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                                              <b>
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                                              LANDS (STATUTORY WAYLEAVES) ACT, 
                                              1963 (ACT 186)</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &nbsp;ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS</span></p>
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                                              Section</span></p>
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                                              1. Creation of statutory wayleaves.</span></p>
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                                              2. Works for which statutory 
                                              wayleaves may be created.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              3. Rights of entry for survey.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              4. Rights of entry for 
                                              construction.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              5. Rights of entry for inspection, 
                                              maintenance, etc..</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              6. Compensation.</span></p>
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                                              7. Regulations.</span></p>
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                                              8. Interpretation.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              9. Other enactments relating to 
                                              entry on, and acquisition of, 
                                              land.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              THE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-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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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              ENTITLED</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              THE LANDS (STATUTORY WAYLEAVES) 
                                              ACT, 1963</span></b></p>
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                                              AN ACT to provide for entry on any 
                                              land for the purpose of the 
                                              construction, installation and 
                                              maintenance of works of public 
                                              utility, and for the creation of 
                                              rights of way and other similar 
                                              rights in respect of such works 
                                              and&nbsp; for purposes connected with 
                                              the matters aforesaid.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              DATE OF ASSENT: 16th July, 1963</span></p>
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                                              Be IT ENACTED by the President and 
                                              the National Assembly in this&nbsp; 
                                              present Parliament assembled as 
                                              follows:&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 1&#8212;Creation of Statutory 
                                              Wayleaves.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) Where the President is of the 
                                              opinion that it is in the public 
                                              interest that any right of way or 
                                              other similar right over any land 
                                              (hereafter in this Act referred to 
                                              as a &quot;statutory wayleave&quot;) be 
                                              created in respect of the whole or 
                                              any part of any of the works 
                                              specified in the next following 
                                              section he may, subject to the 
                                              provisions of this Act, by 
                                              executive instrument (hereafter in 
                                              this Act referred to as a &quot;wayleave 
                                              instrument&quot;) declare the land 
                                              specified in the instrument to be&nbsp; 
                                              subject to such statutory wayleave 
                                              as is specified therein; and on 
                                              the publication of a wayleave 
                                              instrument and without further 
                                              assurance the land shall be deemed 
                                              to be subject to that wayleave 
                                              which shall, in accordance with 
                                              the terms of the instrument, enure 
                                              to the benefit of the Republic, 
                                              any statutory corporation 
                                              specified in the instrument, or 
                                              the public generally.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) A wayleave instrument shall 
                                              contain the following particulars, 
                                              that is to say&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) a description (with 
                                              measurements) of the land affected 
                                              by the statutory wayleave together 
                                              with a plan showing the position 
                                              of the works constructed thereon;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) particulars of the person or 
                                              body for whose benefit the 
                                              wayleave is to enure; and</span></p>
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                                              (c) such other particulars of the 
                                              said works as the President thinks 
                                              necessary&nbsp; or expedient to include 
                                              in the instrument.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) A copy of every wayleave 
                                              instrument shall be served on the 
                                              owner or occupier of the land 
                                              affected by the statutory wayleave, 
                                              and if neither the owner or 
                                              occupier can be found shall be 
                                              posted in a conspicuous place on 
                                              the land and published in a 
                                              newspaper circulating in the 
                                              locality.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) Any land subject to a 
                                              statutory wayleave shall 
                                              (notwithstanding any rule of law) 
                                              continue to be subject thereto 
                                              until the wayleave is terminated 
                                              in accordance with regulations 
                                              made under this Act.</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 2&#8212;Works for which 
                                              Statutory Wayleaves may be 
                                              Created.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) A statutory wayleave may be 
                                              created in respect of any of the 
                                              following works, that is to say&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a)&nbsp; any highway; and </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) any other structure or works 
                                              for the purpose of, or in 
                                              connection with, any public 
                                              utility service;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              any such works being hereafter in 
                                              this Act referred to as &quot;specified 
                                              works&quot;.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Any statutory wayleave created 
                                              for the purposes specified in 
                                              paragraph (a) of the foregoing 
                                              subsection shall, unless the 
                                              contrary intention appears in the 
                                              instrument creating the wayleave, 
                                              be deemed to include the purposes 
                                              specified in paragraph (b) of that 
                                              subsection.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) In this section the expression 
                                              &quot;public utility service&quot; means any 
