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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              CHIEFTAINCY ACT, 1971 (ACT 370)</span></b></p>
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                                              As amended </span></p>
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                                              CHIEFTAINCY (AMENDMENT) LAW, 1982 
                                              (PNDCL 25)1</span></p>
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                                              CHIEFTAINCY (AMENDMENT) DECREE, 
                                              1973 (NRCD 166)2</span></p>
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                                              CHIEFTAINCY (AMENDMENT) (NO.2) 
                                              DECREE, 1973 (NRCD 226)3</span></p>
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                                              CHIEFTAINCY (AMENDMENT) LAW, 1993 
                                              (PNDCL 307)4</span></p>
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                                              ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS</span></p>
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                                              Section</span></p>
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                                              1. National House of Chiefs.</span></p>
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                                              2. Functions and committees of 
                                              National House of Chiefs.</span></p>
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                                              3. Matters for consideration and 
                                              advice.</span></p>
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                                              4. Standing Orders of the National 
                                              House of Chiefs.</span></p>
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                                              5. Meetings of the National House 
                                              of Chiefs.</span></p>
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                                              PART II&#8212;REGIONAL HOUSES OF CHIEFS</span></p>
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                                              6. Regional Houses of Chiefs.</span></p>
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                                              7. Election of President of 
                                              Regional House of Chiefs.</span></p>
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                                              8. Existing Regional Houses of 
                                              Chiefs to continue.</span></p>
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                                              9. Functions and committees of 
                                              Regional Houses of Chiefs.</span></p>
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                                              10. Regional House of Chiefs to 
                                              make Standing Orders.</span></p>
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                                              11. Meetings of Regional Houses of 
                                              Chiefs.</span></p>
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                                              PART III&#8212;TRADITIONAL COUNCILS</span></p>
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                                              12. Traditional Councils.</span></p>
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                                              13. President of Council.</span></p>
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                                              14. Membership.</span></p>
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                                              15. Jurisdiction in chieftaincy 
                                              disputes.</span></p>
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                                              16. Meetings.</span></p>
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                                              17. Duty of persons to assist 
                                              Traditional Councils.</span></p>
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                                              PART IV&#8212;DIVISIONAL COUNCIL</span></p>
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                                              18. Division.</span></p>
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                                              19. Divisional Councils.</span></p>
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                                              20. Meetings.</span></p>
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                                              21. Functions of Divisional 
                                              Councils.</span></p>
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                                              PART V&#8212;PROCEEDINGS AFFECTING 
                                              CHIEFTAINCY</span></p>
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                                              22. Judicial functions of National 
                                              House of Chiefs. Article 154 (3) 
                                              (a) of Constitution.</span></p>
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                                              23. Original and appellate 
                                              jurisdiction of Regional House of 
                                              Chiefs. Article 155 (1).</span></p>
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                                              24. Evidence, etc. before judicial 
                                              committees.</span></p>
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                                              25. Security for costs, etc. in 
                                              proceedings before judicial 
                                              committee.</span></p>
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                                              26. General provisions relating to 
                                              judicial proceedings before Houses 
                                              of Chiefs.</span></p>
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                                              27. Certain Appeals to operate as 
                                              stay of execution.</span></p>
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                                              28. Proceedings before a 
                                              Traditional Council.</span></p>
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                                              28A. Vacancies in Judicial 
                                              Committees</span></p>
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                                              29. Preservation of Stool property 
                                              affected by Disputes, etc</span></p>
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                                              30. Enforcement of judgment of 
                                              Houses of Chiefs or Traditional 
                                              Councils.</span></p>
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                                              31. Protection of parties, counsel 
                                              and witnesses.</span></p>
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                                              32. Obstruction of proceedings, 
                                              etc.</span></p>
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                                              33. Right to bring proceedings for 
                                              destoolment.</span></p>
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                                              34. Proceedings in chieftaincy 
                                              matters to be recorded in writing.</span></p>
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                                              35. Applications to two tribunals.</span></p>
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                                              PART VI&#8212;STOOL PROPERTY</span></p>
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                                              36. What is stool property.</span></p>
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                                              37. Alienation of stool property 
                                              requires consent of Traditional 
                                              Council.</span></p>
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                                              38. Prohibition upon execution.</span></p>
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                                              39. Recovery of stool property.</span></p>
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                                              PART VII&#8212;CUSTOMARY LAW</span></p>
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                                              40. National House of Chiefs to 
                                              promote development of customary 
                                              law.</span></p>
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                                              41. Functions of Traditional 
                                              Councils relating to customary 
                                              law.</span></p>
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                                              42. Declaration of customary law.</span></p>
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                                              43. Alteration of customary law.</span></p>
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                                              44. Regional House of Chiefs 
                                              affected by same rule of customary 
                                              law.</span></p>
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                                              45. Assimilation of customary law.</span></p>
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                                              46. Effect of assimilation. </span>
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                                              47. Power to include transitional 
                                              provisions.</span></p>
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                                              PART VIII&#8212;CHIEFS</span></p>
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                                              48. Who is a chief.</span></p>
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                                              49. Categories of chiefs.</span></p>
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                                              50. National Register of Chiefs.</span></p>
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                                              51. Enstoolments, destoolments, 
                                              etc. of chiefs to be reported to 
                                              Minister.</span></p>
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                                              52. Prohibition of persons 
                                              purporting to act as chief.</span></p>
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                                              53. Certain offences in connection 
                                              with chiefs.</span></p>
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                                              PART IX&#8212;MISCELLANEOUS</span></p>
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                                              54. Staff of Houses of Chiefs.</span></p>
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                                              55. Functions of Registrar to a 
                                              House of Chiefs.</span></p>
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                                              56. Traditional Councils.</span></p>
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                                              57. Funds of Houses of Chiefs and 
                                              Traditional Councils.</span></p>
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                                              58. Estimates of Houses of Chiefs.</span></p>
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                                              59. Accounts and audit.</span></p>
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                                              60. Power of Minister to give 
                                              financial instructions.</span></p>
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                                              61. Actions by or against Houses 
                                              of Chiefs and Traditional 
                                              Councils, etc.</span></p>
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                                              62. Regulations.</span></p>
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                                              63. Saving of rights of allegiance 
                                              and rights over land, etc.</span></p>
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                                              64. Stool Lands account for each 
                                              Region.</span></p>
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                                              65. Annual statement of accounts 
                                              to be submitted to stools.</span></p>
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                                              66. Interpretation.</span></p>
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                                              67. Repeals and savings and 
                                              transitional provisions.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700">
                                              THE THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTIETH</span></p>
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                                              <b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700">
                                              ACT OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE 
                                              REPUBLIC OF GHANA</span></p>
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                                              ENTITLED</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              THE CHIEFTAINCY ACT, 1971</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              AN ACT to amend the statute law on 
                                              chieftaincy in order to bring it 
                                              into conformity with the 
                                              provisions of the Constitution and 
                                              to make other provisions relating 
                                              to chieftaincy.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              DATE OF ASSENT: 17th September, 
                                              1971</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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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART I&#8212;NATIONAL HOUSE OF CHIEFS</span></p>
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                                              <b>
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                                              Section 1&#8212;National House of 
                                              Chiefs.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) There is hereby established a 
                                              National House of Chiefs. </span>
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                                              (2) The membership of the National 
                                              House of Chiefs shall be composed 
                                              of five chiefs from each Region of 
                                              Ghana elected by the House of 
                                              Chiefs of the Region.</span></p>
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                                              (3) The National House of Chiefs 
                                              shall have a President who shall 
                                              be Head of the National House of 
                                              Chiefs.</span></p>
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                                              (4) The President of the National 
                                              House of Chiefs shall be a chief 
                                              elected by the members of the 
                                              National House of Chiefs from 
                                              among their number.</span></p>
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                                              (5) There shall also be a 
                                              Vice-President of the National 
                                              House of Chiefs who shall be a 
                                              chief elected by the said House 
                                              from among their number and who 
                                              shall act as the Head of that 
                                              House in the absence of the 
                                              President and shall perform the 
                                              functions of the President in the 
                                              absence of the President.</span></p>
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                                              (6) The Electoral Commissioner 
                                              shall supervise any election of a 
                                              person as President, 
                                              Vice-President or member of the 
                                              National House of Chiefs and he or 
                                              any public officer nominated by 
                                              him in writing shall be the 
                                              returning officer for any such 
                                              election.</span></p>
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                                              (7) The body known immediately 
                                              before the commencement of this 
                                              Act as the National House of 
                                              Chiefs shall be deemed to be the 
                                              National House of Chiefs for the 
                                              purposes of this Act.</span></p>
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                                              (8) Any person holding the office 
                                              of President or Vice-President of 
                                              the said House or who was a member 
                                              of that House immediately before 
                                              the commencement of this Act shall 
                                              be deemed to have been duly 
                                              elected for the purposes of this 
                                              Act with effect from the 
                                              commencement of this Act.</span></p>
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                                              (9) A person elected President or 
                                              Vice-President or member of the 
                                              National House of Chiefs shall 
                                              hold office for three years but 
                                              shall upon the expiration of his 
                                              term of office be eligible for 
                                              re-election, so however that no 
                                              person shall be eligible to hold 
                                              office as President for more than 
                                              two terms in succession.</span></p>
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                                              (10) No person shall be qualified 
                                              to be President or Vice- President 
                                              of the National House of Chiefs&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) if he has been sentenced to 
                                              death or to a term of imprisonment 
                                              exceeding twelve months without 
                                              option of a fine or has been 
                                              convicted of an offence involving 
                                              dishonesty or moral turpitude and 
                                              in each case has not been granted 
                                              a free pardon; or</span></p>
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                                              (b) if he is adjudged to be a 
                                              person of unsound mind; or</span></p>
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                                              (c) if having been declared as an 
                                              insolvent or bankrupt under any 
                                              law for the time being in force in 
                                              Ghana or in any other country he 
                                              is an undischarged insolvent or 
                                              bankrupt; or</span></p>
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                                              (d) if being a person possessed of 
                                              professional qualifications, he is 
                                              disqualified from practising his 
                                              profession by the order of any 
                                              competent authority made in 
                                              respect of him personally, not 
                                              being an order made at his own 
                                              request or within five years 
                                              previously: </span></p>
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                                              Provided that a person shall not 
                                              be deemed to be disqualified under 
                                              paragraph (a) of this subsection 
                                              if 5 years or more have elapsed 
                                              since the date of the conviction 
                                              or the end of the sentence 
                                              whichever is the later.</span></p>
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                                              (11) Where a vacancy occurs in the 
                                              office of the President, 
                                              Vice-President or a member of the 
                                              National House of Chiefs the 
                                              Registrar of that House shall 
                                              notify the Electoral Commissioner 
                                              in writing of the occurrence of 
                                              that vacancy within 14 days of 
                                              such occurrence and the Electoral 
                                              Commissioner shall, by notice 
                                              published in the Local Government 
                                              Bulletin and in such other manner 
                                              as the Electoral Commissioner may 
                                              think fit summon a meeting of the 
                                              National House of Chiefs or the 
                                              respective Regional House of 
                                              Chiefs as the case may be, within 
                                              twenty-one days after being 
                                              notified of the vacancy for the 
                                              election of a President, 
                                              Vice-President or a member of the 
                                              National House of Chiefs as the 
                                              case may be.</span></p>
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                                              (12) The Electoral Commissioner 
                                              may by legislative instrument make 
                                              such rules as he may think 
                                              appropriate for regulating the 
                                              conduct of elections of the 
                                              President, Vice-President and 
                                              members of the National House of 
                                              Chiefs.</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 2&#8212;Functions and Committees 
                                              of National House of Chiefs.
