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(85, 'REGISTRATION OF BUSINESS NAMES ACT, 1962 (ACT 151)', '<table>\r\n<tr>\r\n                                            <td vAlign="top" align="left" width="1379" height="64">\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              REGISTRATION OF BUSINESS NAMES \r\n                                              ACT, 1962 (ACT 151)</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              As amended </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              &nbsp;ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              1.&nbsp; Persons to be registered.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              2.&nbsp; Manner and particulars of \r\n                                              registration.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              3.&nbsp; Statement to be given by \r\n                                              person registering.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              4.&nbsp; Time for registration.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              5.&nbsp; Refusal to register and \r\n                                              cancellation of registration.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              5A. Annual renewal of \r\n                                              registration. </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              6.&nbsp; Changes in particulars \r\n                                              registered.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              7.&nbsp; Penalty for default in \r\n                                              registration.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              8.&nbsp; Penalty for false statements.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              9.&nbsp; Issue of certificate of \r\n                                              registration.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              10. Removal of name upon cessation \r\n                                              of business.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              11. Duty to furnish particulars to \r\n                                              Registrar.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              12. Searches.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              13. Copies of entries in \r\n                                              registers.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              14. Publication of true names.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              15. Disability of persons in \r\n                                              default.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              16. Regulations.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              17. Interpretation.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              18. Repeal and saving.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              19. Exclusion of partnerships.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              19A. Transitional Provision.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              20. Commencement.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              THE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIRST</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center"></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              ACT OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE \r\n                                              REPUBLIC OF GHANA</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              ENTITLED</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              REGISTRATION OF BUSINESS NAMES \r\n                                              ACT, 1962</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              AN ACT to consolidate with \r\n                                              amendments the law relating to the \r\n                                              registration of business names.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              DATE OF ASSENT: 20th November, \r\n                                              1962</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              BE IT ENACTED by the President and \r\n                                              the National Assembly in this \r\n                                              present Parliament assembled as \r\n                                              follows:&#8212;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 1&#8212;Persons to be \r\n                                              Registered.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (1) Subject to the provisions of \r\n                                              subsection (2) of this section, \r\n                                              there shall be registered in \r\n                                              accordance with the provisions of \r\n                                              this Act the following persons, \r\n                                              that is to say,</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (a) every individual having a \r\n                                              place of business in Ghana who,</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i) \r\n                                              carries on business under a \r\n                                              business name which does not \r\n                                              consist of his true surname \r\n                                              without any addition other than \r\n                                              his true first names or the \r\n                                              initials thereof; or</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (ii) has either before or after \r\n                                              the commencement of this Act \r\n                                              changed his name, except in the \r\n                                              case of a woman in consequence of \r\n                                              marriage;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (b) every company carrying on \r\n                                              business in Ghana under a business \r\n                                              name which does not consist of its \r\n                                              corporate name without any \r\n                                              addition.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (2) Registration shall not be \r\n                                              necessary,</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (a) where the addition referred to \r\n                                              in subsection (1) of this section \r\n                                              merely indicates that the business \r\n                                              is carried on in succession to a \r\n                                              former owner of the business;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (b) where the business is carried \r\n                                              on by a receiver or manager \r\n                                              appointed by a court of competent \r\n                                              jurisdiction.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 2&#8212;Manner and Particulars \r\n                                              of Registration.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Every person required under this \r\n                                              Act to be registered, shall \r\n                                              furnish to the Registrar at his \r\n                                              office a statement in writing in \r\n                                              the prescribed form containing the \r\n                                              following particulars, that is to \r\n                                              say,</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (a) the business name;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (b) the general nature of the \r\n                                              business;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (c) the principal place of the \r\n                                              business;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (d) all other places at which the \r\n                                              business is carried on;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (e) where the registration to be \r\n                                              effected is that of an individual,</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i)&nbsp; \r\n                                              his present first name and \r\n                                              surname;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (ii) his nationality and, if that \r\n                                              nationality is not the nationality \r\n                                              of origin, his nationality of \r\n                                              origin;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (iii) his usual residence and \r\n                                              other business occupation, if any; \r\n                                              and</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (iv) whether he is under the age \r\n                                              of twenty-one years at the date of \r\n                                              furnishing the statement and, if \r\n                                              so, his date of birth;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (f) where the registration to be \r\n                                              effected is that of a company, its \r\n                                              corporate name and registered \r\n                                              office;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (g)&nbsp; the date of the commencement \r\n                                              of the business.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 3&#8212;Statement to be Given by \r\n                                              Person Registering.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              The statement mentioned in section \r\n                                              2 of this Act shall be signed,</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (a) in the case of an individual, \r\n                                              by the individual; and</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (b) in the case of a company, by a \r\n                                              director or secretary thereof.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 4&#8212;Time for Registration.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              The particulars referred to in \r\n                                              section 2 of this Act shall be \r\n                                              furnished within fourteen days \r\n                                              after such person commences the \r\n                                              business in respect of which \r\n                                              registration is required.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 5&#8212;Refusal to Register and \r\n                                              Cancellation of Registration.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (1) The Registrar shall refuse to \r\n                                              register the business name of any \r\n                                              person if he has reason to believe \r\n                                              that the business carried on or \r\n                                              about to be carried on by that \r\n                                              person is unlawful.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (2) The Registrar may refuse to \r\n                                              register the business name of any \r\n                                              person if, in his opinion, such \r\n                                              name is calculated to lead to the \r\n                                              belief that the general nature of \r\n                                              the business is other than that \r\n                                              specified in the written statement \r\n                                              furnished under section 2 of this \r\n                                              Act, or is in any other respect \r\n                                              misleading or undesirable.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (3) Any person aggrieved by the \r\n                                              refusal of the Registrar to \r\n                                              register a business name under \r\n                                              subsection (1) or (2) of this \r\n                                              section, may, within twenty-one \r\n                                              days of the receipt of a \r\n                                              notification from the Registrar \r\n                                              informing him of the refusal and \r\n                                              the grounds therefor, appeal to \r\n                                              the High Court whose decision \r\n                                              thereon shall be final.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (4) Where a business name \r\n                                              registered under this Act is \r\n                                              subsequently found to be \r\n                                              misleading or undesirable by \r\n                                              reason of a change in the nature \r\n                                              of the business carried on, the \r\n                                              Registrar may notify the person \r\n                                              responsible for the registration \r\n                                              of his intention to cancel the \r\n                                              registration.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (5) At the expiration of \r\n                                              twenty-one days from the date of \r\n                                              such notice or such longer period \r\n                                              as the Registrar may allow, the \r\n                                              Registrar shall cancel such \r\n                                              registration unless within that \r\n                                              time that person has lodged an \r\n                                              appeal to the High Court against \r\n                                              the Registrar''s decision; and the \r\n                                              decision of the High Court on any \r\n                                              such appeal shall be final.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 5A&#8212;Annual Renewal of \r\n                                              Registration.