                                              service provided by the Republic, 
                                              any local authority or statutory 
                                              corporation, for supplying 
                                              electricity, water (for any 
                                              purpose) or gas, or for supplying 
                                              sewerage, transport or 
                                              telecommunication facilities or 
                                              facilities connected with the 
                                              operation of any port, railway, 
                                              tramway or airport.</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 3&#8212;Rights of Entry for 
                                              Survey.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) With a view to determining 
                                              whether any land is suitable for 
                                              the construction of any specified 
                                              works, any public officer or other 
                                              person acting on behalf of the 
                                              Republic, any local authority or 
                                              statutory corporation may, if 
                                              authorised by or on behalf of the 
                                              Minister with the agreement of the 
                                              appropriate Minister (any person 
                                              so authorised being hereafter in 
                                              this Act referred to as an 
                                              &quot;authorised person&quot;) and subject 
                                              to subsection (2) of this section, 
                                              enter upon any land for the 
                                              purpose of surveying that land.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Before entering on any land in 
                                              pursuance of the foregoing 
                                              subsection the authorised person 
                                              shall give to any person in 
                                              occupation of that land not less 
                                              than twenty-four hours notice of 
                                              his proposed entry; and the notice 
                                              shall contain particulars of the 
                                              land to be surveyed, the purpose 
                                              of the survey and of the works 
                                              proposed to be constructed 
                                              thereon.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Any Minister having functions 
                                              under this section may delegate 
                                              those functions.</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 4&#8212;Rights of Entry for 
                                              Construction.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Subject to the provisions of 
                                              this section an authorised person 
                                              may enter on any land for the 
                                              purpose of carrying out any 
                                              specified works if&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) he has given not less than one 
                                              week's notice in writing to the 
                                              owner or occupier of the land of 
                                              the proposed entry; or </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) where neither the owner or 
                                              occupier of the land can be found, 
                                              has posted a notice indicating the 
                                              date of the proposed entry (being 
                                              a date not less than one week 
                                              after the posting of the notice) 
                                              in some conspicuous place on the 
                                              land.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Any notice given to any owner 
                                              or occupier or posted on any land 
                                              in pursuance of the foregoing 
                                              subsection shall contain 
                                              particulars of the land to be 
                                              affected by the proposed works and 
                                              particulars of those works, 
                                              including their position by 
                                              reference to a plan.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Any person who wilfully 
                                              obstructs an authorised person in 
                                              the exercise of&nbsp; his rights under 
                                              this, or the last foregoing, 
                                              section shall be guilty of an 
                                              offence and shall be liable on 
                                              conviction to a fine not exceeding 
                                              fifty pounds or to a term of 
                                              imprisonment not exceeding three 
                                              months or to both.</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 5&#8212;Rights of Entry for 
                                              Inspection, Maintenance, Etc.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              An authorised person may at any 
                                              time enter on any land for the 
                                              purpose of inspecting, 
                                              maintaining, replacing or removing 
                                              any specified works.</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 6&#8212;Compensation.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Where any person suffers any 
                                              loss or damage as a result of the 
                                              carrying out of any survey under 
                                              this Act or as a result of the 
                                              installation, construction, 
                                              inspection, maintenance, 
                                              replacement or removal of any 
                                              specified works that person shall, 
                                              save in so far as the loss or 
                                              damage resulted from or arose out 
                                              of the acts of that person, his 
                                              servants or agents, and subject to 
                                              the provisions of this section, be 
                                              entitled to compensation of an 
                                              amount assessed by the Minister in 
                                              respect of such loss or damage; 
                                              and in assessing such compensation 
                                              the Minister may take into account 
                                              in reduction thereof any amount by 
                                              which a person's land has 
                                              increased in value as a result of 
                                              the installation or construction 
                                              of the works.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Any claim for compensation 
                                              under the foregoing subsection 
                                              shall be made to the Minister in 
                                              the prescribed form not more than 
                                              three months (or such longer 
                                              period as the Minister may either 
                                              generally or in any particular 
                                              case direct) after the date of the 
                                              declaration made by the President 
                                              under section 1 of this Act.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) No person shall be entitled to 
                                              any compensation under this 
                                              section for any loss or damage if&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) in the opinion of the 
                                              Minister&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i)&nbsp; 
                                              where the alleged damage is to 
                                              land, that land has ben 
                                              sufficiently reinstated; or</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (ii) where the alleged loss arises 