                                              </span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The National House of Chiefs 
                                              shall have the functions conferred 
                                              on it by article 154 of the 
                                              Constitution and also such other 
                                              functions as are conferred on it 
                                              by this Act or as may be conferred 
                                              on it from time to time by any 
                                              other enactment.</span></p>
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                                              (2) Subject to the provisions of 
                                              this Act, the National House of 
                                              Chiefs may appoint such committees 
                                              comprising such persons as it may 
                                              determine to assist it in the 
                                              discharge of its functions and 
                                              subject as aforesaid may delegate 
                                              to any such committee such of its 
                                              functions as it may think fit.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Standing Orders made under 
                                              section 4 of this Act may regulate 
                                              the composition, tenure of office 
                                              and procedure of such committees 
                                              and may also make such other 
                                              provision in relation to such 
                                              committees as may appear to the 
                                              National House of Chiefs to be 
                                              expedient.</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 3&#8212;Matters for 
                                              Consideration and Advice.</span></b></p>
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                                              The National House of Chiefs shall 
                                              be responsible for advising any 
                                              person or authority charged by the 
                                              Constitution or any other 
                                              enactment with any responsibility 
                                              for any matter relating to 
                                              chieftaincy.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 4&#8212;Standing Orders of the 
                                              National House of Chiefs.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The National House of Chiefs may 
                                              make Standing Orders for the 
                                              regulation and orderly conduct of 
                                              its business.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 5&#8212;Meetings of the National 
                                              House of Chiefs.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The National House of Chiefs 
                                              shall meet for the dispatch of its 
                                              business at such place and time as 
                                              that House may determine but shall 
                                              meet not less than twice in any 
                                              year.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Registrar of the National 
                                              House of Chiefs shall also call a 
                                              special meeting of the House upon 
                                              a request made in writing in that 
                                              behalf and signed by the President 
                                              of that House or not less than 
                                              one-half of the total number of 
                                              members of the House.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) No business except that of 
                                              adjournment shall be transacted at 
                                              any meeting of the National House 
                                              of Chiefs at which there are 
                                              present less than one-half of the 
                                              total number of members of the 
                                              House.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) The President of the National 
                                              House of Chiefs shall, if present 
                                              at any meeting of the House, 
                                              preside at that meeting and in his 
                                              absence the Vice-President shall 
                                              preside and in the absence of the 
                                              Vice-President a member of the 
                                              House elected by the members 
                                              present from among their number 
                                              shall preside at that meeting.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) Any question arising for 
                                              decision by the National House of 
                                              Chiefs shall be determined by the 
                                              votes of the majority of the 
                                              members present and voting, and in 
                                              the event of an equality of votes 
                                              the President or other person 
                                              presiding at that meeting shall 
                                              have a second or casting vote:</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Provided that standing orders of 
                                              the National House of Chiefs may 
                                              provide for the participation in 
                                              the proceedings of the said House 
                                              by a member through a 
                                              representative and the casting of 
                                              votes by proxy or by any other 
                                              means of representation permitted 
                                              by customary law.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (6) The validity of the 
                                              proceedings at any meeting of the 
                                              National House of Chiefs shall not 
                                              be affected by any vacancy in the 
                                              office of the President or 
                                              Vice-President or in the 
                                              membership of that House or by any 
                                              defect in the appointment or 
                                              election of any person holding 
                                              such office.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART II&#8212;REGIONAL HOUSES OF CHIEFS</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 6&#8212;Regional Houses of 
                                              Chiefs.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) There is hereby established 
                                              for each Region of Ghana a 
                                              Regional House of Chiefs.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Each Regional House of Chiefs 
                                              shall consist of such members as 
                                              may be specified in relation 
                                              thereto by legislative instrument 
                                              made by the President acting in 
                                              consultation with the Prime 
                                              Minister.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) There shall be a President of 
                                              each Regional House of Chiefs who 
                                              shall,</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) be the Head of that House,</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) in the case of the Ashanti 
                                              Regional House of Chiefs, be the 
                                              Asantehene, and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) in the case of any other 
                                              Regional House of Chiefs, be a 
                                              chief elected in the manner 
                                              specified by an instrument made 
                                              under subsection (2) of this 
                                              section.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) There shall also be a 
                                              Vice-President of each such House 
                                              who shall be a chief elected by 
                                              the members of that House from 
                                              their number and shall act as Head 
                                              of that House in the absence of 
                                              the President and shall perform 
                                              the functions of the President in 
                                              the absence of the President.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) A President other than the 
                                              President of the Ashanti Regional 
                                              House of Chiefs and a 
                                              Vice-President shall hold office 
                                              for three years and shall be 
                                              eligible for re-election so 
                                              however that no person shall be 
                                              eligible for election as President 
                                              for more than two terms in 
                                              succession.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (6) Where the seat of a member of 
                                              a Regional House of Chiefs becomes 
                                              vacant and his successor is 
                                              required by an instrument made 
                                              under subsection (2) of this 
                                              section to be drawn from a 
                                              specified group of Chiefs&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) the Registrar of the said 
                                              House shall notify the Electoral 
                                              Commissioner in writing of the 
                                              occurrence of the vacancy within 
                                              fourteen days of such occurrence;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) a meeting of the group shall 
                                              be convened by the Electoral 
                                              Commissioner by a notice published 
                                              in the Local Government Bulletin;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) subject to the following 
                                              subsection, the meeting shall 
                                              proceed to the election of a new 
                                              member, who shall be taken to be 
                                              elected if he secures a simple 
                                              majority of the votes cast;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) the Electoral Commissioner 
                                              shall cause to be published in the 
                                              Local Government Bulletin notice 
                                              of the result of the election 
                                              which notice shall be signed by 
                                              him or any public officer 
                                              authorised by him in writing.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (7) An election shall not be held 
                                              under subsection (6) of this 
                                              section if less than one-half of 
                                              the chiefs in the group are 
                                              present and where&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) an insufficient number of 
                                              chiefs is present, or</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) no chief obtains a majority of 
                                              votes cast,</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              the new member shall be nominated 
                                              by the Regional House of Chiefs 
                                              from among the chiefs in the group 
                                              to which the election relates.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (8) A new member elected or 
                                              nominated under subsection (6) or 
                                              (7) of this section shall hold 
                                              office for two years and shall 
                                              then vacate his seat and any such 
                                              member vacating his seat shall be 
                                              eligible to fill the vacancy.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 7&#8212;Election of President of 
                                              Regional House of Chiefs.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Where the office of the President 
                                              of a Regional House of Chiefs 
                                              becomes vacant and his successor 
                                              is required by an instrument made 
                                              under subsection (2) of section 6 
                                              of this Act to be elected from 
                                              among the members or a specified 
                                              group of members&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) the Registrar of the Regional 
                                              House of Chiefs shall notify the 
                                              Electoral Commissioner in writing 
                                              of the occurrence of the vacancy 
                                              within fourteen days after the 
                                              said occurrence,</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) a meeting of the Regional 
                                              House of Chiefs shall be convened 
                                              by the Electoral Commissioner by 
                                              notice published in the Local 
                                              Government Bulletin,</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) subject to subsection (3) of 
                                              section 11 of this Act the meeting 
                                              shall proceed to the election 
                                              under the supervision of the 
                                              Electoral Commissioner or any 
                                              public officer authorised by him 
                                              in writing, by secret ballot of 
                                              the President, who shall be taken 
                                              to be elected if he secures a 
                                              simple majority of the votes cast,</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) the Electoral Commissioner 
                                              shall publish the result of the 
                                              election in the Local Government 
                                              Bulletin giving the total number 
                                              of votes cast and the number cast 
                                              in favour of the successful 
                                              candidate.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 8&#8212;Existing Regional Houses 
                                              of Chiefs to Continue.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Regional Houses of Chiefs 
                                              in existence immediately before 
                                              the commencement of this Act shall 
                                              be deemed to be the Regional 
                                              Houses of Chiefs for the purposes 
                                              of this Act.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Until an instrument is made 
                                              under subsection (2) of section 6 
                                              of this Act prescribing the 
                                              membership of any Regional House 
                                              of Chiefs, the membership of that 
                                              House shall be as it was 
                                              immediately before the 
                                              commencement of this Act.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Any person holding the office 
                                              of Head or Deputy Head (howsoever 
                                              called) or member of any such 
                                              House of Chiefs immediately before 
                                              the commencement of this Act, 
                                              shall continue to hold such office 
                                              subject to the provisions of this 
                                              Act so however that any such 
                                              person holding office as Head or 
                                              Deputy Head shall after the 
                                              commencement of this Act be 
                                              referred to as the President or 
                                              Vice-President respectively of 
                                              that House.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) Where a person to whom 
                                              subsection (3) of this section 
                                              applies is required by this Act to 
                                              be elected he shall be deemed to 
                                              have been duly elected with effect 
                                              from the commencement of this Act.