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (1) Once in every year an \r\n                                              individual or company registered \r\n                                              under this Act shall deliver to \r\n                                              the Registrar for registration a \r\n                                              renewal notice in the prescribed \r\n                                              form renewing the registration.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (2) Without prejudice to any other \r\n                                              liability prescribed by this Act, \r\n                                              any registration which is not \r\n                                              renewed in accordance with this \r\n                                              section shall be deemed to have \r\n                                              lapsed and the Registrar may \r\n                                              remove from the register the \r\n                                              business name of any person whose \r\n                                              registration has so lapsed after \r\n                                              the expiration of the period \r\n                                              prescribed for such renewal.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (3) In the case of every person \r\n                                              registered between the 1st day of \r\n                                              January and the 30th day of June \r\n                                              in any year the renewal notice \r\n                                              shall be delivered for \r\n                                              registration within 28 days after \r\n                                              the 1st day of January each year; \r\n                                              and in the case of every person \r\n                                              registered between the 1st day of \r\n                                              July and the 31st day of December \r\n                                              in any year the renewal notice \r\n                                              shall be delivered for \r\n                                              registration within 28 days after \r\n                                              the 1st day of July each year.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (4) The provisions of section 5 of \r\n                                              this Act shall apply to a renewal \r\n                                              of registration as it applies to a \r\n                                              first registration.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (5) There shall be paid for each \r\n                                              renewal of registration such fee \r\n                                              as may be prescribed. [As Inserted \r\n                                              by Registration of Business Names \r\n                                              (Amendment) Decree, 1974 (NRCD \r\n                                              293) s. 1].</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 6&#8212;Changes in Particulars \r\n                                              Registered.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (1) Whenever a change is made or \r\n                                              occurs in any of the particulars \r\n                                              registered under this Act in \r\n                                              respect of any person, that person \r\n                                              shall notify the change to the \r\n                                              Registrar in writing signed as \r\n                                              provided in section 3 of this Act.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (2) The change shall be notified \r\n                                              within twenty-eight days after it \r\n                                              is made or occurs.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 7&#8212;Penalty for Default in \r\n                                              Registration.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              If any person fails to comply with \r\n                                              any of the provisions of the \r\n                                              foregoing sections that person, \r\n                                              and in the case of a company, \r\n                                              every director thereof, shall be \r\n                                              liable to a fine of five pounds \r\n                                              for every day during which the \r\n                                              default continues; and the High \r\n                                              Court shall order a statement of \r\n                                              the required particulars to be \r\n                                              furnished to the Registrar within \r\n                                              such time as may be specified in \r\n                                              the order.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 8&#8212;Penalty for False \r\n                                              Statements.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              If any statement required to be \r\n                                              furnished under this Act contains \r\n                                              any matter which is false in any \r\n                                              material particular to the \r\n                                              knowledge of any person signing \r\n                                              it, he shall on conviction be \r\n                                              liable to a fine not exceeding \r\n                                              fifty pounds or to imprisonment \r\n                                              for a term not exceeding six \r\n                                              months or to both such fine and \r\n                                              imprisonment.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 9&#8212;Issue of Certificate of \r\n                                              Registration.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (1) Every statement furnished \r\n                                              under this Act shall be filed by \r\n                                              the Registrar who shall deliver a \r\n                                              certificate of the registration \r\n                                              thereof to the person registering.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (2) The certificate or a certified \r\n                                              copy thereof shall be kept \r\n                                              exhibited in a conspicuous \r\n                                              position at the principal place of \r\n                                              business of that person, and if \r\n                                              not so kept exhibited, that \r\n                                              person, and in the case of a \r\n                                              company, every director thereof, \r\n                                              shall be liable to a fine not \r\n                                              exceeding twenty pounds.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 10&#8212;Removal of Name Upon \r\n                                              Cessation of Business.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (1) If any person registered under \r\n                                              this Act ceases to carry on \r\n                                              business, it shall be the duty,</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (a) in the case of an individual, \r\n                                              of the individual, or if he is \r\n                                              dead, his personal representative, \r\n                                              or</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (b) in the case of a company, of \r\n                                              the persons who were directors in \r\n                                              the company at the time when it \r\n                                              ceased to carry on business and \r\n                                              any liquidator thereof, </span>\r\n                                              </p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              within three months after the \r\n                                              business has ceased to be carried \r\n                                              on, to send by post or deliver to \r\n                                              the Registrar a notice stating \r\n                                              that that person has ceased to \r\n                                              carry on business; and if any \r\n                                              person whose duty it is to give \r\n                                              such notice fails to do so within \r\n                                              that time he shall be liable to a \r\n                                              fine of five pounds.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (2) On receipt of such a notice, \r\n                                              the Registrar may remove the \r\n                                              business name of the person from \r\n                                              the register.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (3) Where the Registrar has \r\n                                              reasonable cause to believe that \r\n                                              any person registered under this \r\n                                              Act is not carrying on business, \r\n                                              he may send to that person by \r\n                                              registered post a notice that, \r\n                                              unless an answer is received to \r\n                                              such notice within one month from \r\n                                              the date thereof, the business \r\n                                              name of that person may be removed \r\n                                              from the register.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (4) If the Registrar either \r\n                                              receives an answer from the person \r\n                                              to the effect that he is not \r\n                                              carrying on business or does not \r\n                                              within one month after sending the \r\n                                              notice receive an answer, the \r\n                                              Registrar may remove his business \r\n                                              name from the register.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 11&#8212;Duty to Furnish \r\n                                              Particulars to Registrar.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (1) The Registrar may require any \r\n                                              person to furnish him with such \r\n                                              particulars as appear to him \r\n                                              necessary for the purpose of \r\n                                              ascertaining whether or not such \r\n                                              person should be registered under \r\n                                              this Act or an alteration made in \r\n                                              the registered particulars; and \r\n                                              may also, in the case of a \r\n                                              company, require a director, the \r\n                                              secretary or any other officer of \r\n                                              the company performing the duties \r\n                                              of secretary to furnish such \r\n                                              particulars.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (2) If any person when so required \r\n                                              under the preceding subsection \r\n                                              fails to supply such particulars \r\n                                              as it is in his power to give, or \r\n                                              furnishes particulars which are \r\n                                              false in any material particular, \r\n                                              he shall on conviction be liable \r\n                                              to a fine not exceeding fifty \r\n                                              pounds or to imprisonment for a \r\n                                              term not exceeding six months or \r\n                                              to both such fine and \r\n                                              imprisonment.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (3) If, from any information so \r\n                                              furnished it appears to the \r\n                                              Registrar that any person ought to \r\n                                              be registered under this Act or an \r\n                                              alteration made in the registered \r\n                                              particulars, he may require that \r\n                                              person to furnish him with the \r\n                                              required particulars within such \r\n                                              time as may be allowed by him; but \r\n                                              where any default under this Act \r\n                                              has been discovered from the \r\n                                              information required under this \r\n                                              section, no proceedings under this \r\n                                              Act shall be taken against any \r\n                                              person in respect of such default \r\n                                              prior to the expiration of the \r\n                                              time within which such person is \r\n                                              required by the Registrar under \r\n                                              this section to furnish him with \r\n                                              particulars. </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 12&#8212;Searches.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              The Registrar shall allow searches \r\n                                              to be made at all reasonable times \r\n                                              in any register book, register or \r\n                                              file of registered documents in \r\n                                              his possession.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 13&#8212;Copies of Entries in \r\n                                              Registers.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (1) The Registrar shall, upon \r\n                                              request, give a certified copy of \r\n                                              an entry in any register book or \r\n                                              register, or any filed document.