                                              out of the deprivation of the use 
                                              of any land, the person alleging 
                                              the loss has been offered other 
                                              land of equivalent value;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (iii) where the alleged damage is 
                                              to movable property, that property 
                                              has either been replaced or 
                                              sufficiently restored; or</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (iv) the works constructed do not 
                                              substantially interfere with the 
                                              enjoyment of the land;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) where the alleged loss arises 
                                              out of the construction of a 
                                              highway, that construction does 
                                              not deprive the owner of the 
                                              parcel of land affected thereby of 
                                              more than one-fifth of the parcel 
                                              and the remainder of that parcel 
                                              continues to be suitable for use 
                                              for the purposes for which it was 
                                              being used before the highway was 
                                              constructed.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) Where any person is 
                                              dissatisfied with the amount of 
                                              compensation assessed by the 
                                              Minister under this section, but 
                                              in no other case, the matter may 
                                              be referred by the Minister to a 
                                              Tribunal established in accordance 
                                              with the next following 
                                              subsection.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) The Tribunal shall consist of 
                                              three persons appointed by the 
                                              President, following consultation 
                                              with the Chief Justice, and one of 
                                              those persons shall be a Judge of 
                                              the High Court who shall be 
                                              chairman of the Tribunal.</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 7&#8212;Regulations.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Minister may, by legislative 
                                              instrument, make regulations&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) providing for all matters 
                                              relating to the procedure and 
                                              functions of the Tribunal 
                                              established under this Act; and</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) generally for giving effect to 
                                              the provisions of this Act, and 
                                              any regulations made by the 
                                              Minister may, without prejudice to 
                                              the generality of the foregoing 
                                              words, impose charges upon any 
                                              person or make provision for the 
                                              payment of fees to the Minister or 
                                              to any person appointed by him, 
                                              and may make provision for the 
                                              termination of any statutory 
                                              wayleave and for all matters 
                                              connected therewith.</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 8&#8212;Interpretation.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              In this Act, unless the context 
                                              otherwise requires, the following 
                                              expressions have the meanings 
                                              hereby assigned to them 
                                              respectively, that is to say&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;The Appropriate Minister&quot; means 
                                              the Minister responsible for the 
                                              works concerned;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;highway&quot; means any road, street, 
                                              path, pavement or square and 
                                              includes any bridge or other 
                                              structure associated therewith;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;the Minister&quot; means the Minister 
                                              responsible for lands;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;specified Works&quot; has the meaning 
                                              assigned to it by section 2 of 
                                              this Act;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;statutory Wayleave&quot; has the 
                                              meaning assigned to it by section 
                                              1 of this Act;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;transport&quot; includes transport by 
                                              canal, by overhead cable, conveyor 
                                              or rail, or by pneumatic dispatch 
                                              tube or by pipe line;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&quot;wayleave 
                                              instrument&quot; has the meaning 
                                              assigned to it by section 1 of 
                                              this Act.</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 9&#8212;Other Enactments 
                                              Relating to Entry on, and 
                                              Acquisition of, Land.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              This Act shall not be construed as 
                                              in any way being prejudiced by any 
                                              other enactment relating to the 
                                              entry on, or the acquisition of, 
                                              any land for any purpose 
                                              whatsoever.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PUNISHMENT OF HABITUAL CRIMINALS 
                                              ACT, 1963 (ACT 192)</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              1. Punishment of Habitual Criminal 
                                              Offenders.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              2. Medical Examination of Offender 
                                              in Certain Cases.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              3. Convictions by Circuit, 
                                              District and Local Courts.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              4. Repeal and Transitional 
                                              Provision. </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              5. Construction of this Act.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              THE HUNDRED AND NINETY-SECOND</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              ACT</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC 
                                              OF GHANA</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              ENTITLED</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              THE PUNISHMENT OF HABITUAL 
                                              CRIMINALS ACT, 1963</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              AN ACT to provide for the 
                                              punishment of habitual criminal 
                                              offenders and for purposes 
                                              connected therewith.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              DATE OF ASSENT: 9th October, 1963.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              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;Punishment of Habitual 
                                              Criminal Offenders.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Where a person who is not less 
                                              than twenty years of age&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) is convicted of any offence 
                                              other than an offence for which he 
                                              is liable to suffer death; and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) has been convicted previously 
                                              of at least two offences, each of 
                                              which is either a felony or a 
                                              misdemeanor; and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) it appears to the High Court, 