                                              </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 9&#8212;Functions and Committees 
                                              of Regional Houses of Chiefs.
                                              </span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The authority of a Regional 
                                              House of Chiefs shall apply within 
                                              its Region.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Each Regional House of Chiefs 
                                              shall have in relation to its 
                                              Region the functions conferred on 
                                              it by article 155 of the 
                                              Constitution and also such other 
                                              functions as are conferred on it 
                                              by this Act or as may be conferred 
                                              on it from time to time by any 
                                              other enactment.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) If any matter is referred to 
                                              it by the National Assembly or the 
                                              Minister or any authority charged 
                                              by any enactment with 
                                              responsibility for any matter 
                                              relating to chieftaincy a Regional 
                                              House of Chiefs shall give 
                                              consideration to the matter and 
                                              report on it as may be required.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) Subject to the provisions of 
                                              this Act a Regional House of 
                                              Chiefs may appoint such committees 
                                              comprising such persons as it may 
                                              determine to assist it in the 
                                              discharge of its functions, and 
                                              subject as aforesaid may delegate 
                                              to any such committee such of its 
                                              functions as it may think fit.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) Standing Orders made under 
                                              section 10 of this Act may 
                                              regulate the composition, tenure 
                                              of office and procedure of such 
                                              committees and may also make such 
                                              other provision in relation to 
                                              such committees as may appear to 
                                              the House of Chiefs making the 
                                              Standing Orders to be expedient.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 10&#8212;Regional House of 
                                              Chiefs to Make Standing Orders.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Each Regional House of Chiefs may 
                                              make Standing Orders for the 
                                              regulation and orderly conduct of 
                                              its business.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 11&#8212;Meetings of Regional 
                                              Houses of Chiefs.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Each Regional House of Chiefs 
                                              shall meet for the dispatch of its 
                                              business at such place and time as 
                                              that House may determine but shall 
                                              meet not less than twice in any 
                                              year.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Registrar of each Regional 
                                              House of Chiefs shall also call a 
                                              special meeting of the House upon 
                                              a request made in that behalf and 
                                              signed by the President of that 
                                              House or not less than one-half of 
                                              the total number of members of 
                                              that House.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) No business except that of 
                                              adjournment shall be transacted at 
                                              any meeting of a Regional House of 
                                              Chiefs at which there are present 
                                              less than one-half of the total 
                                              number of members of that House.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) The President of each Regional 
                                              House of Chiefs shall, if present 
                                              at any meeting of the House, 
                                              preside at that meeting and in his 
                                              absence the Vice-President or in 
                                              the absence of the Vice-President 
                                              a member of the House elected by 
                                              the members present from among 
                                              their number shall preside at that 
                                              meeting.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) Any question arising for 
                                              decision by any Regional House of 
                                              Chiefs shall be determined by the 
                                              votes of the majority of persons 
                                              present and voting and in the 
                                              event of an equality of votes the 
                                              President or other person 
                                              presiding at that meeting shall 
                                              have a second or casting vote:</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Provided that Standing Orders of 
                                              the Regional House of Chiefs may 
                                              provide for participation in the 
                                              proceedings of the said House by a 
                                              member through a representative 
                                              and the casting of votes by proxy 
                                              or by any other means of 
                                              representation permitted by 
                                              customary law.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (6) The validity of the 
                                              proceedings at any meeting of a 
                                              Regional House of Chiefs shall not 
                                              be affected by any vacancy in the 
                                              office of President or 
                                              Vice-President of or in the 
                                              membership of the House or by any 
                                              defect in the appointment or 
                                              election of any person holding 
                                              such office.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 12&#8212;Traditional Councils.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) There shall be a Traditional 
                                              Council for each traditional area 
                                              and the Traditional Councils in 
                                              existence immediately before the 
                                              commencement of this Act shall 
                                              continue in existence for the 
                                              traditional areas in respect of 
                                              which they existed immediately 
                                              before the said commencement.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The name of every Traditional 
                                              Council shall be shown in the 
                                              National Register of Chiefs 
                                              maintained under section 50 of 
                                              this Act.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 13&#8212;President of Council.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Except in the case of a joint 
                                              Council, the Paramount Chief of a 
                                              traditional area or, in the case 
                                              of the Kumasi traditional area, 
                                              the Asantehene shall be the 
                                              President of the Traditional 
                                              Council.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) In the case of a joint 
                                              Council, the President shall be 
                                              such of the Paramount Chiefs 
                                              exercising jurisdiction in the 
                                              traditional area in question as 
                                              the Minister may acting on the 
                                              advice of the National House of 
                                              Chiefs by notice published in the 
                                              Local Government Bulletin direct.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 14&#8212;Membership.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Subject to the provisions of 
                                              this section, a Traditional 
                                              Council shall consist, in addition 
                                              to the President, of the persons 
                                              shown in the National Register of 
                                              Chiefs as the members thereof.
                                              </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Subject to subsection (4) of 
                                              this section, the membership of a 
                                              Traditional Council in the first 
                                              instance shall be the same as the 
                                              membership of that Council 
                                              immediately before the 
                                              commencement of this Act.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) As soon as practicable after 
                                              any change occurs in the 
                                              membership of a Traditional 
                                              Council the Council shall notify 
                                              the Regional House of Chiefs 
                                              thereof which shall in turn notify 
                                              the National House of Chiefs and, 
                                              subject to the following 
                                              subsection, the National House of 
                                              Chiefs shall cause the said 
                                              Register to be altered 
                                              accordingly.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) If the National House of 
                                              Chiefs is satisfied after 
                                              consultation with the appropriate 
                                              Regional House of Chiefs that any 
                                              person should, or that any person 
                                              should not, be a member of a 
                                              Traditional Council, the National 
                                              House of Chiefs may amend the 
                                              Register accordingly.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 15&#8212;Jurisdiction in 
                                              Chieftaincy Disputes.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Subject to the provisions of 
                                              this Act and to any appeal 
                                              therefrom, a Traditional Council 
                                              shall have exclusive jurisdiction 
                                              to hear and determine any cause or 
                                              matter affecting chieftaincy which 
                                              arises within its area, not being 
                                              one to which the Asantehene or a 
                                              Paramount Chief is a party.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The jurisdiction conferred by 
                                              this section shall be exercised in 
                                              accordance with Part V of this 
                                              Act.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 16&#8212;Meetings.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Meetings of a Traditional 
                                              Council shall be held at such 
                                              times and places as the President 
                                              of the Council may appoint, or in 
                                              his absence, inability, or refusal 
                                              to act, as may be demanded by not 
                                              less than one-half of the members 
                                              of the Traditional Council.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Where the President is from 
                                              any cause unable to attend a 
                                              meeting the Chief next in 
                                              seniority on the Council shall 
                                              preside over the meeting.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) No business except that of 
                                              adjournment shall be transacted if 
                                              less than one-half of the total 
                                              number of members are present.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 17&#8212;Duty of Persons to 
                                              Assist Traditional Councils.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) It shall be the duty of every 
                                              person who, under customary law, 
                                              is required to perform any 
                                              specific duty when so required by 
                                              the appropriate Traditional 
                                              Council, to assist in carrying out 
                                              the functions imposed upon the 
                                              Council at customary law.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) A person who fails without 
                                              reasonable excuse to comply with a 
                                              requirement under the preceding 
                                              subsection shall be guilty of an 
                                              offence and liable to a fine not 
                                              exceeding N¢100.00. </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART IV&#8212;DIVISIONAL COUNCILS</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 18&#8212;Division.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">A 
                                              division is any area which is 
                                              specified in the National Register 
                                              of Chiefs as a division.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 19&#8212;Divisional Councils.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Where a division falls within 
                                              a traditional area the Traditional 
                                              Council concerned may create in 
                                              respect of that division a 
                                              Divisional Council which shall 
                                              comprise such members as that 
                                              Traditional Council may determine.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Where a Division does not fall 
                                              within a traditional area the 
                                              Regional House of Chiefs of the 
                                              Region in which the division falls 
                                              may create a Divisional Council in 
                                              respect of that division, 
                                              comprising such members as the 
                                              Regional House of Chiefs may 
                                              determine.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 20&#8212;Meetings.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) There shall be a President of 
                                              a Divisional Council who shall be 
                                              such person as may&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) in the case of a Divisional 
                                              Council created under subsection 
                                              (1) of section 19, be determined 
                                              by the Traditional Council 
                                              concerned, or </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) in the case of a Council 
                                              created under subsection (2) of 
                                              section 19, be determined by the 
                                              Regional House of Chiefs 
                                              concerned.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Meetings of Divisional Council 
                                              shall be held at such times and 
                                              places as the President may 
                                              appoint or as may be demanded by 
                                              not less than one-half of the 
                                              members of the Council.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Where the President is from 
                                              any cause unable to attend a 
                                              meeting a member of the Council 
                                              elected by the members present 
                                              from among their number shall 
                                              preside at that meeting.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) No business except that of 
                                              adjournment shall be transacted if 
                                              less than one-half of the total 
                                              number of members are present.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 21&#8212;Functions of Divisional 
                                              Councils.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Minister may, acting in 
                                              accordance with the advice of the 
                                              Traditional Council concerned or 
                                              where there is no Traditional 
                                              Council for the area, acting in 
                                              accordance with the advice of the 
                                              National House of Chiefs assign 
                                              functions to a Divisional Council 
                                              including functions with respect 
                                              to any cause or matter affecting 
                                              chieftaincy.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Where the function of hearing 
                                              and determining any cause or 
                                              matter affecting chieftaincy has 
                                              been conferred on a Divisional 
                                              Council under subsection (1) of 
                                              this section, the provisions of 
                                              this Act relating to the exercise 
                                              by a Traditional Council of that 
                                              function shall, with the necessary 
                                              modifications, apply to the 
                                              Divisional Council as they apply 
                                              to a Traditional Council.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART V&#8212;PROCEEDINGS AFFECTING 
                                              CHIEFTAINCY</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 22&#8212;Judicial Functions of 
                                              National House of Chiefs. Article 