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (2) Every such certified copy \r\n                                              shall be received in evidence, \r\n                                              without any further or other proof \r\n                                              in all legal proceedings.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 14&#8212;Publication of True \r\n                                              Names.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (1) Every person required by this \r\n                                              Act to be registered shall, in all \r\n                                              trade circulars and business \r\n                                              letters issued or sent by that \r\n                                              person to any other person, have \r\n                                              written or printed in legible \r\n                                              characters on such circulars and \r\n                                              letters the following particulars, \r\n                                              that is to say,</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (a) in the case of an individual, \r\n                                              his present first name or the \r\n                                              initials thereof and present \r\n                                              surname and any first name or \r\n                                              surname; and</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (b) in the case of a company, the \r\n                                              present first names and surname \r\n                                              and any former first or surname of \r\n                                              every director.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (2) If any person fails to comply \r\n                                              with the provisions of this \r\n                                              section that person, and in the \r\n                                              case of a company, every director \r\n                                              thereof, shall be liable to a fine \r\n                                              of ten pounds.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 15&#8212;Disability of Persons \r\n                                              in Default.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Where any person required to \r\n                                              furnish a statement of particulars \r\n                                              or of any change in particulars \r\n                                              makes default in so doing, the \r\n                                              rights of such defaulter under, or \r\n                                              arising out of, any contract made \r\n                                              or entered into by, or on behalf \r\n                                              of, such defaulter in relation to \r\n                                              the business in respect of which \r\n                                              particulars were required at any \r\n                                              time while he is in default, shall \r\n                                              not be enforceable by action or \r\n                                              other legal proceedings either in \r\n                                              the business name or otherwise:</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Provided that,</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (a) the defaulter may apply to the \r\n                                              High Court for relief against the \r\n                                              disability imposed by this \r\n                                              section, and the High Court, on \r\n                                              being satisfied that the default \r\n                                              was accidental, or due to \r\n                                              inadvertence, or some other \r\n                                              sufficient cause, or that on other \r\n                                              grounds, it is just and equitable \r\n                                              to grant relief, may grant such \r\n                                              relief either generally or as \r\n                                              respects any particular contract \r\n                                              and on such conditions as the High \r\n                                              Court may impose;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (b) nothing herein contained shall \r\n                                              prejudice the rights of any other \r\n                                              parties as against the defaulter \r\n                                              in respect of such contract as \r\n                                              aforesaid;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (c) if any action or proceeding is \r\n                                              commenced by any other party \r\n                                              against the defaulter to enforce \r\n                                              the rights of such party in \r\n                                              respect of such contract, nothing \r\n                                              herein contained shall preclude \r\n                                              the defaulter from enforcing in \r\n                                              that action or proceeding by way \r\n                                              of counter-claim, set-off or \r\n                                              otherwise, such rights as he may \r\n                                              have against that party in respect \r\n                                              of such contract.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 16&#8212;Regulations.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              The Minister may, by legislative \r\n                                              instrument, make Regulations,</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (a) for the appointment of \r\n                                              Registrars and for the direction \r\n                                              and guidance of Registrars and of \r\n                                              all persons acting under them;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (b) prescribing the forms to be \r\n                                              used for the purposes of this Act;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (c) prescribing the fees to be \r\n                                              taken by the officers by or before \r\n                                              whom the acts for which the fees \r\n                                              are payable are done; and</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (d) generally for the better \r\n                                              carrying out of the purpose of \r\n                                              this Act.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 17&#8212;Interpretation.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              In this Act, unless the context \r\n                                              otherwise requires,</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              &quot;business&quot; includes profession;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              &quot;business name&quot; means the name or \r\n                                              style under which any business is \r\n                                              carried on whether in partnership \r\n                                              or otherwise;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              &quot;company&quot; includes any company or \r\n                                              corporation incorporated in Ghana \r\n                                              or elsewhere and a company \r\n                                              carrying on business in \r\n                                              partnership with any other person;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              &quot;director&quot; includes any person, by \r\n                                              whatever name called, who is \r\n                                              appointed to direct and administer \r\n                                              the business of the company, or \r\n                                              holds himself out, or knowingly \r\n                                              allows himself to be held out as a \r\n                                              director of the company, or on \r\n                                              whose directions or instructions \r\n                                              the only appointed directors of \r\n                                              the company are accustomed to act;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              &quot;first name&quot; includes any \r\n                                              forename, and when used with \r\n                                              surname includes any other name;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              &quot;initials&quot; include any recognised \r\n                                              abbreviation of a first or other \r\n                                              name;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              &quot;Minister&quot; means the Minister \r\n                                              responsible for Justice;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              &quot;prescribed&quot; means prescribed by \r\n                                              Regulations made under section 16 \r\n                                              of this Act;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              &quot;Registrar&quot; means the person \r\n                                              appointed in accordance with this \r\n                                              Act as Registrar, whether \r\n                                              generally or for any particular \r\n                                              place.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 18&#8212;Repeal and Saving.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (1) The Registration of Business \r\n                                              Names Ordinance (Cap. 177), the \r\n                                              Registration of Business Names \r\n                                              (Amendment) Ordinance, 1957 (No. \r\n                                              28 of 1957), and Part II of the \r\n                                              Companies and Registration of \r\n                                              Business Names (Amendment) Act, \r\n                                              1959 (No. 25 of 1959) are hereby \r\n                                              repealed.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (2) Without prejudice to the \r\n                                              general effect of the \r\n                                              Interpretation Act, 1960 (CA 4) as \r\n                                              to repeals, every regulation or \r\n                                              registration made under an \r\n                                              enactment repealed by this Act and \r\n                                              in force immediately before the \r\n                                              commencement of this Act shall \r\n                                              continue in force as if made under \r\n                                              the corresponding provision of \r\n                                              this Act.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 19&#8212;Exclusion of \r\n                                              Partnerships.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              The provisions of this Act shall \r\n                                              not apply to any partnership \r\n                                              registered under the Incorporated \r\n                                              Private Partnerships Act, 1962 \r\n                                              (Act 152).</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 19A&#8212;Transitional \r\n                                              Provision.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              In the case of persons who \r\n                                              immediately before the \r\n                                              commencement of this Decree were \r\n                                              registered under the Act between \r\n                                              1st of July and 31st December, the \r\n                                              first renewal shall be effected \r\n                                              within 28 days after the \r\n                                              commencement of this Decree. \r\n                                              [Inserted and to be cited as \r\n                                              Registration of Business Names \r\n                                              (Amendment) Decree, 1974 (NRCD \r\n                                              293) s. 2]</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 20&#8212;Commencement.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              This Act shall be deemed to have \r\n                                              come into operation at the same \r\n                                              time as the Incorporated Private \r\n                                              Partnerships Act, 1962 (Act 152).</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              amended by</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              REGISTRATION OF BUSINESS NAMES \r\n                                              (AMENDMENT) DECREE, 1974&nbsp; (NRCD \r\n                                              293)1.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify"></td>\r\n                </tr>\r\n              </tbody>\r\n            </table>\r\n          </td>\r\n        </tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n  <td width="76" height="50" bgcolor="#003366"></table></td>\r\n        </tr>\r\n', 'First', 'Yes', 'ACT 151');