                                              after enquiring into the 
                                              circumstances of the case, that by 
                                              reason of his criminal habits or 
                                              tendencies or of his association 
                                              with persons of bad character, it 
                                              is expedient for the protection of 
                                              the public that he should be 
                                              detained in custody for a 
                                              substantial period, </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              the Court shall, subject to the 
                                              next following section, pass (in 
                                              lieu of any other sentence) a 
                                              sentence of preventive custody 
                                              with productive hard labour for 
                                              such term, not being less than ten 
                                              years, as the Court may determine.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) In this Act the expression 
                                              &quot;productive hard labour&quot; has the 
                                              meaning assigned to it by the 
                                              Public Property (Protection) and 
                                              Corrupt Practices (Prevention) 
                                              Act, 1962 (Act 121).</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 2&#8212;Medical Examination of 
                                              Offender in Certain Cases.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Where in the case of any 
                                              offender to whom subsection (1) of 
                                              the foregoing section applies the 
                                              High Court has reason to believe 
                                              that his physical or mental 
                                              condition is such as to render him 
                                              unsuitable for a sentence of 
                                              preventive custody with productive 
                                              hard labour under that section, 
                                              the Court shall, before passing 
                                              such sentence&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) cause an enquiry to be held 
                                              into, and a written report to be 
                                              made on, the physical and mental 
                                              health of that offender by a 
                                              medical Board consisting of not 
                                              fewer than two suitably qualified 
                                              medical practitioners appointed by 
                                              the Court after consultation with 
                                              the Chief Administrator of the 
                                              Ministry of Health;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) consider the report of the 
                                              Board and take such further 
                                              medical evidence concerning the 
                                              offender as the Court thinks fit; 
                                              and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) furnish the offender or his 
                                              lawyer with a copy of the report.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Where, having regard to such 
                                              report or further medical 
                                              evidence, or to any 
                                              representations made by or on 
                                              behalf of the offender, the Court 
                                              is satisfied that his physical or 
                                              mental health is such as to render 
                                              him unsuitable for a sentence of 
                                              preventive custody with productive 
                                              hard labour, but for no other 
                                              reason, the Court shall (in lieu 
                                              of such sentence) pass such other 
                                              sentence as is authorised by law 
                                              in relation to the offence of 
                                              which he is convicted.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 3&#8212;Convictions by Circuit, 
                                              District and Local Courts.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Where the Court by which an 
                                              offender to whom paragraphs (a) 
                                              and (b) of subsection (1) of 
                                              section 1 of this Act apply is 
                                              convicted is a Circuit Court, 
                                              District Court or Local Court, the 
                                              Court shall not pass sentence upon 
                                              him but shall commit him for 
                                              sentence to the High Court, and 
                                              any enactment relating to the 
                                              powers of any Court upon committal 
                                              for trial shall apply, so far as 
                                              is relevant, to the committal for 
                                              sentence.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2)&nbsp; Following such committal the 
                                              High Court shall have power to 
                                              deal with the offender as if he 
                                              had been convicted by that Court 
                                              of the offence (and, if the 
                                              offence is an indictable one, as 
                                              if he had been convicted on 
                                              indictment) and the conviction and 
                                              sentence shall be subject to 
                                              appeal as if he had been so 
                                              convicted.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 4&#8212;Repeal and Transitional 
                                              Provision. </span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Section 402 of the Criminal 
                                              Procedure Code, 1960 (Act 30) 
                                              (which section relates to 
                                              preventive custody) is hereby 
                                              repealed.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The repeal of the said section 
                                              402 shall not affect any case in 
                                              which, at the date of the passing 
                                              of this Act, enquiries are being 
                                              made under subsection (2) of the 
                                              said section; and any such case 
                                              shall continue to be dealt with by 
                                              the High Court as if this Act had 
                                              never been passed.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 5&#8212;Construction of this 
                                              Act.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              This Act shall be read as one with 
                                              the said Criminal Procedure Code.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              AIRPORT TAX ACT, 1963 (ACT 209)</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              As amended by</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              AIRPORT TAX (AMENDMENT) LAW, 1985 
                                              (PNDCL 128)1</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              THE AIRPORT TAX (AMENDMENT) ACT, 
                                              2001 (ACT 596)2</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              THE AIRPORT TAX (AMENDMENT) ACT, 
                                              2003 (ACT 638)3</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              1. Imposition of airport tax.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              2. Exemptions.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              3. Functions of the Commissioner.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              4. Owners of aircraft to see that 