                                              154 (3) (a) of Constitution.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The National House of Chiefs 
                                              shall have appellate jurisdiction 
                                              in any matter relating to 
                                              chieftaincy which has been 
                                              determined by the House of Chiefs 
                                              in a Region from which appellate 
                                              jurisdiction there shall be an 
                                              appeal with the leave of the 
                                              Supreme Court or the National 
                                              House of Chiefs to the Supreme 
                                              Court.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Any person aggrieved by any 
                                              judgment or order of a Regional 
                                              House of Chiefs in the exercise of 
                                              its original or appellate 
                                              jurisdiction may appeal to the 
                                              National House of Chiefs as of 
                                              right, against such judgment or 
                                              order.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The appellate jurisdiction 
                                              conferred on the National House of 
                                              Chiefs shall be exercised by a 
                                              judicial committee of that House 
                                              comprising five persons appointed 
                                              by that House.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) A judicial committee shall be 
                                              assisted by counsel who shall&nbsp; be 
                                              a lawyer of not less than seven 
                                              years' standing as a lawyer 
                                              appointed by the National House of 
                                              Chiefs on the recommendation&nbsp; of 
                                              the Attorney-General.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) An appeal to the National 
                                              House of Chiefs against a judgment 
                                              or order of a Regional House of 
                                              Chiefs shall be lodged within 
                                              thirty days after the decision 
                                              appealed against:</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Provided that the Regional House 
                                              of Chiefs or the National House of 
                                              Chiefs may if it appears to it 
                                              just so to do extend such period 
                                              for a further period expiring not 
                                              later than two months from the 
                                              date of the decision appealed 
                                              against.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (6) Upon any such appeal the 
                                              National House of Chiefs may, 
                                              subject to the provisions of this 
                                              section, confirm, reverse or vary 
                                              the decision appealed against, or 
                                              remit the matter or any part 
                                              thereof for reconsideration by the 
                                              Regional House of Chiefs from 
                                              whose decision the appeal is 
                                              brought and in each case subject 
                                              to such&nbsp; conditions or directions 
                                              as the National House of Chiefs 
                                              may consider fit.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 23&#8212;Original and Appellate 
                                              Jurisdiction of Regional House of 
                                              Chiefs. Article 155(1).</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Each Regional House of Chiefs 
                                              shall have the following original 
                                              and appellate jurisdiction:&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) original jurisdiction in all 
                                              matters relating to a paramount 
                                              stool or the occupant of a 
                                              paramount stool, and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) appellate jurisdiction to hear 
                                              and determine subject to the 
                                              provisions of clause (3) of 
                                              article 105 of the Constitution 
                                              appeals from the highest 
                                              Traditional Councils within the 
                                              area of authority of the 
                                              Traditional Authority within which 
                                              they are established, in respect 
                                              of the nomination, election, 
                                              appointment, installation or 
                                              deposition of any person as a 
                                              Chief.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Each such House of Chiefs 
                                              shall also have jurisdiction to 
                                              hear and determine appeals against 
                                              any judgment or order given or 
                                              made by any Traditional Council in 
                                              any other cause or matter 
                                              affecting chieftaincy.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Any person aggrieved by any 
                                              judgment or order made by a 
                                              Traditional Council in any cause 
                                              or matter affecting chieftaincy 
                                              may appeal to the House of Chiefs 
                                              of the Region as of right against 
                                              the judgment or order.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) The original and appellate 
                                              jurisdiction conferred on each 
                                              Regional House of Chiefs shall be 
                                              exercised by a judicial committee 
                                              of that House comprising three 
                                              persons appointed by that House.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) A judicial committee appointed 
                                              under this section shall be 
                                              assisted by Counsel who shall be a 
                                              lawyer of not less than five 
                                              years' standing as a lawyer 
                                              appointed by the Regional House of 
                                              Chiefs on the recommendation of 
                                              the Attorney-General.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (6) Any appeal to a Regional House 
                                              of Chiefs against a judgment or 
                                              order of a Traditional Council 
                                              shall be lodged within thirty days 
                                              after the judgment or order 
                                              appealed against unless the 
                                              Regional House of Chiefs upon 
                                              application made to it within 
                                              thirty days after the expiration 
                                              of the period within hich an 
                                              appeal may be lodged under this 
                                              subsection, grants an extension of 
                                              time within which to lodge an 
                                              appeal.[As substituted by the 
                                              Chieftaincy (Amendment) Decree, 
                                              1973 (NRCD 166), s.1].</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (7) Upon any such appeal a 
                                              Regional House of Chiefs may, 
                                              subject to the provisions of this 
                                              section confirm, reverse or vary 
                                              the decision appealed against or 
                                              remit the matter or any part 
                                              thereof for reconsideration to the 
                                              Traditional Council from which the 
                                              appeal is brought and in each case 
                                              subject to such conditions or 
                                              directions as the Regional House 
                                              of Chiefs may consider fit.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 24&#8212;Evidence, Etc. Before 
                                              Judicial Committees.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) A judicial committee may 
                                              receive in evidence any matter 
                                              (including hearsay) which tends to 
                                              prove or disprove any fact 
                                              relevant to the subject matter 
                                              before the committee.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Any such committee may in 
                                              connection with any such matter do 
                                              all or any of the following acts 
                                              as may be done by the High Court 
                                              in proceedings before the High 
                                              Court:&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) make presumptions of law or 
                                              fact,</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) take cognisance of matters 
                                              which are so notorious or clearly 
                                              established that evidence of their 
                                              existence is deemed unnecessary,</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) draw inferences from facts 
                                              already in evidence.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Notwithstanding anything in 
                                              this section a judicial committee 
                                              shall not make any finding of fact 
                                              or draw any inference from any 
                                              fact based solely on hearsay 
                                              evidence.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) Any party to proceedings 
                                              before a judicial committee may 
                                              appear in person or by counsel and 
                                              any other person required or 
                                              entitled to appear may appear 
                                              either in person or with leave of 
                                              the committee by counsel.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) The following provisions of 
                                              this section shall apply for the 
                                              purpose of ascertainment of 
                                              customary law in proceedings 
                                              before a judicial committee.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (6) Any question as to the 
                                              existence or content of a rule of 
                                              customary law is a question of law 
                                              for the committee and not a 
                                              question of fact.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (7) If the committee entertains 
                                              any doubt as to the existence or 
                                              content of a rule of customary law 
                                              relevant in any proceedings after 
                                              considering such submissions 
                                              thereon as may be made by or on 
                                              behalf of the parties and 
                                              consulting such reported cases, 
                                              textbooks and other sources as may 
                                              be appropriate, the committee 
                                              shall adjourn the proceedings to 
                                              enable an enquiry to take place 
                                              under the next subsection.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (8) The inquiry shall be held as 
                                              part of the proceedings in such 
                                              manner as the committee considers 
                                              expedient, and the provisions of 
                                              this Act relating to the 
                                              attendance and testimony of 
                                              witnesses shall apply for the 
                                              purpose of the tendering of 
                                              opinions to the committee at the 
                                              inquiry, but shall apply subject 
                                              to such modifications as may 
                                              appear to the committee to be 
                                              necessary: </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Provided that&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) the decision as to the persons 
                                              who are to be heard at the inquiry 
                                              shall be one for the committee, 
                                              after hearing such submissions 
                                              thereon as may be made by or on 
                                              behalf of the parties;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) the committee may request any 
                                              authority or body possessing 
                                              knowledge of the customary law in 
                                              question to state its opinion 
                                              which may be laid before the 
                                              inquiry in written form.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 25&#8212;Security for Costs, 
                                              Etc. in Proceedings Before 
                                              Judicial Committee.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) A judicial committee may 
                                              require the applicant in 
                                              proceedings before it to give 
                                              security for costs of the 
                                              application.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) In every case determined by a 
                                              judicial committee the costs shall 
                                              be in the discretion of the 
                                              committee.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) For the purposes of the 
                                              recovery of costs, a certificate 
                                              of the committee setting forth the 
                                              particulars may be filed without 
                                              payment of any fee with the High 
                                              Court and when so filed shall be 
                                              accepted by that Court as 
                                              sufficient evidence of the facts 
                                              so certified and costs imposed 
                                              under this section may be taxed as 
                                              if imposed by the High Court.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 26&#8212;General Provisions 
                                              Relating to Judicial Proceedings 
                                              Before Houses&nbsp;&nbsp; of Chiefs.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The National House of Chiefs 
                                              or a Regional House of Chiefs 
                                              shall have in relation to any 
                                              appeal coming before it all the 
                                              powers of the tribunal from which 
                                              the appeal is brought. </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) In the exercise of the 
                                              judicial power of the National 
                                              House of Chiefs and a Regional 
                                              House of Chiefs, each such house 
                                              shall have such powers, rights and 
                                              privileges as are vested in the 
                                              High Court of Justice or a Judge 
                                              thereof at a trial in respect of&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) enforcing the attendance of 
                                              witnesses and examining them on 
                                              oath, affirmation or otherwise,</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) compelling the production of 
                                              documents, and the issue of a 
                                              commission or request to examine 
                                              witnesses abroad.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Subject to the provisions of 
                                              this Act the practice and 
                                              procedure of the National House of 
                                              Chiefs and of a Regional House of 
                                              Chiefs in the exercise of their 
                                              judicial functions shall be 
                                              regulated by rules made in 
                                              consultation with the respective 
                                              House by the Rules of Court 
                                              Committee established by Article 
                                              121 of the Constitution.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) A member of any judicial 
                                              committee appointed under this Act 
                                              or the Counsel thereto shall not 
                                              be liable to any action or suit in 
                                              respect of any matter or thing 
                                              done by him in the performance of 
                                              his functions under this Act.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) Any member of such Committee 
                                              or the Counsel thereto shall in 
                                              relation to the exercise of any 
                                              function under this Act be deemed 
                                              to be a public officer for the 
                                              purposes of the Criminal Code, 
                                              1960 (Act 29). </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (6) A person who does anything in 
                                              relation to the exercise of the 
                                              judicial functions of the National 
                                              House of Chiefs or a Regional 
                                              House of Chiefs which if done in 
                                              relation to the High Court will 
                                              constitute a contempt of that 
                                              court shall be guilty of contempt 
                                              of that House.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (7) Where it appears to a judicial 
                                              committee that any person has 
                                              committed contempt of the House of 
                                              Chiefs by which that committee was 