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(86, 'REGIONS OF GHANA ACT, 1960 (CA 11)', '<table>\r\n<tr>\r\n                                            <td vAlign="top" align="left" width="1368" height="64">\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              REGIONS OF GHANA ACT, 1960 (CA 11)</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              As amended by</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              GREATER ACCRA REGION LAW, 1982 (PNDCL \r\n                                              26).1</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              REGIONS OF GHANA (AMENDMENT) LAW, \r\n                                              1983 (PNDCL 41).2</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              1. Division of Northern Region \r\n                                              into two new Regions.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              1A. Division of Upper Region into \r\n                                              Two New Regions.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              2. Division of Western Region into \r\n                                              two new Regions.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              3. Territories of a Region.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              3A. Area of Regions.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              4. Variation of First Schedule.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              4A. General Modifications of \r\n                                              Existing Law.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              5. Repeals.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              6. Commencement.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              SCHEDULES</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              First Schedule&#8212;Territories of \r\n                                              Regions.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Second Schedule&#8212;Repeals.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              AN&nbsp;&nbsp; ACT</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center"></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              OF THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY OF \r\n                                              GHANA</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              ENTITLED</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              THE REGIONS OF GHANA ACT, 1960</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              AN ACT to make changes in the \r\n                                              Regions into which Ghana is \r\n                                              divided and to specify the \r\n                                              territories comprised in each \r\n                                              Region.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              DATE OF PASSING: 29th June, 1960.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              WHEREAS by section 2 of the \r\n                                              Constituent Assembly and \r\n                                              Plebiscite Act, 1960 (No. 1) this \r\n                                              Constituent Assembly is authorised \r\n                                              to enact such provisions for or in \r\n                                              connection with the establishment \r\n                                              of a new Constitution as it thinks \r\n                                              fit.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              AND WHEREAS it is expedient to \r\n                                              enact the provisions hereinafter \r\n                                              appearing in consequence of the \r\n                                              enactment of the Constitution:&#8212;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              NOW&nbsp; THEREFORE BE IT ENACTED by \r\n                                              the Constituent Assembly as \r\n                                              follows:&#8212;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 1&#8212;Division of Northern \r\n                                              Region into two new Regions.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (1) The Northern Region of Ghana \r\n                                              as defined by subsection (2) of \r\n                                              section 2 of the Brong-Ahafo \r\n                                              Region Act, 1959 (No. 18) is \r\n                                              hereby divided into two new \r\n                                              Regions to be known as the Upper \r\n                                              Region and the Northern Region.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (2) Any reference in any enactment \r\n                                              in force before the commencement \r\n                                              of this Act to the Northern Region \r\n                                              shall include a reference to the \r\n                                              Upper Region.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 1A&#8212;Division of Upper \r\n                                              Region into Two New Regions.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (1) The Upper Region of Ghana as \r\n                                              defined by sections 1 and 3 of the \r\n                                              Regions of Ghana Act, 1960 (C.A. \r\n                                              11) is hereby divided into two new \r\n                                              Regions to be known as the Upper \r\n                                              West Region and the Upper East \r\n                                              Region. [Inserted and to be cited \r\n                                              as Regions of Ghana (Amendment) \r\n                                              Law, 1983 (PNDCL 41), s.1 ].</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 2&#8212;Division of Western \r\n                                              Region into two new Regions.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (1) The Western Region of Ghana as \r\n                                              defined by subsection (1) of \r\n                                              section 63 of the Ghana \r\n                                              (Constitution) Order in Council, \r\n                                              1957 (LN. 47) is hereby divided \r\n                                              into two new Regions to be known \r\n                                              as the Central Region and the \r\n                                              Western Region.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (2) Any reference in any enactment \r\n                                              in force before the commencement \r\n                                              of this Act to the Western Region \r\n                                              shall include a reference to the \r\n                                              Central Region.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 3&#8212;Territories of a Region.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              The territories of a Region shall \r\n                                              consist of the areas of authority \r\n                                              for the time being of the councils \r\n                                              specified in relation to that \r\n                                              Region in the first column of the \r\n                                              First Schedule to this Act as \r\n                                              established by the instruments \r\n                                              specified in relation to each such \r\n                                              council in the second column of \r\n                                              the said Schedule.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 3A&#8212;Area of Regions.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              The area of the Upper West Region \r\n                                              and the Upper East Region \r\n                                              respectively shall for the time \r\n                                              being consist of the councils \r\n                                              specified in relation to each of \r\n                                              the Regions in the first column of \r\n                                              the Schedule to this Law as \r\n                                              established by the instruments \r\n                                              specified in relation to each such \r\n                                              council in the second column of \r\n                                              the said Schedule. [Inserted and \r\n                                              to be cited as Regions of Ghana \r\n                                              (Amendment) Law, 1983 (PNDCL 41), \r\n                                              s.2].</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 4&#8212;Variation of First \r\n                                              Schedule.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Where a council mentioned in the \r\n                                              First Schedule to this Act ceases \r\n                                              to exist or the name thereof is \r\n                                              changed the Minister responsible \r\n                                              for Local Government shall by \r\n                                              legislative instrument amend the \r\n                                              said Schedule accordingly.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 4A&#8212;General Modifications \r\n                                              of Existing Law.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Any enactment in existence \r\n                                              immediately before the \r\n                                              commencement, of this Law shall \r\n                                              have effect with such \r\n                                              modifications as may be necessary \r\n                                              to give effect to the provisions \r\n                                              of this Law. [Inserted and to be \r\n                                              cited as Regions of Ghana \r\n                                              (Amendment) Law, 1983 (PNDCL 41), \r\n                                              s. 4].</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 5&#8212;Repeals.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              The enactments set out in the \r\n                                              Second Schedule to this Act are \r\n                                              hereby repealed to the extent \r\n                                              specified in the last column of \r\n                                              that Schedule. </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 6&#8212;Commencement. </span>\r\n                                              </b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              This Act shall come into operation \r\n                                              immediately before the coming into \r\n                                              operation of the Constitution.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              FIRST SCHEDULE</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              TERRITORIES OF REGIONS</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              ASHANTI REGION</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Municipal Council&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\r\n                                              </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Kumasi&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              L.N. 346/53&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Urban \r\n                                              Council&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\r\n                                              </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Obuasi&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              G.N. 224/52&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Local \r\n                                              Councils&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\r\n                                              </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Adansi-Banka&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              L.G. 420/59&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Amansie&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              L.G. 421/59&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Kumasi East&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              L.G. 254/59 &nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Kumasi North&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              L.G. 253/59&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Kumasi South&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              L.G. 256/59&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Kumasi West&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              L.G. 257/59&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Sekyere&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              L.G. 255/59&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              BRONG-AHAFO REGION</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Urban \r\n                                              Council&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\r\n                                              </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Sunyani&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              L.G. 324/59&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Local \r\n                                              Councils&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\r\n                                              </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Brong-Ahafo Central&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; .. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              L.G. 323/59&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Brong-Ahafo East&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              L.G. 322/59 &nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Brong-Ahafo North&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              L.G. 320/59&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Brong-Ahafo South&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              L.G. 321/59&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              CENTRAL REGION</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Municipal Council&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\r\n                                              </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Cape Coast&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; L.N. \r\n                                              394/53&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Urban \r\n                                              Councils&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\r\n                                              </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Nyakrom-Nkum&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              L.G. 547/56&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Swedru&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              G.N. 859/52&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Local \r\n                                              Councils&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\r\n                                              </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Agona-Nsaba&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              L.G. 546/56&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Asin&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; L.G. 187/59&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>\r\n                                              </p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Breman-Ejumako-Enyan&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; L.G. 188/59&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\r\n                                              </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Denkyira-Twifu-Hemang ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; L.G. \r\n                                              189/59&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Awutu-Effutu&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              E.I. 80/61&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem-Asebu&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; .. