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                                              STATE HOUSING CORPORATION (EJECTMENT) 
                                              ACT, 1970 (ACT 322)</span></b></p>
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                                              ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS</span></p>
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                                              Section</span></p>
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                                              1. Power to Determine Lease on 
                                              Failure to Pay Rent, Etc.</span></p>
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                                              2. All Persons to Vacate Premises 
                                              Upon Termination of Lease.</span></p>
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                                              3. Offences.</span></p>
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                                              4. Rights of Corporation 
                                              Preserved.</span></p>
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                                              5. Mode of Service of Notice Under 
                                              Section 1.</span></p>
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                                              6. Interpretation.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              THE THREE HUNDRED AND 
                                              TWENTY-SECOND</span></p>
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                                              ACT OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE 
                                              REPUBLIC OF GHANA</span></p>
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                                              ENTITLED</span></p>
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                                              THE STATE HOUSING CORPORATION (EJECTMENT) 
                                              (ACT, 1970)</span></b></p>
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                                              AN ACT to provide for the 
                                              ejectment of persons owing arrears 
                                              of rent to the State Housing 
                                              Corporation and persons who have 
                                              sublet premises contrary to the 
                                              terms of any lease under which the 
                                              premises were let to them by the 
                                              State Housing Corporation; and for 
                                              other purposes connected 
                                              therewith.</span></p>
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                                              DATE OF ASSENT: 7th April, 1970.</span></p>
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                                              BE IT ENACTED by the Presidential 
                                              Commission and the National 
                                              Assembly in this present 
                                              Parliament assembled as follows:&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              Section 1&#8212;Power to Determine Lease 
                                              on Failure to Pay Rent, Etc.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) Where any person to whom any 
                                              premises have been let by the 
                                              State Housing Corporation (in this 
                                              Act referred to as &quot;the 
                                              Corporation&quot;) fails for a period 
                                              exceeding one month to pay to the 
                                              Corporation the rent or any part 
                                              thereof in respect of the said 
                                              premises, then the Corporation may 
                                              by notice in writing served on 
                                              that person request him within two 
                                              weeks after the service of the 
                                              notice to pay to the Corporation 
                                              all arrears of rent due in respect 
                                              of the premises indicating in the 
                                              notice that it will take steps to 
                                              terminate the lease under which 
                                              the premises were let to him upon 
                                              failure to comply with the 
                                              request.</span></p>
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                                              (2) Where a person fails to comply 
                                              with a notice served under 
                                              subsection (1) of this section the 
                                              Corporation may by a further 
                                              notice in writing served on him 
                                              terminate the said lease.</span></p>
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                                              (3) Where any person to whom any 
                                              premises have been let by the 
                                              Corporation sublets the premises 
                                              or any part thereof, contrary to 
                                              the terms of any lease, then the 
                                              Corporation may by notice in 
                                              writing served on him terminate 
                                              the lease.</span></p>
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                                              (4) The Corporation may in 
                                              addition to serving any notice as 
                                              provided in the preceding 
                                              subsection of this section cause a 
                                              copy thereof to be served on any 
                                              person for the time being 
                                              occupying the premises in respect 
                                              of which the notice is served.</span></p>
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                                              (5) This section applies to any 
                                              failure to pay rent or any 
                                              subletting of premises whether it 
                                              occurred before or after the 
                                              commencement of this Act.</span></p>
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                                              (6) In this Act &quot;rent&quot; includes an 
                                              instalment of any capital sum 
                                              required to be paid under an 
                                              agreement providing for the 
                                              hire-purchase of any premises and 
                                              also any other sum liable to be 
                                              paid to the Corporation under any 
                                              lease.</span></p>
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                                              (7) Where any premises have been 
                                              let under a hire-purchase contract 
                                              and at least 80 per cent of the 
                                              hire-purchase price or such other 
                                              minimum percentage thereof as may 
                                              be agreed between the Corporation 
                                              and the tenant or buyer, has been 
                                              paid or tendered by or on behalf 
                                              of the hire-purchaser or tenant, 
                                              the Corporation shall not enforce 
                                              any right to recover possession of 
                                              the premises or its right of 
                                              re-entry otherwise than by court 
                                              action.</span></p>
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                                              Section 2&#8212;All Persons to Vacate 
                                              Premises Upon Termination of 
                                              Lease.</span></b></p>
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                                              Notwithstanding anything to the 
                                              contrary in any other enactment, 