                                              appointed it shall certify that 
                                              fact to the High Court and the 
                                              High Court shall after inquiring 
                                              into the matter take steps for the 
                                              punishment of the person in 
                                              question if it is satisfied that 
                                              he is guilty of contempt, and 
                                              shall otherwise acquit that 
                                              person.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (8) The functions of any counsel 
                                              appointed to assist any judicial 
                                              committee under section 22 or 23 
                                              of this Act shall be to advise the 
                                              committee on all matters of law, 
                                              including in particular, evidence, 
                                              procedure and interpretation of 
                                              documents and statutes.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 27&#8212;Certain Appeals to 
                                              Operate as Stay of Execution.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              An appeal to the National House of 
                                              Chiefs or a Regional House of 
                                              Chiefs against a final judgment or 
                                              order shall operate as a stay of 
                                              execution of the judgment or order 
                                              appealed against, and any other 
                                              order made consequentially upon it 
                                              unless the appellate tribunal 
                                              otherwise directs.[As substituted 
                                              by Chieftaincy (Amendment) (No.2) 
                                              Decree, 1973 (NRCD 226)]. </span>
                                              </p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 28&#8212;Proceedings Before a 
                                              Traditional Council.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) In the exercise of the 
                                              jurisdiction conferred upon it by 
                                              section 15 of this Act, a 
                                              Traditional Council shall, subject 
                                              to the provisions of this section 
                                              conduct its proceedings according 
                                              to customary law, but for the 
                                              purpose of compelling the 
                                              attendance of parties and 
                                              witnesses and the production of 
                                              documents, a Traditional Council 
                                              shall have the like powers as are 
                                              possessed by a District Court in 
                                              the exercise of its civil 
                                              jurisdiction.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The said jurisdiction shall be 
                                              exercised by a judicial committee 
                                              of the Traditional Council 
                                              comprising three or five persons 
                                              appointed by that Council; and 
                                              accordingly the provisions of this 
                                              Act relating to proceedings and 
                                              functions of a judicial committee 
                                              of a Regional House of Chiefs 
                                              shall, with such modifications as 
                                              may be prescribed by the Minister 
                                              by regulations made under section 
                                              62 of this Act apply to 
                                              proceedings and functions of a 
                                              judicial committee of a 
                                              Traditional Council.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) A Traditional Council may in 
                                              respect of any cause or matter 
                                              affecting chieftaincy determined 
                                              by it make any award of a civil 
                                              nature including any award of 
                                              amends to an injured person.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) Nothing in this section shall 
                                              be deemed to authorise a 
                                              Traditional Council to punish any 
                                              person by imposing a fine or 
                                              awarding a term of imprisonment, 
                                              and, subject to the provisions of 
                                              Part VI of this Act, and except in 
                                              the case of stool property, no 
                                              award shall be made which would 
                                              involve the delivery or disposal 
                                              of property or the payment of 
                                              money exceeding N¢400.00 in value.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) A Traditional Council shall, 
                                              within thirty days after deciding 
                                              any cause or matter affecting 
                                              chieftaincy report its decision to 
                                              the Regional House of Chiefs in 
                                              the Region.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 28A&#8212;Vacancies in Judicial 
                                              Committees.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Except as provided in 
                                              subsection (3) of this section 
                                              where a vacancy occurs in the 
                                              membership of a judicial committee 
                                              of the National House of Chiefs, 
                                              or a Regional House of Chiefs, or 
                                              a Traditional Council, otherwise 
                                              than as a result of the expiration 
                                              of the term of office of its 
                                              members, the appropriate House or 
                                              Council may fill the vacancy.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Where the proceedings of a 
                                              judicial committee have not been 
                                              completed before the filling of a 
                                              vacancy under subsection (1) of 
                                              this section the judicial 
                                              committee as reconstituted after 
                                              the filling of the vacancy shall 
                                              adopt the proceedings of the 
                                              judicial committee as previously 
                                              constituted in the cause or matter 
                                              in question.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Where at the time of the 
                                              expiration of the term of office 
                                              of members of the National House 
                                              of Chiefs or a Regional House of 
                                              Chiefs or a Traditional Council 
                                              under this Act, there is pending 
                                              before the judicial committee of 
                                              the appropriate House or Council 
                                              of which they are members any 
                                              part-heard appeal or any cause or 
                                              matter relating to chieftaincy 
                                              such members shall for the purpose 
                                              of completing the hearing and 
                                              determination of the appeal or 
                                              cause or matter continue to hold 
                                              office for a further period of not 
                                              more than three months after their 
                                              term of office has expired. [As 
                                              inserted by Chieftaincy 
                                              (Amendment) Law, 1982 (PNDCL 25)].</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 29&#8212;Preservation of Stool 
                                              Property Affected by Disputes, 
                                              Etc.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Commissioner responsible 
                                              for chieftaincy matters may in 
                                              consultation with the Traditional 
                                              Council of the area, by executive 
                                              instrument, published in the 
                                              Gazette, order any person to take 
                                              possession of any stool property 
                                              in any of the following 
                                              circumstances:&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) where the stool property is 
                                              affected by pending proceedings in 
                                              respect of a cause or matter 
                                              affecting chieftaincy;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) where the Commissioner is 
                                              satisfied on reasonable grounds 
                                              that there is a pending dispute 
                                              affecting the stool property and 
                                              that it is in the interest of 
                                              public order or it is necessary 
                                              for the preservation of the stool 
                                              property to take possession of the 
                                              stool property;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) where a chief has abdicated or 
                                              has in pursuance of any 
                                              proceedings in respect of any 
                                              cause or matter affecting 
                                              chieftaincy been destooled and he 
                                              has failed to hand over the stool 
                                              property to the person who under 
                                              customary law is entitled to 
                                              recieve such stool property.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Any person who takes 
                                              possession of stool property under 
                                              this section shall, as soon as 
                                              practicable prepare an inventory 
                                              of such stool property and 
                                              transmit a copy of the inventory 
                                              to the said Commissioner together 
                                              with a signed certificate of its 
                                              correctness.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Where the need for the 
                                              retention of any property taken 
                                              possession of under this section 
                                              has passed, the Commissioner 
                                              shall, order the restoration of 
                                              the property to the stool 
                                              concerned.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) Any person who wilfully 
                                              obstructs a person ordered under 
                                              this section to take possession of 
                                              any stool property or who wilfully 
                                              obstructs the restoration of stool 
                                              property ordered by the 
                                              Commissioner under subsection (3) 
                                              of this section shall be guilty of 
                                              a misdemeanour.[As substituted by 
                                              the Chieftaincy (Amendment) 
                                              Decree, 1973 (NRCD 166), s.2].</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 30&#8212;Enforcement of Judgment 
                                              of Houses of Chiefs or Traditional 
                                              Councils.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Upon an application made by a 
                                              party to any proceedings before a 
                                              judicial committee of a House of 
                                              Chiefs in whose favour a judgment 
                                              or order was made by that 
                                              committee, that committee shall 
                                              forward a copy of the judgment or 
                                              order to the High Court with a 
                                              request for execution and upon the 
                                              payment by the applicant of the 
                                              necessary fees the High Court 
                                              shall take such steps and issue 
                                              such process as may be necessary 
                                              for the purpose of the execution 
                                              of the said judgment or order as 
                                              it would take or issue if it were 
                                              a judgment or order of that court.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Upon an application made by a 
                                              party to the proceedings before a 
                                              judicial committee of a 
                                              Traditional Council in whose 
                                              favour a judgment or order was 
                                              made by the Council, that Council 
                                              shall forward a copy of the 
                                              judgment or order of the Council 
                                              in those proceedings, to the 
                                              Circuit Court having jurisdiction 
                                              in the traditional area in 
                                              question with a request for 
                                              execution.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Upon the payment by the 
                                              applicant of the necessary fees 
                                              the said Circuit Court shall take 
                                              such steps and issue such process 
                                              as may be necessary for the 
                                              purpose of the execution of the 
                                              judgment or order as it would take 
                                              or issue if it were a judgment or 
                                              order of that court.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 31&#8212;Protection of Parties, 
                                              Counsel and Witnesses.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Any party, counsel or witness 
                                              before a judicial committee shall 
                                              enjoy the same protection in 
                                              respect of statements made by him 
                                              in the course of and for the 
                                              purposes of the proceedings of the 
                                              said tribunal as he would have 
                                              enjoyed before the High Court.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Any witness before a judicial 
                                              committee shall have the same 
                                              privileges as he would have had 
                                              before the High Court.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 32&#8212;Obstruction of 
                                              Proceedings, Etc.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Subject to section 31 of this Act, 
                                              any person who in proceedings 
                                              before a judicial committee and 
                                              without lawful excuse (proof of 
                                              which shall be on him)&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) fails when required by the 
                                              said committee to produce or 
                                              deliver up any document, answer 
                                              any question or sign any document, 
                                              or</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) wilfully obstructs the 
                                              proceedings of the said committee 
                                              at any stage thereof,</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              shall be guilty of an offence and 
                                              shall, on summary conviction be 
                                              liable to a fine not exceeding 
                                              N¢200.00 or to a term of 
                                              imprisonment not exceeding twelve 
                                              months or to both.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 33&#8212;Right to bring 
                                              Proceedings for Destoolment.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              No person shall be deemed to be 
                                              entitled by this Act to institute 
                                              proceedings for the destoolment of 
                                              a Chief unless he is entitled to 
                                              do so under customary law.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 34&#8212;Proceedings in 
                                              Chieftaincy Matters to be Recorded 
                                              in Writing.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The proceedings of a National or 
                                              Regional House of Chiefs and a 
                                              Traditional Council in any cause 
                                              or matter affecting chieftaincy 
                                              shall be recorded in writing.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 35&#8212;Applications to Two 
                                              Tribunals.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Where under this Act an 
                                              application is required to be made 
                                              either to one tribunal or another, 
                                              the application shall first be 
                                              made to the lower tribunal but if 
                                              that tribunal refuses the 
                                              application the applicant shall 
                                              then be entitled to have the 
                                              application determined by the 
                                              higher tribunal.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART VI&#8212;STOOL PROPERTY</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 36&#8212;What is Stool Property.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Stool property consists of the 
                                              following&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) the stool itself and all the 
                                              insignia of the stool;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) such other movable property 
                                              and land as was handed over or 
                                              declared as stool property to the 
                                              Chief on his installation;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) any property movable or 
