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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              TRUSTEES (INCORPORATION) ACT, 1962 
                                              (ACT 106)</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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                                              1. Grant of certificate of 
                                              registration as a body corporate.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              1A Application of Act 106 to 
                                              Religious Bodies.</span></p>
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                                              2. Vesting of estate in body 
                                              corporate.</span></p>
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                                              3. Particulars respecting 
                                              application.</span></p>
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                                              4. Nomination of trustees and 
                                              filling up vacancies.</span></p>
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                                              5. Certificate to be evidence of 
                                              compliance with requisitions.</span></p>
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                                              6. Record of applications and 
                                              documents.</span></p>
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                                              7. Enforcement of conditions of 
                                              certificate.</span></p>
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                                              8. Power to require application 
                                              for incorporation or appointment 
                                              of trustees.</span></p>
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                                              9. Gifts to vest in body 
                                              corporate.</span></p>
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                                              10. Official seal.</span></p>
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                                              11. Regulations.</span></p>
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                                              12. Interpretation.</span></p>
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                                              13. Repeal.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              SCHEDULE</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Schedule</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              THE HUNDRED AND SIXTH</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              ACT OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE 
                                              REPUBLIC OF GHANA</span></p>
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                                              ENTITLED</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              THE TRUSTEES (INCORPORATION) ACT, 
                                              1962</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              AN ACT to re-enact and apply to 
                                              the whole of Ghana the law 
                                              enabling trustees of voluntary 
                                              associations and bodies 
                                              established for any religious, 
                                              educational, literary, scientific, 
                                              sports, social, or charitable 
                                              purpose to be incorporated, to 
                                              hold land and to have perpetual 
                                              succession.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              DATE OF ASSENT: 21st February, 
                                              1962</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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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 1&#8212;Grant of Certificate of 
                                              Registration as a Body Corporate.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The trustees of any 
                                              unincorporated voluntary 
                                              association of persons or body 
                                              established for any religious, 
                                              educational, literary, scientific, 
                                              sports, social, or charitable 
                                              purpose shall apply, in manner 
                                              hereinafter mentioned, to the 
                                              Minister for a certificate of 
                                              registration as a corporate body.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Minister, having regard to 
                                              the extent, nature, and objects 
                                              and other circumstances of such 
                                              body or association may grant a 
                                              certificate accordingly, subject 
                                              to such conditions or directions 
                                              generally as he thinks fit to 
                                              insert in the certificate.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Such conditions or directions 
                                              may include, in particular, 
                                              provisions relating to the 
                                              qualifications and number of the 
                                              trustees, their tenure and 
                                              vacation of office, the mode of 
                                              appointing new trustees, the 
                                              custody and use of the official 
                                              seal, the amount of the land which 
                                              the trustees may hold, and the 
                                              purposes for which the land may be 
                                              applied.</span></p>
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                                              (4) Upon the grant of the 
                                              certificate, the trustees shall 
                                              become a body corporate by the 
                                              name described in the certificate, 
                                              and shall have perpetual 
                                              succession and an official seal, 
                                              and power to sue and be sued in 
                                              such corporate name, and subject 
                                              to the conditions and directions 
                                              contained in the said certificate, 
                                              to hold and acquire, and by 
                                              instruments under the official 
                                              seal to convey, assign, and demise 
                                              any land now or hereafter 
                                              belonging to, or held for the 
                                              benefit of, that body or 
                                              association, in like manner, and 
                                              subject to such restrictions and 
                                              provisions as the trustees might, 
                                              without such incorporation, hold 
                                              or acquire, convey or assign, or 
                                              demise the land for the purposes 
                                              of that body or association.</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 1A&#8212;Application of Act 106 
                                              to Religious Bodies.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The provisions of the Trustees 
                                              (Incorporation) Act, 1962 (Act 
                                              106) shall apply to the trustees 
                                              of an unincorporated voluntary 
                                              association of persons or body 
                                              established for a religious 
                                              purpose.[Inserted and to be cited 
                                              as Trustees (Incorporation) 