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              .. L.G. 191/59&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Mfantsiman&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              L.G. 192/59&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Gomoa&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              E.I. 81/61&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              EASTERN REGION</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Urban \r\n                                              Councils&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\r\n                                              </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              New Juaben&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              G.N. 182/52&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Nsawam&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              G.N. 209/53&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Oda-Swedru&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; L.G. \r\n                                              264/59&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Local \r\n                                              Councils&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\r\n                                              </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Akwapim&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              G.N. 183/52&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Akwamu-Anum-Boso&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; E.I. \r\n                                              131/60&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              East Akim</span><span style="font-family: Arial"> \r\n                                              Abuakwa&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; L.G. \r\n                                              148/58&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Manya Krobo&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; E.I. \r\n                                              170/60&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              North Kwahu&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; L.G. \r\n                                              13/60&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              South Akim Abuakwa&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; L.G. \r\n                                              146/58&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              South Kwahu&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              L.G. 14/60&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              West Akim</span><span style="font-family: Arial"> \r\n                                              Abuakwa&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; L.G. 15/60&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>\r\n                                              </p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Western Akim&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              L.G. 266/59&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Yilo Krobo-Osudoku&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; E.I. \r\n                                              171/60&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              [As amended by the Greater Accra \r\n                                              Region Law, 1982 (PNDCL 26), \r\n                                              s.(3)(a)].</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              GREATER ACCRA REGION</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Council</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              The Erstwhile Accra Municipal \r\n                                              Council .. .. \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              LN 201/53&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              The Tema District Council ..&nbsp;&nbsp; .. \r\n                                              &nbsp;&nbsp;..&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              LI 886 </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Erstwhile Ada Local Council&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              GN 194/52&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Erstwhile Ga-Adangbe-Shai Local \r\n                                              Council .. \r\n                                              &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; LG \r\n                                              379/59&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              [As inserted by the Greater Accra \r\n                                              Region Law, 1982 (PNDCL 26), sch. \r\n                                              to s.3(b)].</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              NORTHERN REGION</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Urban \r\n                                              Council&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\r\n                                              </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Tamale&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              G.N. 650/52&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Local \r\n                                              Councils&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\r\n                                              </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Eastern Dagomba ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              L.G. 211/58&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Eastern Gonja&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp; \r\n                                              &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; L.G. 425/59&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>\r\n                                              </p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Nanumba&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              L.G. 182/58&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              South Mamprusi&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              L.G. 209/58&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Western Dagomba&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              L.G. 212/58&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Western Gonja&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              L.G. 426/59&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              UPPER WEST</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Council&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\r\n                                              </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Lawra&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; .. L.I. 942&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\r\n                                              </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Sissala&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; .. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; L.I. \r\n                                              917&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Wa&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; .. &nbsp;&nbsp; L.I. \r\n                                              893&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              UPPER EAST</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Council&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\r\n                                              </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Bawku&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; .. L.I. 889&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\r\n                                              </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Builsa&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              &nbsp;..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; .. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; L.I. \r\n                                              908&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Frafra&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; .. &nbsp; L.I. 888&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\r\n                                              </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Kassena/Nankani&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              .. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; L.I. 903&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\r\n                                              </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              [As substituted by the Regions of \r\n                                              Ghana (Amendment) Law, 1983 (PNDCL \r\n                                              41), sch. to s.3]</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              VOLTA</span><span style="font-family: Arial"> \r\n                                              REGION</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Urban \r\n                                              Council&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\r\n                                              </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Keta&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; G.N. 191/52&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>\r\n                                              </p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Local \r\n                                              Councils&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\r\n                                              </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Anlo North&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              L.G. 259/59 &nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Anlo South&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              .. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              L.G. 258/59&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Buem-Krachi&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              L.G. 261/59&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Ho&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; L.G. 260/59 &nbsp;&nbsp; </span>\r\n                                              </p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Volta-Dayi&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              L.G. 409/59&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Tongu&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              L.G. 262/59&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              WESTERN REGION</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Municipal Council ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Sekondi/Takoradi ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              L.N. 398/53&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Urban Council&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>\r\n                                              </p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Tarkwa/Abosso&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              G.N. 178/52&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Local Councils&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>\r\n                                              </p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Ahanta-Shama&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              L.G. 185/59&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Amenfi-Aowin&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; L.G. 186/59&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>\r\n                                              </p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Nzima-Evalue-Ajomoro-Gwira&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; L.G. 193/59&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>\r\n                                              </p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Sefwi-Anhwiaso-Bekwai Bibiani&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; L.G. 252/59&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>\r\n                                              </p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Sefwi-Wiawso&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              G.N. 177/52&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Wassaw-Fiase-Mpohaw ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; G.N. 179/52&nbsp;&nbsp;\r\n                                              </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>\r\n                                              </p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              ____________</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              SECOND SCHEDULE</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (Section 5)</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              REPEALS</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Enactment&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Extent of \r\n                                              Repeal&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              The Ghana (Constitution) Order in \r\n                                              Council, 1957 (L.N. 47/57).&nbsp;&nbsp; \r\n                                              Section 63.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              The Brong-Ahafo Region Act, 1959 \r\n                                              (No. 18 of 1959).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Section 2, \r\n                                              and the First Schedule.&nbsp; </span>\r\n                                              </p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              The Ashanti (Boundaries) Order in \r\n                                              Council, 1950.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The whole \r\n                                              Order.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              The Gold Coast Boundaries Order in \r\n                                              Council, 1906.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The whole \r\n                                              Order.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Clerk of the Constituent Assembly.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p></td>\r\n                </tr>\r\n              </tbody>\r\n            </table>\r\n          </td>\r\n        </tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n  <td width="76" height="50" bgcolor="#003366"></table></td>\r\n        </tr>\r\n', 'First', 'Yes', 'CA 11');