                                              immovable acquired as stool 
                                              property after the installation of 
                                              the Chief.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 37&#8212;Alienation of Stool 
                                              Property Requires Consent of 
                                              Traditional Council.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              In addition to the consent and 
                                              concurrence of the Lands 
                                              Commission required by clause (3) 
                                              of article 164 of the 
                                              Constitution, any transaction 
                                              purporting to alienate or pledge 
                                              any stool property whether movable 
                                              or immovable shall be voidable 
                                              unless made or entered into with 
                                              the consent of the Traditional 
                                              Council concerned.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 38&#8212;Prohibition Upon 
                                              Execution.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              No stool property whether movable 
                                              or immovable shall be seized in 
                                              execution at the suit of any 
                                              person except with the written 
                                              consent of the Minister.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 39&#8212;Recovery of Stool 
                                              Property.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Where a judicial committee makes 
                                              any order for the delivery up of 
                                              stool property any person who 
                                              fails to comply with that order 
                                              shall be guilty of an offence and 
                                              liable on summary conviction to a 
                                              fine not exceeding N¢200.00 or to 
                                              a term of imprisonment not 
                                              exceeding twelve months or to both 
                                              and also to a further fine not 
                                              exceeding N¢10.00 for each day for 
                                              which the offence continues.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART VII&#8212;CUSTOMARY LAW</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 40&#8212;National House of 
                                              Chiefs to Promote the Development 
                                              of Customary Law.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The National House of Chiefs 
                                              shall, subject to clause (2) of 
                                              article 126 of the Constitution, 
                                              undertake the progressive study, 
                                              interpretation and codification of 
                                              customary law with a view to 
                                              evolving, in appropriate cases a 
                                              unified system of rules of 
                                              customary law.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 41&#8212;Functions of 
                                              Traditional Councils Relating to 
                                              Customary Law.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              If a Traditional Council considers 
                                              the customary law which is in 
                                              force within its area to be 
                                              uncertain or considers it 
                                              desirable that it should be 
                                              modified or assimilated by the 
                                              common law the Council shall make 
                                              representations on the matter to 
                                              the House of Chiefs in the region.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 42&#8212;Declaration of 
                                              Customary Law.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) A Regional House of Chiefs 
                                              may, either after receiving 
                                              representations from a Traditional 
                                              Council or on its own initiative, 
                                              and shall if so requested in 
                                              writing by the National House of 
                                              Chiefs draft a declaration of what 
                                              in its opinion is the customary 
                                              law rule relating to any subject 
                                              in force in its region or any part 
                                              thereof.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) A draft prepared under 
                                              subsection (1) of this section 
                                              shall be submitted to the National 
                                              House of Chiefs and if the said 
                                              House after considering it and 
                                              after consultation with the 
                                              Regional House of Chiefs concerned 
                                              is satisfied that the draft either 
                                              as submitted or with such 
                                              modifications as it considers 
                                              necessary is a correct statement 
                                              of the customary rule in question, 
                                              it shall submit a request in 
                                              writing to the President to the 
                                              effect that that statement of the 
                                              customary law rule be given effect 
                                              to in the area in question.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The President may upon 
                                              receiving a request made by the 
                                              National House of Chiefs under 
                                              subsection (2) of this section and 
                                              after consultation with the Chief 
                                              Justice make a legislative 
                                              instrument giving effect to the 
                                              recommendations submitted to him 
                                              by the said House, and providing 
                                              that the rule in question shall 
                                              have effect within the area in 
                                              question in the form set out in 
                                              the instrument.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 43&#8212;Alteration of Customary 
                                              Law.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) A Regional House of Chiefs may 
                                              either after receiving 
                                              representations from a Traditional 
                                              Council or on its own initiative, 
                                              and shall if so requested in 
                                              writing by the National House of 
                                              Chiefs, draft a statement of 
                                              alterations it thinks desirable in 
                                              any customary law rule in force in 
                                              its region or any part thereof.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) A draft prepared under 
                                              subsection (1) of this section 
                                              shall be submitted to the National 
                                              House of Chiefs and if the said 
                                              House is satisfied after 
                                              consultation with the Regional 
                                              House of Chiefs concerned, that 
                                              effect should be given to the 
                                              draft, either as submitted or with 
                                              such modifications as it considers 
                                              necessary, it shall submit a 
                                              request in writing to the 
                                              President to the effect that that 
                                              statement of the rule as modified 
                                              by the draft be given effect in 
                                              the area in question.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The President may, upon 
                                              receiving a request made by the 
                                              National House of Chiefs under 
                                              subsection (2) of this section and 
                                              after consultation with the Chief 
                                              Justice make a legislative 
                                              instrument giving effect to the 
                                              recommendations submitted to him 
                                              by the said House under the said 
                                              subsection (2) and providing that 
                                              the rule shall have effect within 
                                              the area in question in the form 
                                              set out therein.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 44&#8212;Regional House of 
                                              Chiefs Affected by Same Rule of 
                                              Customary Law.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Where a question affecting the 
                                              customary law is common to more 
                                              than one Regional House of Chiefs 
                                              there shall be a joint committee 
                                              of the Houses of Chiefs affected 
                                              to consider that question.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The joint committee mentioned 
                                              in subsection (1) of this section 
                                              shall be made up of a committee of 
                                              each House set up for the purpose.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The joint committee under this 
                                              section shall have the same 
                                              authority as if the question 
                                              before it were before a Regional 
                                              House of Chiefs, and the 
                                              provisions of this Part shall 
                                              apply accordingly. </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 45&#8212;Assimilation of 
                                              Customary Law.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The National House of Chiefs 
                                              may on its own initiative and 
                                              shall, upon request so to do, made 
                                              to it in writing by the President 
                                              or by a joint committee referred 
                                              to in section 44 of this Act 
                                              comprising representatives of all 
                                              the Regional Houses of Chiefs, 
                                              consider whether a rule of 
                                              customary law should be 
                                              assimilated by the common law.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) If after considering such 
                                              evidence and representations as 
                                              may be submitted to it and 
                                              carrying out such investigations 
                                              as it may think fit the National 
                                              House of Chiefs is of the opinion 
                                              that the rule should be 
                                              assimilated by the common law, it 
                                              shall draft a declaration 
                                              describing the rule, with such 
                                              modifications as it may consider 
                                              desirable.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) A draft prepared under 
                                              subsection (2) of this section 
                                              shall be submitted to the 
                                              President who may after 
                                              consultation with the Chief 
                                              Justice make a legislative 
                                              instrument giving effect to the 
                                              recommendations of the National 
                                              House of Chiefs and declaring the 
                                              rule to be assimilated in the form 
                                              specified in the instrument.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 46&#8212;Effect of Assimilation.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Where a rule is declared to be 
                                              assimilated under subsection (3) 
                                              of section 45 of this Act, it may 
                                              be referred to as a common law 
                                              rule of customary origin.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) A common law rule of customary 
                                              origin shall apply to every issue 
                                              within its scope whether or not 
                                              that issue would if assimilation 
                                              had not taken place, have been 
                                              determined according to the common 
                                              law or any system of customary 
                                              law.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Where an issue falls to be 
                                              determined by a combination of two 
                                              or more rules, nothing in this 
                                              Part shall prevent any rule of 
                                              common law or customary law which 
                                              is not within the scope of a 
                                              relevant common law rule of 
                                              customary origin from being 
                                              applied, in accordance with 
                                              paragraph 64 of the Courts Decree, 
                                              1966 (N.L.C.D. 84) in combination 
                                              with the said rule of customary 
                                              origin.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) Subject to the provisions of 
                                              this Part, in applying a common 
                                              law rule of customary origin the 
                                              court may have regard to such 
                                              textbooks and other sources 
                                              indicating the content of the rule 
                                              as would be available if it had 
                                              not been assimilated, and shall 
                                              treat the rule in the same way as 
                                              any other common law rule.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) Nothing in this section shall 
                                              be taken to modify the provisions 
                                              of sections 17 and 18 of the 
                                              Interpretation Act, 1960 (C.A. 4) 
                                              (which explain the meaning of the 
                                              expression &quot;the common law&quot; and 
                                              &quot;customary law&quot;).</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 47&#8212;Power to Include 
                                              Transitional Provisions.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">A 
                                              legislative instrument made under 
                                              this Part of this Act may contain 
                                              such transitional provisions as 
                                              the President acting on the advice 
                                              of the National House of Chiefs 
                                              and in consultation with the Chief 
                                              Justice may consider necessary in 
                                              relation to cases pending at the 
                                              date when the instrument is made 
                                              or otherwise. </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART VIII&#8212;CHIEFS</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 48&#8212;Who is a Chief. </span>
                                              </b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) A Chief is an individual who 
                                              has, in accordance with customary 
                                              law, been nominated, elected and 
                                              installed as a Chief or as the 
                                              case may be appointed and 
                                              installed as such and whose name 
                                              for the time being appears as a 
                                              Chief on the National Register of 
                                              Chiefs:</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Provided that no person shall be 
                                              deemed to be a Chief for the 
                                              purposes of the exercise by him of 
                                              any function under this Act or 
                                              under any other enactment, unless 
                                              he has been recognised as such by 
                                              the Minister by notice published 
                                              in the Local Government Bulletin.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Subject to the foregoing 
                                              subsection (1) the name of any 
                                              person who has been installed as a 
                                              Chief shall be entered by the 
                                              National House of Chiefs in the 
                                              National Register of Chiefs not 
                                              later than one month from the date 
                                              of the receipt of the notification 
                                              of such installation.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) No person shall be granted 
                                              recognition as a chief under this 
                                              section if he has been convicted 
                                              of an offence involving fraud, 
                                              dishonesty or moral turpitude. [As 
                                              inserted by Chieftaincy 
                                              (Amendment) Law, 1993 (PNDCL 307) 
                                              s. 1].</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) For the avoidance of doubt, a 
                                              withdrawal of recognition made in 
                                              respect of any chief who has been 
                                              found to have been convicted of an 
                                              offence involving fraud, 
                                              dishonesty or moral turpitude by 
                                              the Provisional National Defence 
                                              Council, shall be deemed to have 
                                              been made in compliance with 
                                              subsection (3) of this section. 
