC CONVEYANCING ACT, 1965</span></b></p>
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                                              AN ACT to provide for the 
                                              declaration of a selected area, 
                                              the granting of land in such area, 
                                              and matters connected therewith or 
                                              incidental thereto.</span></p>
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                                              DATE OF ASSENT: 29th September, 
                                              1965</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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                                              Section 1&#8212;Declaration of Selected 
                                              Area.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) Whenever it appears to the 
                                              President in the public interest 
                                              so to do, he may by executive 
                                              instrument declare any area of 
                                              state or stool land to be a 
                                              selected area, and, accordingly, 
                                              on the making of such instrument, 
                                              such area shall for the purposes 
                                              of this Act be a selected area and 
                                              titles to land therein shall be 
                                              granted as prescribed under this 
                                              Act.</span></p>
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                                              (2) Where any stool land in 
                                              respect of which an executive 
                                              instrument has been made under 
                                              subsection (1) of this section has 
                                              not been vested in the President 
                                              under section 7 of the 
                                              Administration of Lands Act, 1962 
                                              (Act 123), such instrument in 
                                              respect of such land shall have 
                                              the same effect as an instrument 
                                              made under the said section 7.</span></p>
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                                              Section 2&#8212;President to Grant Land 
                                              in Selected Area to Certain 
                                              Persons.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) Save as otherwise provided in 
                                              this Act, the President upon 
                                              recommendation by the Minister 
                                              shall grant land in a selected 
                                              area, on such terms and conditions 
                                              as he may think fit to the 
                                              following persons and no others:&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) persons deprived of the use of 
                                              land by reason of a natural 
                                              catastrophe;</span></p>
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                                              (b) persons deprived of the use of 
                                              land by reason of the application 
                                              of the provisions of any other 
                                              enactment;</span></p>
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                                              (c) persons deprived of the use of 
                                              land in the town of Tema and 
                                              resettled in the Tema acquisition 
                                              area;</span></p>
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                                              (d) persons desirous of settling 
                                              in a planned irrigation area;</span></p>
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                                              (e) persons deprived of the use of 
                                              land by reason of a slum clearance 
                                              scheme;</span></p>
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                                              (f) persons affected by 
                                              re-adjustment of boundaries of 
                                              land within an area under any 
                                              enactment relating to town and 
                                              country planning;</span></p>
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                                              (g) persons desirous of acquiring 
                                              land within a planned housing 
                                              area;</span></p>
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                                              (h) persons desirous of settling 
                                              in a land reclamation area;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i) 
                                              persons desirous of carrying out 
                                              husbandry, including animal 
                                              husbandry, in a planned land area.</span></p>
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                                              (2) No person to whom a grant of 
                                              land has been made shall transfer 
                                              his grant to any other person, 
                                              except with the written consent of 
                                              the Minister, and, subject to such 
                                              conditions as he may specify 
                                              therein.</span></p>
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                                              (3) The provisions of section 4 
                                              shall not apply to any transfer 
                                              referred to in&nbsp; subsection (2) of 
                                              this section.</span></p>
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                                              (4) Where any other enactment 
                                              confers powers for the settlement 
                                              or resettlement of persons on any 
                                              other Minister or Council or a 
                                              statutory corporation, grants 
                                              under this section shall be made, 
                                              if the powers for the settlement 
                                              or resettlement of persons were 
                                              conferred on&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) any other Minister, upon the 
                                              recommendation of such other 
                                              Minister;</span></p>
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                                              (b) a Council, upon the 
                                              recommendation of the Minister 
                                              responsible for local government; 
                                              and</span></p>
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                                              (c) a statutory corporation, upon 
                                              the recommendation of the Minister 
                                              responsible for such corporation.</span></p>
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                                              Section 3&#8212;Plan and Schedule to 
                                              Plan, Etc.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) There shall be made a plan as 
                                              prescribed of a selected area and 
                                              there shall be specified in the 
                                              prescribed manner on the plan a 
                                              Schedule setting out in entries 
                                              the lands granted under section 2 
                                              and in corresponding entries the 
                                              names of the grantees, the 
                                              interests held by them in such 
                                              land, the dates from which such 
                                              grants take effect and such other 
                                              particulars as may be prescribed.</span></p>
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                                              (2) The Minister shall make an 
                                              endorsement below the last entry 
                                              that the particulars specified in 
                                              the plan and the Schedule thereto 
                                              are in accordance with the 
                                              provisions of this Act and any 
                                              other enactment in that behalf and 
                                              are true and accurate and shall 
                                              sign and date that endorsement.</span></p>
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                                              (3) The Minister shall cause each 
                                              plan of a selected area together 
                                              with its Schedule to be registered 
                                              under the Land Registry Act, 1962 
                                              (Act 122), and the provisions of 
                                              that Act shall mutatis mutandis 
                                              apply to such registration in like 
                                              manner as those provisions apply 
                                              to the registration of any other 
                                              instrument.</span></p>
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                                              (4) Where a plan of a selected 
                                              area with its Schedule has been 
                                              registered under the preceding 
                                              provisions of this section, a 
                                              copy, extract or certificate of 
                                              registration purporting to be 
                                              signed by a registrar within the 
                                              meaning of the said Act, or made 
                                              in the prescribed manner shall be 
                                              receivable in any court as 