                                              (Amendment) Law, 1993 (PNDC L 311) 
                                              s.1]</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 2&#8212;Vesting of Estate in 
                                              Body Corporate.</span></b></p>
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                                              The certificate of incorporation 
                                              shall vest in the body corporate 
                                              all land, of what nature and 
                                              tenure soever, belonging to or 
                                              held by any person or persons in 
                                              trust for that body or 
                                              association.</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 3&#8212;Particulars Respecting 
                                              Application.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              An application to the Minister for 
                                              a certificate under this Act shall 
                                              be in writing, signed by the 
                                              person or persons making it, and 
                                              shall contain the&nbsp; several 
                                              particulars specified in the 
                                              Schedule, or such of them as are 
                                              applicable to the case. The 
                                              Minister may require such 
                                              declaration or other evidence in 
                                              verification of the statements and 
                                              particulars in the application, 
                                              and such other particulars, 
                                              information, and evidence (if any) 
                                              as he thinks proper.</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 4&#8212;Nomination of Trustees 
                                              and Filling up Vacancies.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Before a certificate of 
                                              incorporation is granted, the 
                                              Minister shall be satisfied that 
                                              the trustees have been effectually 
                                              appointed.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Where a certificate of 
                                              incorporation is granted vacancies 
                                              in the number of the trustees 
                                              shall from time to time be filled 
                                              up so far as shall be required by 
                                              the constitution or settlement of 
                                              the said body or association, or 
                                              by any such conditions or 
                                              directions as aforesaid, by such 
                                              legal means&nbsp; as would have been&nbsp; 
                                              available for the appointment of 
                                              new trustees of that body or 
                                              association if no certificate of 
                                              incorporation had been granted, or 
                                              otherwise as shall be required by 
                                              such conditions or directions as 
                                              aforesaid.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The appointment of every new 
                                              trustee shall be certified by, or 
                                              by the direction of, the trustees 
                                              to the Minister upon the 
                                              completion of the appointment.</span></p>
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                                              (4) Within one month after the 
                                              expiration of each period of five 
                                              years after the grant of a 
                                              certificate of incorporation, or 
                                              whenever required by the Minister, 
                                              a return shall be made to the 
                                              Minister by the then trustees of 
                                              the names of the trustees at the 
                                              expiration of each such period, 
                                              with their residences and 
                                              additions.</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 5&#8212;Certificate to be 
                                              Evidence of Compliance with 
                                              Requisitions.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">A 
                                              certificate of incorporation so 
                                              granted shall be conclusive 
                                              evidence that all the preliminary 
                                              requisitions herein contained and 
                                              required in respect of 
                                              incorporation have been complied 
                                              with, and the date of 
                                              incorporation shall be the date 
                                              specified in the certificate.</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 6&#8212;Record of Applications 
                                              and Documents.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Minister shall direct a record 
                                              to be kept of all such 
                                              applications for and certificates 
                                              of incorporation, and shall direct 
                                              all documents sent to him under 
                                              this Act to be preserved, and any 
                                              person may require a copy or 
                                              extract of any such document to be 
                                              certified under the hand of a 
                                              person appointed for that purpose 
                                              by the Minister.</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 7&#8212;Enforcement of 
                                              Conditions of Certificate.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) All conditions and directions 
                                              inserted in any certificate of 
                                              incorporation shall be binding 
                                              upon and performed or observed by 
                                              the trustees as trusts of the body 
                                              or association.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Minister may, whenever he 
                                              is of the opinion that conditions 
                                              contained in any certificate of 
                                              incorporation are not being 
                                              complied with or that the 
                                              activities of the association or 
                                              body, of its trustees, are 
                                              contrary to public order or 
                                              morality, make application to the 
                                              High Court for the certificate to 
                                              be cancelled.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) A certificate under the hand 
                                              of the Minister that the 
                                              activities of an association or 
                                              body, or of its trustees, are 
                                              contrary to public order or 
                                              morality shall be sufficient 
                                              evidence of the matter so 
                                              certified.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) The High Court in cancelling a 
                                              certificate may make such order as 
                                              it thinks fit for the disposal of 
                                              both movable and immovable 