                                              [As inserted by Chieftancy 
                                              (Amendment) Law, 1993 (PNDCL 307) 
                                              s. 1].</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 49&#8212;Categories of Chiefs.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The following are the categories 
                                              of Chiefs&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) the Asantehene and Paramount 
                                              Chiefs;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) Divisional Chiefs;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) Sub-divisional Chiefs;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) Adikrofo; and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (e) such other Chiefs not falling 
                                              within any of the preceding 
                                              categories as are recognised by 
                                              the Regional House of Chiefs.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 50&#8212;National Register of 
                                              Chiefs.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The National House of Chiefs 
                                              shall maintain a register to be 
                                              known as &quot;the National Register of 
                                              Chiefs&quot;, in this Part referred to 
                                              as &quot;the Register&quot;.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The National House of Chiefs 
                                              shall cause to be recorded on the 
                                              Register such particulars relating 
                                              to chieftaincy as it may think fit 
                                              or as may be required by this Act 
                                              or any other enactment to be 
                                              recorded thereon.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The Minister or any person 
                                              authorised by him in writing may 
                                              request to be supplied with a copy 
                                              of the Register or an extract 
                                              thereof and upon such request the 
                                              National House of Chiefs shall 
                                              cause to be supplied accordingly a 
                                              copy of the Register or an extract 
                                              thereof, in each case duly 
                                              certified to be true by the 
                                              Registrar or a public officer 
                                              authorised in writing by him.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) The Minister may also request 
                                              such other information in 
                                              connection with the maintenance of 
                                              the Register as may be necessary 
                                              for the due administration of this 
                                              Act and the National House of 
                                              Chiefs shall comply with such 
                                              request.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) The Minister or any public 
                                              officer authorised by him in 
                                              writing may at any reasonable 
                                              time, enter the premises where the 
                                              Register is kept and take extracts 
                                              thereof.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (6) Any other person shall, upon 
                                              the payment of the fee prescribed 
                                              in that behalf by regulations made 
                                              under section 62 of this Act, be 
                                              entitled&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) at any reasonable time, to 
                                              enter the premises where the 
                                              Register is kept and inspect the 
                                              Register,</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) to have supplied to him an 
                                              extract of the contents of the 
                                              Register or any part thereof duly 
                                              certified by the Registrar or by 
                                              any public officer authorised by 
                                              him in writing to be true.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (7)&nbsp; Any person aggrieved by the 
                                              refusal by the National House of 
                                              Chiefs to register him as a Chief 
                                              may within thirty days after the 
                                              decision appeal against the 
                                              decision to the Supreme Court.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (8)&nbsp; The contents of the Register 
                                              shall be prima facie evidence of 
                                              the existence of any facts or 
                                              particulars stated therein.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (9) In any legal proceedings the 
                                              contents of the Register or any 
                                              part thereof may be proved by a 
                                              copy thereof duly certified under 
                                              the hand of the Registrar to the 
                                              National House of Chiefs or any 
                                              public officer authorised by him 
                                              in writing to be a true copy of 
                                              the contents or of that part.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 51&#8212;Enstoolments, 
                                              Destoolments, Etc. of Chiefs to be 
                                              Reported to Minister.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) All enstoolments, destoolments, 
                                              abdications and deaths of Chiefs 
                                              in any Region as well as all such 
                                              other changes in the status of 
                                              Chiefs as may be prescribed by 
                                              regulations made under section 62 
                                              of this Act shall as soon as 
                                              practicable after their 
                                              occurrence, be reported in writing 
                                              to the Minister by the Regional 
                                              House of Chiefs of the Region 
                                              through the National House of 
                                              Chiefs.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Subject to section 48 of this 
                                              Act, the Minister shall upon 
                                              receipt of any such report cause 
                                              its contents to be published in 
                                              the Local Government Bulletin for 
                                              the information of the general 
                                              public.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 52&#8212;Prohibition of Persons 
                                              Purporting to Act as Chief.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) If it appears to him to be 
                                              necessary so to do in the 
                                              interests of public order the 
                                              Minister may by executive 
                                              instrument&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) prohibit any person who is not 
                                              a Chief (whether or not he was 
                                              formerly, a Chief) from purporting 
                                              to exercise any of the functions 
                                              of a Chief,</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) require that no person shall 
                                              treat as a Chief a person subject 
                                              to such prohibition.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Minister may also in the 
                                              interests of public order direct 
                                              in writing any person described in 
                                              subsection (1) (a) of this section 
                                              to reside outside or not to enter 
                                              or remain in an area specified by 
                                              the Minister being an area which 
                                              is or includes any place in 
                                              relation to which that person 
                                              wrongfully claims to be a Chief or 
                                              in relation to which any other 
                                              person wrongfully treats him as a 
                                              Chief:</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Provided that any direction given 
                                              under this subsection shall be 
                                              reviewed by the Minister at 
                                              monthly intervals and unless 
                                              renewed shall cease to have effect 
                                              after three months.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Any person who without lawful 
                                              excuse (proof of which shall be on 
                                              him) fails to comply with an 
                                              executive instrument or direction 
                                              made or given under this section 
                                              shall be guilty of an offence and 
                                              shall be liable on summary 
                                              conviction to a fine not exceeding 
                                              N¢400.00 or to a term of 
                                              imprisonment not exceeding twelve 
                                              months or to both.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 53&#8212;Certain Offences in 
                                              Connection with Chiefs.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Any person who&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) knowingly uses disrespectful 
                                              or insulting language or offers 
                                              any insult whether by word or 
                                              conduct to a Chief, or </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) being a person in possession 
                                              of stool property fails upon being 
                                              requested so to do and without 
                                              reasonable excuse (proof of which 
                                              shall be on him) to surrender the 
                                              said property to the person who 
                                              for the time being is entitled to 
                                              possession thereof according to 
                                              customary law,</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              shall be guilty of an offence and 
                                              shall, upon summary conviction be 
                                              liable to a fine not exceeding 
                                              N¢100.00 or to a term of 
                                              imprisonment not exceeding six 
                                              months or to both; and in the case 
                                              of a continuing offence to a 
                                              further fine not exceeding N¢5.00 
                                              for each day on which the offence 
                                              continues.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART IX&#8212;MISCELLANEOUS</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Staff</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 54&#8212;Staff of Houses of 
                                              Chiefs.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The National House of Chiefs, 
                                              and each Regional House of Chiefs 
                                              shall have a Registrar to that 
                                              House as well as such other staff 
                                              as the President acting on the 
                                              advice of the Public Services 
                                              Commission may determine.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Subject to articles 120 and 
                                              122 of the Constitution, the 
                                              members of the staff of the 
                                              National House of Chiefs and of 
                                              each Regional House of Chiefs 
                                              shall hold office upon such terms 
                                              and conditions as the President 
                                              after consultation with the Public 
                                              Services Commission may determine.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) All appointments to and 
                                              changes in the appointments to the 
                                              office of Registrar to the 
                                              National House of Chiefs and each 
                                              Regional House of Chiefs, shall be 
                                              published in the Local Government 
                                              Bulletin and the same shall, if 
                                              the National House of Chiefs so 
                                              directs, apply in respect of the 
                                              offices of all or any of the other 
                                              members of staff of the National 
                                              House of Chiefs and each Regional 
                                              House of Chiefs.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 55&#8212;Functions of Registrar 
                                              to a House of Chiefs.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Registrar of the National 
                                              House of Chiefs and of each 
                                              Regional House of Chiefs shall be 
                                              the chief administrative officer 
                                              of the House of Chiefs concerned 
                                              and shall have control over the 
                                              other members of staff of that 
                                              House.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Registrar shall perform 
                                              such duties in relation to the 
                                              functions of the House of Chiefs 
                                              to which he is the Registrar as 
                                              that House may direct.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The Registrar shall, without 
                                              prejudice to the generality of the 
                                              foregoing provisions of this 
                                              section, cause to be kept minutes 
                                              of the proceedings of the said 
                                              House of Chiefs and shall have 
                                              custody of all records and other 
                                              documents of that House.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 56&#8212;Traditional Councils.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">A 
                                              Traditional Council shall have 
                                              such staff as the President on the 
                                              advice of the Public Services 
                                              Commission may determine. </span>
                                              </p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Finance</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 57&#8212;Funds of Houses of 
                                              Chiefs and Traditional Councils.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Subject to the provisions of this 
                                              Part, The National House of 
                                              Chiefs, a Regional House of Chiefs 
                                              and a Traditional Council shall 
                                              each have such funds for the 
                                              discharge of its functions as 
                                              Parliament may from time to time 
                                              provide.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 58&#8212;Estimates of Houses of 
                                              Chiefs.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The National House of Chiefs 
                                              and each Regional House of Chiefs 
                                              shall in each year and by such 
                                              date as the Minister may direct, 
                                              submit to the Minister for the 
                                              approval of the Government 
                                              estimates of revenue and 
                                              expenditure in respect of the 
                                              succeeding year.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The estimates when approved by 
                                              the Government shall be submitted 
                                              to the National Assembly.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) All expenses incurred by the 
                                              National House of Chiefs or a 
                                              Regional House of Chiefs in 
                                              respect of the exercise of its 
