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                                              FARM LANDS (PROTECTION) ACT, 1962 
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                                              ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS</span></p>
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                                              Section</span></p>
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                                              1. Extinguishing Title to Land.</span></p>
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                                              2. Power to Confer Valid Title.</span></p>
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                                              3. Offence.</span></p>
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                                              4. Application.</span></p>
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                                              5. Interpretation.</span></p>
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                                              THE HUNDRED AND SEVENTH</span></p>
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                                              ACT OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE 
                                              REPUBLIC OF GHANA ENTITLED</span></p>
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                                              THE FARM LANDS (PROTECTION) ACT, 
                                              1962</span></p>
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                                              AN ACT to protect farmers whose 
                                              titles to land are found to be 
                                              defective.</span></p>
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                                              DATE OF ASSENT: 24th 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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                                              Section 1&#8212;Extinguishing Title to 
                                              Land.</span></p>
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                                              Where a person, in this Act 
                                              referred to as a farmer, acquires 
                                              land after the commencement of 
                                              this Act for the purposes of 
                                              farming and does not farm a part 
                                              or the whole of that land for a 
                                              period of eight years from the 
                                              date of the acquisition, his title 
                                              to the whole of the land or that 
                                              portion that has not been farmed 
                                              shall be deemed for all purposes 
                                              to have been extinguished.</span></p>
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                                              Section 2&#8212;Power to Confer Valid 
                                              Title.</span></p>
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                                              (1) Where a farmer has, in good 
                                              faith, at any time after the 
                                              thirty-first day of December, 
                                              1940, and before the commencement 
                                              of this Act, acquired any land by 
                                              customary law or otherwise in a 
                                              prescribed area for purposes of 
                                              farming and has begun farming on 
                                              that land within eight years from 
                                              the date of such acquisition, this 
                                              section shall, notwithstanding any 
                                              defect in the title to the 
                                              contrary, operate to confer valid 
                                              title on such farmer:</span></p>
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                                              Provided that the land in question 
                                              had not been farmed by any other 
                                              person for a period of eight years 
                                              previous to the acquisition by the 
                                              farmer.</span></p>
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                                              (2) Where there are any 
                                              proceedings for vacant possession 
                                              on the ground that a person other 
                                              than the farmer who acquired the 
                                              land under the preceding 
                                              subsection is entitled to the land 
                                              or proceedings have been 
                                              instituted or are instituted by 
                                              such farmer on the ground that his 
                                              title to the land is being in any 
                                              manner challenged, the Court, 
                                              where it considers that if this 
                                              Act had not been passed a 
                                              possession order would fall to be 
                                              made by reason that the 
                                              acquisition taken by the farmer 
                                              did not operate to confer on him 
                                              the title to the land, but that to 
                                              make an order would cause hardship 
                                              and injustice to the person 
                                              against whom it would fall to be 
                                              made, may, instead of making the 
                                              possession order, make an order 
                                              providing that the acquisition by 
                                              the farmer shall be deemed for all 
                                              purposes to have operated to 
                                              confer on him the title to the 
                                              land.</span></p>
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                                              (3) Where an order is made under 
                                              the immediately preceding 
                                              subsection and the Court considers 
                                              that the order would by itself 
                                              cause hardship and injustice to 
                                              any person, the Court may make a 
                                              further order requiring the person 
                                              in whose favour the order is made 
                                              to pay the other person a sum of 
                                              money by way of compensation:</span></p>
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                                              Provided that the aggregate of any 
                                              such sum ordered to be paid under 
                                              this section shall not exceed an 
                                              amount equal to twice the value of 
                                              the consideration paid at the date 
                                              of the purported acquisition.</span></p>
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                                              (4) The provisions of this section 
                                              shall not apply to any land in 
                                              respect of which final judgment 
                                              relating to title has been 
                                              obtained.</span></p>
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                                              Section 3&#8212;Offence.</span></p>
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                                              Any person who procures or 
                                              attempts to procure any other 
                                              person to give up possession of 
                                              land by any means other than by 
                                              due process of a Court of 
                                              competent jurisdiction shall be 
                                              guilty of a misdemeanour.</span></p>
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                                              Section 4&#8212;Application.</span></p>
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                                              The Minister responsible for stool 
                                              lands may, by legislative 
                                              instrument, prescribe any area to 
                                              which the provisions of this Act 
                                              shall apply.</span></p>
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                                              Section 5&#8212;Interpretation.</span></p>
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                                              In this Act unless the context 
                                              otherwise requires&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              &quot;possession order&quot;&nbsp; means an order 
                                              requiring the delivery up of 
                                              possession of land or setting 
                                              aside a purchase or acquisition of 
                                              land or making a declaration of 
                                              title or otherwise in defeasance 
                                              of title to land;</span></p>
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                                              &quot;farming&quot; means to plant and 
                                              cultivate crops, and cognate 
                                              expressions shall be construed 
                                              accordingly.</span></p>
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