                                              where a notice has been served 
                                              under this Act terminating the 
                                              lease in respect of any premises 
                                              any tenant or other occupier of 
                                              the premises shall, not later than 
                                              fourteen days after the date of 
                                              service of the notice or such 
                                              later date as may be specified in 
                                              the notice, vacate the premises 
                                              and the Corporation shall be 
                                              entitled to re-enter the premises, 
                                              eject any such person therefrom 
                                              using reasonable force and take 
                                              possession thereof.</span></p>
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                                              Section 3&#8212;Offences.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) Any person who&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) fails without reasonable 
                                              excuse (proof of which shall be on 
                                              him) to vacate any premises 
                                              required to be vacated under 
                                              section 2 of this Act, or</span></p>
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                                              (b) obstructs the Corporation in 
                                              the exercise of any power 
                                              conferred on it by section 2 of 
                                              this Act, shall be guilty of an 
                                              offence and liable on summary 
                                              conviction, to a fine not 
                                              exceeding N¢100 or to a term of 
                                              imprisonment not exceeding two 
                                              months or to both; and in the case 
                                              of a continuing offence shall be 
                                              liable to a further fine not 
                                              exceeding N¢5 in respect of any 
                                              day on which the offence 
                                              continues.</span></p>
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                                              (2) Where an offence under 
                                              subsection (1) of this section is 
                                              committed by a body of persons,&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) in the case of a body 
                                              corporate other than a 
                                              partnership, every director, or 
                                              officer of the body corporate 
                                              shall also be deemed to be guilty 
                                              of that offence, and</span></p>
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                                              (b) in the case of a partnership, 
                                              every partner shall be guilty of 
                                              that offence:</span></p>
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                                              Provided that no such person shall 
                                              be guilty of an offence by virtue 
                                              of this subsection if he proves 
                                              that the offence was committed 
                                              without his knowledge or 
                                              connivance by a person other than 
                                              himself and that he exercised all 
                                              due diligence to prevent the 
                                              commission of the offence having 
                                              regard to all the circumstances.</span></p>
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                                              Section 4&#8212;Rights of Corporation 
                                              Preserved.</span></b></p>
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                                              The provisions of this Act shall 
                                              be in addition to and not in 
                                              derogation of any rights of the 
                                              Corporation to claim moneys due or 
                                              which shall become due in respect 
                                              of any premises or any other 
                                              rights possessed by the 
                                              Corporation by virtue of any lease 
                                              under which the premises were let 
                                              from the Corporation and accruing 
                                              prior or subsequent to the 
                                              determination of the lease under 
                                              this Act.</span></p>
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                                              Section 5&#8212;Mode of Service of 
                                              Notice Under Section 1.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) The notice referred to in 
                                              section 1 of this Act may be 
                                              served in any of the following 
                                              modes&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) by personal service, or </span>
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                                              (b) by prepaying, registering and 
                                              posting the notice, addressed to 
                                              the person on whom the notice is 
                                              to be served at his last known 
                                              postal address, or</span></p>
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                                              (c) by leaving it for him with 
                                              some person apparently over the 
                                              age of eighteen at his usual or 
                                              last known place of abode or 
                                              business, or</span></p>
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                                              (d) in the case of a corporate 
                                              body or an unincorporated body of 
                                              persons, by delivering it to the 
                                              secretary or clerk of the body at 
                                              the registered or principal office 
                                              of the body or serving it by post 
                                              in accordance with paragraph (b) 
                                              of this subsection on the 
                                              secretary or clerk at his office 
                                              and in addition to any of the 
                                              above cases, or</span></p>
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                                              (e) by affixing it or a copy of it 
                                              to some conspicuous part of the 
                                              premises in respect of which the 
                                              notice is given under section 1 of 
                                              this Act.</span></p>
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                                              (2) Unless the contrary is proved 
                                              a notice served by post in 
                                              accordance with subsection (1) (b) 
                                              of this section shall be deemed to 
                                              have been served at the time at 
                                              which the notice would have been 
                                              delivered in the ordinary course 
                                              of post.</span></p>
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                                              Section 6&#8212;Interpretation.</span></b></p>
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                                              In this Act &quot;lease&quot; includes any 
                                              agreement for the letting of any 
                                              premises whether oral or 
                                              otherwise.</span></td>
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