INSERT INTO `actsofghana` (`id`, `title`, `content`, `republic`, `isshow`, `actname`) VALUES
(87, 'RENT ACT, 1963 (ACT 220)', '<table>\r\n<tr>\r\n                                            <td vAlign="top" align="left" width="1347" height="64">\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              RENT ACT, 1963 (ACT 220)</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              As amended </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              PART I&#8212;APPLICATION OF ACT, ETC.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              1. Application of Act, etc</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              PART II&#8212;ADMINISTRATION OF ACT.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              2. Rent Commissioner.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              3. Officers.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              4. Continuance in service of \r\n                                              existing officers. </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              5. Functions of appropriate Rent \r\n                                              Officers.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              PART III&#8212;RENT MAGISTRATE.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              6. Functions of Rent Magistrate.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              7. Powers of, and procedure to be \r\n                                              observed by, Rent Magistrate.\r\n                                              </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              8. Rent Magistrate''s decision on \r\n                                              recoverable rent final.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              9. Other powers and duties of Rent \r\n                                              Magistrate.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              PART IV&#8212;ASSESSMENT OF RECOVERABLE \r\n                                              RENT.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              10. Application for assessment of \r\n                                              recoverable rent by appropriate \r\n                                              Rent Officers.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              11. Minister''s reference to \r\n                                              Magistrate to assess recoverable \r\n                                              rent. </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              12. Appeal for variation of \r\n                                              recoverable rent assessed by \r\n                                              appropriate Rent Officers.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              13. Assessment of recoverable rent \r\n                                              by Minister.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              14. Matters to be taken into \r\n                                              account in assessing recoverable \r\n                                              rent.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              15. Certificate relating to \r\n                                              recoverable rent.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              16. Date on which recoverable rent \r\n                                              becomes payable.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              PART V&#8212;RECOVERY OF POSSESSION AND \r\n                                              EJECTMENT.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              17. Recovery of possession and \r\n                                              ejectment.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              18. Tenant to have option to new \r\n                                              tenancy of remodelled premises.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              PART VI&#8212;OBLIGATIONS OF LANDLORDS, \r\n                                              ETC.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              19. Landlord prohibited from \r\n                                              collecting rent increase resulting \r\n                                              from increase in rates without \r\n                                              notice, etc.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              20. Rent cards.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              21. Compensation for improvements.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              22. Control of sub-letting.&nbsp;\r\n                                              </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              23. Landlord prohibited from \r\n                                              serving notice to quit within two \r\n                                              years of determination of \r\n                                              appropriate Rent Officer, etc.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              24. Appropriate Rent officer not \r\n                                              to be able to award costs, etc</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              PART VII&#8212;OFFENCES, ETC.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              25. Offences.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              26. Offences by agents and \r\n                                              servants.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              27. Offence for inducing tenant to \r\n                                              quit.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              28. Statutory tenant prohibited \r\n                                              from demanding premium. </span>\r\n                                              </p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              29. Obligations of statutory \r\n                                              tenants.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              30. Furnished premises.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              31. Rates in relation to rent.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              32. Excess rent paid in advance.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              33. Receipt for rent to be \r\n                                              supplied.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              PART VIII&#8212;MISCELLANEOUS</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              34. Appeals under other \r\n                                              enactments.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              35. Regulations.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              36. Interpretation.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              37. Amendment and repeals.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              38. Commencement of Act.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              THE TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTIETH</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center"></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              ACT OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE \r\n                                              REPUBLIC OF GHANA</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              ENTITLED</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              THE RENT ACT, 1963</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              AN ACT to consolidate and amend \r\n                                              the law relating to the control of \r\n                                              rents and the recovery of the \r\n                                              possession of premises in certain \r\n                                              cases, to amend certain provisions \r\n                                              of existing enactments and to \r\n                                              provide for matters connected \r\n                                              therewith or incidental thereto.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              DATE OF ASSENT: 12th December, \r\n                                              1963</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              BE IT ENACTED by the President and \r\n                                              the National Assembly in this \r\n                                              present Parliament assembled as \r\n                                              follows:&#8212;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              PART I&#8212;APPLICATION OF ACT, ETC.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 1&#8212;Application of Act, Etc.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (1) Subject to the provisions of \r\n                                              subsection (2), this Act shall \r\n                                              apply to all premises in Ghana.\r\n                                              </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (2) This Act shall not apply to&#8212;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (a) any premises of which a public \r\n                                              officer is a tenant by reason of \r\n                                              his employment and of which \r\n                                              premises the Government is the \r\n                                              landlord;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (b) any lease of any premises when \r\n                                              such lease, whether entered into \r\n                                              or renewed before, on or after the \r\n                                              date of the commencement of this \r\n                                              Act, was entered into or renewed \r\n                                              as a lease of land upon which \r\n                                              there were no premises at the time \r\n                                              of the grant or renewal of the \r\n                                              lease; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (c) where a lease whether entered \r\n                                              into, before, on or after the date \r\n                                              of the commencement of this Act, \r\n                                              was entered into as a lease of \r\n                                              land upon which there were \r\n                                              premises but the premises were \r\n                                              demolished and new premises \r\n                                              erected within five years after \r\n                                              the grant of the lease, such lease \r\n                                              after the erection of the new \r\n                                              premises;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (d) any lease certified as being \r\n                                              valid under the law for the time \r\n                                              being in force relating to \r\n                                              concessions;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (e) any lease under which the \r\n                                              landlord is the Government and \r\n                                              which relates to premises \r\n                                              certified by the Minister as being \r\n                                              premises let at a rent which \r\n                                              yields no financial gain to the \r\n                                              Government;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (f)&nbsp; any market stall owned by a \r\n                                              Council;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (g) any land subject to the Rents \r\n                                              (Stabilization) Act, 1962 (Act \r\n                                              109) or any regulations made \r\n                                              thereunder; or</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (h)&nbsp; prescribed premises.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (3) This Act shall, except as \r\n                                              hereinafter provided, apply to the \r\n                                              Republic.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              PART II&#8212;ADMINISTRATION OF ACT</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 2&#8212;Rent Commissioner.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              There may be appointed for the \r\n                                              purposes of this Act a Rent \r\n                                              Commissioner, who shall subject to \r\n                                              the general or special directions \r\n                                              of the Minister, be charged with \r\n                                              the responsibility of the general&nbsp; \r\n                                              administration of the Act.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 3&#8212;Officers.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (1)&nbsp; There shall be appointed for \r\n                                              the purposes of this Act&#8212;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (a) a Chief Rent Officer for \r\n                                              Ghana;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (b) Principal Rent Officers for \r\n                                              areas;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (c) Senior Rent Officers for \r\n                                              areas;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (d) Rent Officers for areas;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (e) Senior Assistant Rent Officers \r\n                                              for areas;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (f) Assistant Rent Officers for \r\n                                              areas; and</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (g) such other employees as may be \r\n                                              prescribed.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (2) The officers specified in \r\n                                              paragraphs (b) to (f) of \r\n                                              subsection (1) of this section \r\n                                              shall be competent to discharge \r\n                                              the functions assigned to them \r\n                                              under the Act only in relation to \r\n                                              the areas for which they are \r\n                                              appointed.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 4&#8212;Continuance in Service \r\n                                              of Existing Officers.