                                              judicial functions are hereby 
                                              charged on the Consolidated Fund.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 59&#8212;Accounts and Audit.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The National House of Chiefs, 
                                              a Regional House of Chiefs and a 
                                              Traditional Council shall keep 
                                              proper books of account and proper 
                                              records in relation thereto and 
                                              the said accounts shall be kept in 
                                              such form as the Auditor-General 
                                              may approve.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The said accounts shall be 
                                              audited by the Auditor-General and 
                                              accordingly the provisions of 
                                              Article 135 of the Constitution 
                                              shall apply in relation thereto.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 60&#8212;Power of Minister to 
                                              Give Financial Instructions.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Minister may after 
                                              consultation with the Minister 
                                              responsible for Finance and the 
                                              Auditor-General, issue in writing 
                                              instructions, not inconsistent 
                                              with this Act, for the better 
                                              control and management of the 
                                              financial affairs of the National 
                                              House of Chiefs or the Regional 
                                              Houses or Traditional Councils.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The instructions may be of a 
                                              general or special nature and each 
                                              such House or Council shall be 
                                              bound to comply with such 
                                              instructions.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 61&#8212;Actions by or Against 
                                              Houses of Chiefs and Traditional 
                                              Councils, Etc.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The President of the National 
                                              House of Chiefs or a Regional 
                                              House of Chiefs or of a 
                                              Traditional Council may represent 
                                              that House or Council in any 
                                              action brought by or against that 
                                              House or Council but actions may 
                                              otherwise be brought by or against 
                                              that House or Council as if it 
                                              were a person.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              General</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 62&#8212;Regulations.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Minister may by legislative 
                                              instrument make such regulations 
                                              as may appear to him to be 
                                              necessary or expedient for giving 
                                              full effect to the provisions of 
                                              this Act including, without 
                                              prejudice to the generality of the 
                                              foregoing, the making of 
                                              regulations prescribing fees in 
                                              respect of anything done under 
                                              this Act or under regulations made 
                                              thereunder.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 63&#8212;Saving of Rights of 
                                              Allegiance and Rights Over Land, 
                                              Etc.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Nothing in this Act shall be 
                                              deemed to prejudice any right of 
                                              allegiance to which a chief in one 
                                              Region is entitled from a chief in 
                                              another Region or any right of a 
                                              stool in one Region to any 
                                              property movable or immovable, 
                                              situate or existing in another 
                                              Region.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 64&#8212;Stool Lands Account for 
                                              Each Region.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Subject to clause (2) of article 
                                              164 of the Constitution, (which 
                                              provides for the establishment of 
                                              a Stool Lands Account for each 
                                              stool) there shall be established 
                                              for each Region a Regional Stool 
                                              Lands Account representing the 
                                              total of the Stool Lands Accounts 
                                              of all the stools within the 
                                              Region.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 65&#8212;Annual Statement of 
                                              Accounts to be Submitted to 
                                              Stools.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The person or authority for the 
                                              time being charged with 
                                              responsibility for keeping Stool 
                                              Lands Accounts shall, once in each 
                                              year, submit to each stool whose 
                                              account is kept by him a statement 
                                              of revenue and expenditure in 
                                              respect of that account, in such 
                                              form as the Minister may 
                                              determine.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 66&#8212;Interpretation.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              In this Act&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&quot;Asantehene&quot; 
                                              means the occupant of the Golden 
                                              Stool of Ashanti;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;cause or matter affecting 
                                              chieftaincy&quot; means any cause, 
                                              matter, question or dispute 
                                              relating to any of the following&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) the nomination, election, 
                                              appointment or installation of any 
                                              person as a Chief or the claim of 
                                              any person to be nominated, 
                                              elected, appointed or installed as 
                                              a Chief;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) the destoolment or abdication 
                                              of any Chief;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) the right of any person to 
                                              take part in the nomination, 
                                              election, appointment or 
                                              installation of any person as a 
                                              Chief or in the destoolment of any 
                                              Chief;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) the recovery or delivery of 
                                              stool property in connection with 
                                              any such nomination, election, 
                                              appointment, installation, 
                                              destoolment or abdication;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (e) the constitutional relations 
                                              under customary law between 
                                              Chiefs,</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;Divisional Chief&quot; means a Chief 
                                              whose name for the time being 
                                              appears as a Divisional Chief on 
                                              the National Register of Chiefs;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;judicial committee&quot; means a 
                                              committee appointed under section 
                                              22, 23, or 28 of this Act;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;Minister&quot; means the Minister 
                                              responsible for Chieftaincy 
                                              matters;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;Paramount Chief&quot; means a person 
                                              who has been nominated, elected or 
                                              appointed and installed as such in 
                                              accordance with customary law and 
                                              usage;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;Stool&quot; includes a Skin.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 67&#8212;Repeals and Savings and 
                                              Transitional Provisions.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The enactments specified in 
                                              the Schedule to this Act are 
                                              hereby repealed.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Any action pending immediately 
                                              before the coming into force of 
                                              the Constitution before a 
                                              chieftaincy committee appointed 
                                              under the Chieftaincy Act, 1961 
                                              (Act 81) shall be deemed to be 
                                              pending before the House of Chiefs 
                                              within whose Region the subject 
                                              matter of the proceedings arose 
                                              and shall be proceeded with and 
                                              determined by that House in 
                                              accordance with this Act.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Any matter pending before a 
                                              Traditional Council immediately 
                                              before the commencement of this 
                                              Act shall after the commencement 
                                              of this Act be deemed to be 
                                              pending before that Council and 
                                              shall be proceeded with and 
                                              determined by that Council in 
                                              accordance with this Act.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) Any judgment or order given or 
                                              made by a Traditional Council 
                                              before the commencement of this 
                                              Act may be enforced in the same 
                                              manner as a judgment or order 
                                              given or made by a Traditional 
                                              Council after the commencement of 
                                              this Act may be enforced.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) Any appeal pending on or after 
                                              the 22nd day of August, 1969 
                                              before a Chieftaincy Committee 
                                              appointed under the Chieftaincy 
                                              Act, 1961 (Act 81) shall 
                                              thereafter be deemed to be an 
                                              appeal pending before the Regional 
                                              House of Chiefs within whose 
                                              region the subject matter of the 
                                              proceedings arose and shall be 
                                              proceeded with and determined by 
                                              that House in accordance with this 
                                              Act.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (6) Any application for leave to 
                                              appeal pending before the Minister 
                                              under subsection (1) of section 48 
                                              of the Chieftaincy Act, 1961 (Act 
                                              81) immediately before the 
                                              commencement of this Act shall be 
                                              deemed to be an appeal pending 
                                              before the appropriate Regional 
                                              House of Chiefs and shall be 
                                              proceeded with and determined by 
                                              that House in accordance with this 
                                              Act.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (7) Any application for extension 
                                              of time within which to appeal 
                                              pending before the Minister 
                                              immediately before the 
                                              commencement of this Act shall 
                                              thereafter be deemed to be an 
                                              application pending before the 
                                              appropriate Regional House of 
                                              Chiefs, and shall be dealt with in 
                                              accordance with this Act.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (8) A certificate issued in 
                                              writing under the hand of the 
                                              Commissioner responsible for 
                                              chieftaincy matters or under the 
                                              hand of any public officer 
                                              authorised by him to the effect 
                                              that&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) an application for leave to 
                                              appeal was pending before the 
                                              Minister under subsection (1) of 
                                              section 48 of the Chieftaincy Act, 
                                              1961 (Act 81) immediately before 
                                              the commencement of this Act, or</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) an application for extension 
                                              of time within which to appeal was 
                                              pending before the Minister 
                                              immediately before the 
                                              commencement of this Act</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              shall be conclusive evidence for 
                                              the purposes of subsections (6) 
                                              and (7) respectively.[As inserted 
                                              by the Chieftaincy (Amendment) 
                                              Decree, 1973 (NRCD 166), s.3].</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              SCHEDULE</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (Section 67)</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              REPEALS</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Chieftaincy Act, 1961 (Act 81)</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Chieftaincy (Amendment) Act, 
                                              1963 (Act 185)</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Chieftaincy (Amendment) Act, 
                                              1963 (Act 216)</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Chieftaincy (Amendment) Act, 
                                              1964 (Act 243)</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Chieftaincy (Amendment) 
                                              Decree, 1966 (N.L.C.D. 112)</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Chieftaincy (Amendment) 
                                              Decree, 1967 (N.L.C.D. 128)</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Chieftaincy (Amendment) (No. 
                                              2) Decree, 1967 (N.L.C.D. 136)</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Chieftaincy (Amendment) (No. 
                                              3) Decree, 1967 (N.L.C.D. 203)</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Chieftaincy (Amendment) (No. 
                                              4) Decree, 1967 (N.L.C.D. 205)</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Chieftaincy (Amendment) (No. 
                                              5) Decree, 1967 (N.L.C.D. 208)</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Chieftaincy (Amendment) 
                                              Decree, 1968 (N.L.C.D. 227)</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Chieftaincy (Amendment) (No. 
                                              2) Decree, 1968 (N.L.C.D. 287)</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Chieftaincy (Amendment) (No. 
                                              3) Decree, 1968 (N.L.C.D. 312)</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">
                                              amended by</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              CHIEFTAINCY (AMENDMENT) LAW, 1982 
                                              (PNDCL 25)1</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              CHIEFTAINCY (AMENDMENT) DECREE, 
                                              1973 (NRCD 166)2</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              CHIEFTAINCY (AMENDMENT) (NO.2) 
                                              DECREE, 1973 (NRCD 226)3</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              CHIEFTAINCY (AMENDMENT) LAW, 1993 
                                              (PNDCL 307)4</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>
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