BOYEFIO V NTHC PROPERTIES L TD [1997-98] 1 GLR 768 - 786

Courts-jurisdiction-Land dispute-Land Title Registration District-Types of disputes that can arise during registration process under PNDCL 152-Land title adjucation committee granted exclusive jurisdiction for determination of any dispute relating to registration of land or interest in land in registration district by section 12(1) of PNDCL 152-Committee internal tribunal not subject to procedures and technicalities of court -Appeal from final decisions of committee going to High Court- Whether dispute arising outside registration exercise in declared registration district cognizable by courts-Whether section 12(1) of PNDCL 152 ousting jurisdiction of courts in land suits in registration district-Land Title Registration Law, 1986 (PNDCL 152), ss 12(1), 13(2), 21(2), 22, 22(3) and (4),23(6), and 33(2).

Land title administration-Courts-jurisdiction-Land Title Registration District-Ouster of jurisdiction of court-Section 12(1) of PNDCL 152 granting exclusive jurisdiction at first instance over disputes relating to registration of land or interest in land in registration district to land title adjudication committee-Appeal from final decision of committee going to High Court and then to Court of Appeal and Supreme Court-Whether jurisdiction of committee violating final judicial power of judiciary under Constitution-Constitution, 1992, art 125(3)-PNDCL 152, s 139(2) and (3).