                                              tax is paid.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              5. Regulations.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              6. Penalty.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              7. Offences by bodies of persons.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              8. Interpretation.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              8A. Repeal</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              9. Commencement of Act.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              THE TWO HUNDRED AND NINTH</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              ACT</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC 
                                              OF GHANA</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              ENTITLED</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              THE AIRPORT TAX ACT, 1963</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              AN ACT to impose a tax for the use 
                                              of any airport in Ghana by 
                                              aircraft passengers, to provide 
                                              for its collection and for matters 
                                              connected therewith or incidental 
                                              thereto.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              DATE OF ASSENT: 3rd December, 1963</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              BE IT ENACTED by the President and 
                                              the National Assembly in this 
                                              present Parliament assembled as 
                                              follows:&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 1&#8212;Imposition of Airport 
                                              Tax.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Every passenger departing from 
                                              an airport in the country by 
                                              aircraft shall pay to the 
                                              Commissioner in respect of each 
                                              flight</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) to a destination outside the 
                                              country, a tax of US$50; and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) to a destination within the 
                                              country, a tax of ¢10,000.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) 40% of payment made under 
                                              subsection (1) shall be paid by 
                                              the Commissioner to the Ghana 
                                              Civil Aviation Authority. [As 
                                              substituted by the Airport Tax 
                                              (Amendment) Act, 2003 (Act 638)].</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 2&#8212;Exemptions.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              No tax shall be levied in respect 
                                              of the following passengers:&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) a child under two years;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) a passenger in transit who is 
                                              staying less than twenty-four 
                                              hours in Ghana; and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) a passenger in transit who 
                                              satisfies the Commissioner that he 
                                              has been unavoidably delayed in 
                                              Ghana.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 3&#8212;Functions of the 
                                              Commissioner.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) It shall be lawful for the 
                                              Commissioner to&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) inspect any premises for 
                                              ascertaining whether the 
                                              provisions of this Act are being 
                                              carried out; and </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) request in writing any person 
                                              to furnish returns and other 
                                              documents for the purposes of this 
                                              Act.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Any person who prevents the 
                                              Commissioner without reasonable 
                                              cause from inspecting any premises 
                                              for the purposes of this Act, or 
                                              who fails to furnish a return or 
                                              document which he is requested to 
                                              furnish by the Commissioner within 
                                              the period specified in the 
                                              request, or who furnishes a false 
                                              or incorrect return or document, 
                                              shall be guilty of an offence and 
                                              shall, on summary conviction, be 
                                              liable to a fine not exceeding one 
                                              hundred pounds or to imprisonment 
                                              for a term not exceeding one year 
                                              or to both such fine and 
                                              imprisonment.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 4&#8212;Owners of Aircraft to 
                                              see that Tax is Paid.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Every person who owns, or is 
                                              responsible for, an aircraft shall 
                                              see to it that the tax applicable 
                                              to a passenger has been paid.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 5&#8212;Regulations.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Minister of Finance may make 
                                              regulations for carrying out the 
                                              principles and provisions of this 
                                              Act.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 6&#8212;Penalty.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Any person who contravenes the 
                                              provisions of this Act shall be 
                                              guilty of an offence and shall, on 
                                              summary conviction, be liable to a 
                                              fine not exceeding one hundred 
                                              pounds or to imprisonment for a 
                                              term not exceeding twelve months 
                                              or to both such fine and 
                                              imprisonment.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 7&#8212;Offences by Bodies of 
                                              Persons.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              In the case of an offence by a 
                                              body of persons&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) where the body of persons is a 
                                              body corporate, every director and 
                                              officer of the body corporate 
                                              shall be deemed to be guilty of 
                                              that offence; and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) where the body of persons is a 
                                              firm, every partner of that firm 
                                              shall be deemed to be guilty of 
                                              that offence:</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Provided that no such person shall 
                                              be deemed to be guilty of the 
                                              offence, if he proves that such 
                                              offence was committed without his 
                                              knowledge or that he exercised due 
                                              diligence to prevent the 
                                              commission of the offence.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 8&#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;Commissioner&quot; means Commissioner 
                                              of Income Tax or any other person 
                                              authorised in that behalf by him; 
                                              and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;Tax&quot; means the tax payable under 
                                              section 1.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 8A&#8212;Repeal.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Airport Tax (Amendment) Law, 
                                              1985 (PNDCL 128) is repealed.. 
                                              [Inserted and to be cited as the 
                                              Airport Tax (Amendment) Act, 2001 
                                              (Act 596), s.2]</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 9&#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 
                                              the first day of December, 1963.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></td>
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