                                              property held by the trustees.</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 8&#8212;Power to Require 
                                              Application for Incorporation or 
                                              Appointment of Trustees.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Minister may, by executive 
                                              instrument, require the trustees 
                                              of any association or body to 
                                              which section 1 of this Act 
                                              applies to apply for incorporation 
                                              under that section.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) In the event of there being no 
                                              trustees, or of any vacancy in the 
                                              number of the trustees, of any 
                                              such association or body, the 
                                              Minister may by executive 
                                              instrument direct the association 
                                              or body to appoint trustees, or to 
                                              fill up the vacancies, as the case 
                                              may require.</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 9&#8212;Gifts to Vest in Body 
                                              Corporate.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              After the incorporation of the 
                                              trustees of any association or 
                                              body pursuant to this Act, every 
                                              donation, gift, and disposition of 
                                              land, theretofore lawfully made 
                                              (but not having actually taken 
                                              effect), or thereafter lawfully 
                                              made, by deed, will, or otherwise 
                                              to or in favour of that body or 
                                              association, or the trustees 
                                              thereof, or otherwise for the 
                                              purposes thereof, shall take 
                                              effect as if the same had been 
                                              made to, or in favour of, the 
                                              corporate body or otherwise for 
                                              the like purposes.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 10&#8212;Official Seal.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The official seal of the body 
                                              corporate shall have such device 
                                              as may be approved by the 
                                              Minister, and until an official 
                                              seal is provided the seal of some 
                                              person may be authorised by the 
                                              Minister for use as the official 
                                              seal of the body corporate.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) All instruments to which the 
                                              official seal of the body 
                                              corporate has been affixed, in 
                                              apparent compliance with the 
                                              regulations for the use of the 
                                              official seal referred to in 
                                              section 1 of this Act, shall be 
                                              binding on the body corporate, 
                                              notwithstanding any defect or 
                                              circumstances affecting the 
                                              execution of the instrument.</span></p>
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                                              Section 11&#8212;Regulations.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Minister may, by legislative 
                                              instrument, make regulations for 
                                              such matters (including the 
                                              charging of fees) as he thinks 
                                              proper for the enforcement of the 
                                              provisions of this Act.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 12&#8212;Interpretation.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              In this Act unless the context 
                                              otherwise requires&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;body&quot; includes an office 
                                              instituted for any purpose 
                                              mentioned in section 1 of this 
                                              Act, and &quot;trustee&quot; includes the 
                                              occupant of the office;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;body corporate&quot; , in the case of 
                                              the incorporation of a sole 
                                              trustee, includes a corporation 
                                              sole;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;Minister&quot; means the Minister to 
                                              whom functions under this Act are 
                                              assigned by the President;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;trustees&quot; includes a sole 
                                              trustee.</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 13&#8212;Repeal.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Land (Perpetual 
                                              Succession) Southern Ghana and 
                                              Ashanti Ordinance (Cap. 137) is 
                                              repealed.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Every instrument made under 
                                              the repealed enactment and in 
                                              force immediately before the 
                                              commencement of this Act shall 
                                              continue in force as if made under 
                                              this Act.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              SCHEDULE</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (Section 3)</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The objects of the body or 
                                              association, and the rules and 
                                              regulations of the same, together 
                                              with the date of, and parties to, 
                                              every deed, will, or other 
                                              instrument (if any) creating, 
                                              constituting, or regulating the 
                                              same.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">A 
                                              statement and short description of 
                                              the land which at the date of 
                                              application is possessed by, or 
                                              belonging to, or held on behalf of 
                                              the body or association.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The names, residences, and 
                                              additions of the trustees of the 
                                              body or association.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The proposed title of the body 
                                              corporate, of which title the 
                                              words &quot;trustee(s)&quot; and 
                                              &quot;registered&quot; shall form part, 
                                              unless the Minister otherwise 
                                              directs.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The proposed device of the 
                                              official seal.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The regulations for the custody 
                                              and use of the official seal.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              amended by</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              TRUSTEES (INCORPORATION) 
                                              (AMENDMENT) LAW, 1993 (PNDCL 311)1</span></p>
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