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Notwithstanding the repeal of the \r\n                                              Rent Control Ordinance, 1952 (No. \r\n                                              2), every officer appointed under \r\n                                              that Ordinance and in service \r\n                                              immediately before the \r\n                                              commencement of this Act shall be \r\n                                              deemed to be an officer appointed \r\n                                              for the purposes of this Act; and \r\n                                              for calculating any pension, \r\n                                              gratuity or other allowance to \r\n                                              which he may be eligible, his \r\n                                              service shall be deemed to have \r\n                                              commenced on the date he was \r\n                                              appointed for the purposes of the \r\n                                              said Ordinance.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 5&#8212;Functions of Appropriate \r\n                                              Rent Officers.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (1) Subject to the other \r\n                                              provisions of this Act, the \r\n                                              appropriate Rent Officer may \r\n                                              discharge all, or any of, the \r\n                                              following functions:&#8212;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (a) may assess the recoverable \r\n                                              rent of any premises (whether or \r\n                                              not such premises are occupied) on \r\n                                              an application made by any \r\n                                              landlord, tenant or person \r\n                                              interested in the premises, after \r\n                                              such enquiry as he may think fit;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (b) shall investigate, in such \r\n                                              manner as he may think fit, \r\n                                              complaints by a landlord against a \r\n                                              tenant in respect of arrears of \r\n                                              rent and complaints by a landlord, \r\n                                              tenant or person interested in the \r\n                                              premises against any other person \r\n                                              in respect of any other matter \r\n                                              mentioned in this Act and shall \r\n                                              make a determination thereon;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (c) shall investigate and \r\n                                              determine any matter relating to \r\n                                              this Act referred to him by the \r\n                                              Minister or a Rent Magistrate in \r\n                                              such manner as he may think fit;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (d) shall prepare rent registers \r\n                                              and other prescribed documents and \r\n                                              specify therein the prescribed \r\n                                              particulars;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (e) shall maintain a register of \r\n                                              vacant premises for prospective \r\n                                              clients and on application made by \r\n                                              any such client, shall furnish \r\n                                              information concerning such \r\n                                              premises;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (f) may examine any landlord, \r\n                                              tenant or other person for the \r\n                                              purpose of ascertaining whether \r\n                                              the provisions of this Act or of \r\n                                              any statutory instrument made \r\n                                              thereunder are being observed;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (g)&nbsp; may take measures against \r\n                                              tenants who have absconded from \r\n                                              the premises and may, for that \r\n                                              purpose, force open the doors of, \r\n                                              and search, any premises under the \r\n                                              authority of an order made by the \r\n                                              appropriate Rent Magistrate;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (h) may make complaints to the \r\n                                              appropriate Rent Magistrate that \r\n                                              an offence under this Act has been \r\n                                              committed for the purpose of \r\n                                              investigation and determination by \r\n                                              him and may conduct the \r\n                                              prosecution of the offender before \r\n                                              the Magistrate, so, however, that \r\n                                              a public prosecutor appointed \r\n                                              generally may intervene and assume \r\n                                              the conduct of such prosecution; \r\n                                              and</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i) \r\n                                              shall discharge such other \r\n                                              functions for the purpose of \r\n                                              carrying out the principles of \r\n                                              this Act as the Minister may \r\n                                              direct or as may be prescribed.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (2) The appropriate Rent Officer \r\n                                              discharging any functions under \r\n                                              this Act may exercise all, or any \r\n                                              of, the following powers:&#8212;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (a) may require the attendance of \r\n                                              parties and witnesses and may \r\n                                              examine them on oath or otherwise;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (b) may require the discovery, \r\n                                              inspection and production of \r\n                                              documents;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (c) may enter and view, or order \r\n                                              the inspection of, any premises \r\n                                              under consideration by such \r\n                                              officer;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (d) may call in one or more \r\n                                              assessors or experts to assist in \r\n                                              the determination of any matter, \r\n                                              the subject of consideration by \r\n                                              such officer;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (e) may require any landlord of \r\n                                              premises within the area for which \r\n                                              such officer was appointed to \r\n                                              furnish any information which he \r\n                                              may require for discharging his \r\n                                              functions under this Act; and\r\n                                              </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (f) shall make any person, known \r\n                                              to him as interested in securing \r\n                                              any unoccupied premises for rent, \r\n                                              a party to any enquiry held for \r\n                                              assessing the recoverable rent of \r\n                                              such premises.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (3) The appropriate Rent Officer \r\n                                              may take into consideration any \r\n                                              matter which he considers relevant \r\n                                              and give weight to such matter as \r\n                                              he may think fit, notwithstanding \r\n                                              that such matter is not admissible \r\n                                              under the law relating to \r\n                                              evidence.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (4) Except as otherwise provided \r\n                                              by or under this Act, the \r\n                                              appropriate Rent Officer shall not \r\n                                              be able to alter any of the \r\n                                              conditions of the tenancy other \r\n                                              than the amount of recoverable \r\n                                              rent.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              PART III&#8212;RENT MAGISTRATE</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 6&#8212;Functions of Rent \r\n                                              Magistrate.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (1) The appropriate Rent \r\n                                              Magistrate may discharge all, or \r\n                                              any of the, following functions:&#8212;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (a) may by order, on an appeal by \r\n                                              any landlord, tenant or person \r\n                                              interested in the premises, that \r\n                                              he is dissatisfied with the amount \r\n                                              of the recoverable rent of such \r\n                                              premises as assessed by the \r\n                                              appropriate Rent Officer, vary \r\n                                              such amount;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (b) may by order, on an appeal by \r\n                                              any landlord, tenant or person \r\n                                              interested in the premises from \r\n                                              any determination of the \r\n                                              appropriate Rent Officer under \r\n                                              this Act on any other matter, \r\n                                              decide such matter;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (c) may by order, on a reference \r\n                                              made by the Minister to him, \r\n                                              assess the amount of the \r\n                                              recoverable rent of any premises; \r\n                                              and</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (d) may make an order for the \r\n                                              ejectment of any tenant from any \r\n                                              premises situated within his area \r\n                                              of jurisdiction.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (2) Without prejudice to the \r\n                                              provisions of subsection (1), the \r\n                                              appropriate Rent Magistrate shall \r\n                                              decide any matter which has been \r\n                                              required by this Act to be \r\n                                              determined by him or if such \r\n                                              matter has been referred to him by \r\n                                              the Minister or the appropriate \r\n                                              Rent Officer by or under this Act.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 7&#8212;Powers of, and Procedure \r\n                                              to be observed by Rent Magistrate.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Subject to the provisions of this \r\n                                              Act and any regulations made \r\n                                              thereunder, a District Magistrate \r\n                                              functioning as a Rent Magistrate \r\n                                              for the purposes of this Act shall \r\n                                              have the same powers and observe \r\n                                              the same procedure as a District \r\n                                              Magistrate has and observes in the \r\n                                              exercise of his ordinary \r\n                                              jurisdiction.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 8&#8212;Rent Magistrate&#8217;s \r\n                                              decision on Recoverable Rent \r\n                                              Final.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Every assessment of a Rent \r\n                                              Magistrate as to the amount of the \r\n                                              recoverable rent of any premises \r\n                                              shall be final subject to a \r\n                                              reservation to the High Court of \r\n                                              any question of law.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 9&#8212;Other Powers and Duties \r\n                                              of Rent Magistrate.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (1) A Rent Magistrate shall, in \r\n                                              making any determination, order or \r\n                                              decision under this Act, take into \r\n                                              account any matter which he \r\n                                              considers relevant, \r\n                                              notwithstanding that such matter \r\n                                              is not admissible under the law \r\n                                              relating to evidence.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (2) Except as otherwise provided \r\n                                              by or under this Act, a Rent \r\n                                              Magistrate shall not be able to \r\n                                              alter any of the conditions of the \r\n                                              tenancy other than the amount of \r\n                                              the recoverable rent.