                                              evidence of the particulars 
                                              specified therein without further 
                                              or other proof, unless it is 
                                              proved to be a forgery.</span></p>
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                                              Section 4&#8212;Grants of Land to Other 
                                              Persons.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) Where any land in any selected 
                                              area remains vacant, the President 
                                              may grant land in such area to any 
                                              person, subject to such conditions 
                                              as he may think fit, including the 
                                              payment of rent, but the 
                                              provisions of section 3 shall not 
                                              apply to such grants.</span></p>
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                                              (2) Grants made under subsection 
                                              (1) of this section shall be made 
                                              in accordance with the appropriate 
                                              provisions of the Administration 
                                              of Lands Act, 1962 (Act 123) and 
                                              the State Lands Act, 1962 (Act 
                                              125) and any statutory instruments 
                                              made thereunder.</span></p>
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                                              Section 5&#8212;Regulations.</span></b></p>
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                                              Regulations may be made by the 
                                              Minister by legislative instrument 
                                              in respect of such matters as are 
                                              authorised or required by this Act 
                                              to be prescribed and for the 
                                              purposes of carrying out the 
                                              principles and provisions of this 
                                              Act.</span></p>
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                                              Section 6&#8212;Interpretation.</span></b></p>
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                                              In this Act, unless the context 
                                              otherwise requires:&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              &quot;Council&quot; means a Council within 
                                              the meaning of the Local 
                                              Government Act, 1961 (Act 54);</span></p>
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                                              &quot;land reclamation area&quot; means an 
                                              area of land, which was covered or 
                                              otherwise affected by water and 
                                              which by diverse works has been 
                                              made suitable for development, and 
                                              for which a layout has been 
                                              approved by the Minister 
                                              responsible for Town and Country 
                                              Planning in consultation with the 
                                              Ministers responsible for 
                                              agriculture, health, housing, 
                                              lands, local government and 
                                              community development;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;Minister&quot; means the Minister 
                                              responsible for lands;</span></p>
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                                              &quot;plan&quot; means a cadastral plan 
                                              within the meaning of the Survey 
                                              Act, 1962 (Act 127), or any other 
                                              plan made to the satisfaction of 
                                              the Minister referred to in 
                                              section 5 of that Act;</span></p>
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                                              &quot;planned housing area&quot; means an 
                                              area destined for residential 
                                              development for which a lay-out 
                                              has been approved by the Minister 
                                              responsible for Town and Country 
                                              Planning in consultation with the 
                                              Ministers responsible for housing, 
                                              health, lands, and local 
                                              government;</span></p>
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                                              &quot;planned irrigation area&quot; means an 
                                              area for which water for 
                                              irrigation is being supplied by 
                                              any organ of the State or a 
                                              Council or a statutory corporation 
                                              and for which area a lay-out has 
                                              been approved by the Minister 
                                              responsible for Town and Country 
                                              Planning in consultation with the 
                                              Ministers responsible for lands 
                                              and agriculture;</span></p>
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                                              &quot;planned land area&quot; means an area 
                                              of agricultural land, the 
                                              conditions of carrying out of 
                                              husbandry within which are 
                                              prescribed by the Minister 
                                              responsible for agriculture, and 
                                              for which a lay-out has been 
                                              approved by the Minister 
                                              responsible for Town and Country 
                                              Planning in consultation with the 
                                              Ministers responsible for 
                                              agriculture, communications, lands 
                                              and community development;</span></p>
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                                              &quot;selected area&quot; means an area of 
                                              state land or of stool land 
                                              declared a selected area by the 
                                              President by executive instrument 
                                              under section 1 and includes in 
                                              the Tema Acquisition Area the area 
                                              of resettlement of persons from 
                                              the town of Tema;</span></p>
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                                              &quot;slum clearance scheme&quot; means a 
                                              scheme of reconstruction of a 
                                              built-up area undertaken, in 
                                              consequence of the overcrowding of 
                                              inhabitants in dwellings, of 
                                              unsatisfactory sanitary 
                                              conditions, and of the 
                                              dilapidation of buildings, by an 
                                              organ of the State, a Council or a 
                                              statutory corporation in 
                                              accordance with a plan approved by 
                                              the Minister responsible for Town 
                                              and Country Planning in 
                                              consultation with the Ministers 
                                              responsible for lands, health, 
                                              social welfare, housing and local 
                                              government;</span></p>
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                                              &quot;state land&quot; means land declared 
                                              by the President by executive 
                                              instrument under section 1 of the 
                                              State Lands Act, 1962 (Act 125) to 
                                              be land required in the public 
                                              interest;</span></p>
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                                              &quot;statutory corporation&quot; means a 
                                              statutory corporation within the 
                                              meaning of the Statutory 
                                              Corporations Act, 1964 (Act 232), 
                                              or established under any other 
                                              enactment;</span></p>
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                                              &quot;stool land&quot; shall have the same 
                                              meaning as in the Administration 
                                              of Lands Act, 1962 (Act 123);</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&quot;Tema 
                                              acquisition area&quot; means the area 
                                              specified in the First Schedule to 
                                              the Tema Town and Port 
                                              (Acquisition of Land) Ordinance, 
                                              1952 (No. 38); and </span></p>
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                                              &quot;town of Tema&quot; means the town of 
                                              Tema referred to in the First 
                                              Schedule to the Towns Ordinance 
                                              (Cap. 86).</span></p>
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                                              Section 7&#8212;Repeal</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial">.</span></p>
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                                              The Village Sites Ordinance (Cap. 
                                              141) is hereby repealed.</span></p>
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