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              PART IV&#8212;ASSESSMENT OF RECOVERABLE \r\n                                              RENT</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 10&#8212;Application for \r\n                                              Assessment of Recoverable Rent by \r\n                                              Appropriate Rent Officers. </span>\r\n                                              </b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">A \r\n                                              landlord or tenant of premises or \r\n                                              other person interested in such \r\n                                              premises may apply to the \r\n                                              appropriate Rent Officer, in \r\n                                              accordance with such regulations \r\n                                              as may be made in that behalf, to \r\n                                              assess the amount of the \r\n                                              recoverable rent of such premises \r\n                                              (whether or not such premises are \r\n                                              occupied): </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Provided that such officer shall \r\n                                              not entertain an application for \r\n                                              an assessment of such premises, if \r\n                                              an assessment has been made \r\n                                              previously by him or the \r\n                                              appropriate Rent Magistrate, \r\n                                              unless he is satisfied that&#8212;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (a)&nbsp; the circumstances affecting \r\n                                              the question of the rent of such \r\n                                              premises have materially altered \r\n                                              since the last assessment of the \r\n                                              rent of such premises;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (b) the last assessment of the \r\n                                              rent of such premises was obtained \r\n                                              by fraud, misrepresentation or \r\n                                              mistake;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (c) fresh evidence of a material \r\n                                              nature, which could not by the \r\n                                              exercise of reasonable diligence \r\n                                              have been produced when the last \r\n                                              assessment of the rent of such \r\n                                              premises was made, is now \r\n                                              available;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (d) the last assessment of the \r\n                                              rent of such premises was made in \r\n                                              the absence of any necessary or \r\n                                              proper party whose absence was not \r\n                                              due to any default or neglect on \r\n                                              his part; or</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (e) in his opinion injustice has \r\n                                              been occasioned.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 11&#8212;Ministers&#8217;s Reference \r\n                                              to Magistrate to Assess \r\n                                              Recoverable Rent. </span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              The Minister may refer, in \r\n                                              accordance with such regulations \r\n                                              as may be made in that behalf, to \r\n                                              the appropriate Rent Magistrate, \r\n                                              to assess the amount of the \r\n                                              recoverable rent of any premises.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 12&#8212;Appeal for Variation of \r\n                                              Recoverable Rent Assessed by \r\n                                              Appropriate Rent Officers.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (1) The landlord or tenant of any \r\n                                              premises or a person interested in \r\n                                              such premises may appeal to the \r\n                                              appropriate Rent Magistrate, in \r\n                                              the prescribed form, from the \r\n                                              assessment by the appropriate Rent \r\n                                              Officer of the amount of the \r\n                                              recoverable rent of such premises \r\n                                              within seven days after such \r\n                                              assessment.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (2) A person appealing under \r\n                                              subsection (1) from the assessment \r\n                                              of the appropriate Rent Officer \r\n                                              shall, within ten days after such \r\n                                              assessment, send a copy of his \r\n                                              statement of appeal to such \r\n                                              officer with a request to such \r\n                                              officer to transmit to the \r\n                                              appropriate Rent Magistrate within \r\n                                              fourteen days after the receipt by \r\n                                              the officer of such request&#8212;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (a) copies of all the relevant \r\n                                              documents certified by him to be \r\n                                              exact copies of such documents;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (b) a statement of the facts of \r\n                                              the matter; and</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (c) his reason for such \r\n                                              assessment.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (3) The appropriate Rent Officer \r\n                                              referred to in subsection (2) \r\n                                              shall, within fourteen days after \r\n                                              the receipt by him of the request \r\n                                              mentioned in that subsection, \r\n                                              comply with the terms of the \r\n                                              request. </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (4) A person appealing under \r\n                                              subsection (1) from the assessment \r\n                                              of the appropriate Rent Officer in \r\n                                              respect of any premises shall, \r\n                                              within fourteen days after such \r\n                                              assessment, send copies of his \r\n                                              statement of appeal to any other \r\n                                              person interested in such \r\n                                              premises, that is to say, to the \r\n                                              landlord, tenant and any other \r\n                                              person interested in such \r\n                                              premises.&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (5) The Rent Magistrate to whom an \r\n                                              appeal has been made under \r\n                                              subsection (1) from an assessment \r\n                                              of the appropriate Rent Officer \r\n                                              shall have the power to refer any \r\n                                              matter relating to such appeal for \r\n                                              the further investigation of such \r\n                                              officer.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (6) The Rent Magistrate to whom an \r\n                                              appeal has been made under \r\n                                              subsection (1) from an assessment \r\n                                              of the appropriate Rent Officer \r\n                                              may, in accordance with the \r\n                                              provisions of this Act and such \r\n                                              regulations as may be made \r\n                                              hereunder, vary the amount of the \r\n                                              assessment.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 13&#8212;Assessment of \r\n                                              Recoverable Rent by Minister.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              The Minister may, by executive \r\n                                              instrument, assess the amount of \r\n                                              the recoverable rent in respect of \r\n                                              premises of a similar type in \r\n                                              similar localities and, in \r\n                                              particular, in respect of such \r\n                                              premises established out of public \r\n                                              funds.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 14&#8212;Matters to be Taken \r\n                                              into Account in Assessing \r\n                                              Recoverable Rent.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              The appropriate Rent Officer or \r\n                                              the appropriate Rent Magistrate, \r\n                                              for the purpose of assessing the \r\n                                              amount of recoverable rent of any \r\n                                              premises, shall take into account \r\n                                              the following matters:&#8212;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (a) the rateable value of the \r\n                                              premises for the assessment of \r\n                                              rates thereon;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (b) the value of the land on which \r\n                                              such premises are situated;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (c) the amount of the annual rates \r\n                                              in respect of such premises, and \r\n                                              where the premises have been let \r\n                                              in part, any apportionment of the \r\n                                              rates attributable to such part;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (d) the recoverable rent assessed \r\n                                              for similar premises by the \r\n                                              Minister under section 13;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (e) the estimated cost in respect \r\n                                              of repairs or the maintenance of \r\n                                              such premises;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (f) the amount of the recoverable \r\n                                              rent for like premises;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (g) the current rate of interest \r\n                                              charged by the Ghana Commercial \r\n                                              Bank on overdrafts.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (h) the obligations of the \r\n                                              landlord, tenant and any other \r\n                                              person interested in the premises \r\n                                              under the lease; and</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i) \r\n                                              the justice and merits of each \r\n                                              particular case.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 15&#8212;Certificate Relating to \r\n                                              Recoverable Rent.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Where the appropriate Rent Officer \r\n                                              or the appropriate Rent Magistrate \r\n                                              assesses the amount of the \r\n                                              recoverable rent in respect of any \r\n                                              premises he shall, as soon as may \r\n                                              be practicable thereafter, issue a \r\n                                              certificate specifying&#8212;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (a) the amount of the recoverable \r\n                                              rent of such premises assessed by \r\n                                              him;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (b) the rates or where part of the \r\n                                              premises have been let, the \r\n                                              apportionment of the rates \r\n                                              attributable to such part;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (c) if the premises have been let \r\n                                              together with fixtures and \r\n                                              furniture, the amount of the rent \r\n                                              apportioned for the premises \r\n                                              without such fixtures and \r\n                                              furniture and the amount of the \r\n                                              rent for the fixtures and \r\n                                              furniture; and</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (d) such other particulars as may \r\n                                              be prescribed.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 16&#8212;Date on which \r\n                                              Recoverable Rent becomes Payable.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (1) Where the amount of the \r\n                                              recoverable rent of any premises \r\n                                              is assessed for the first time \r\n                                              under this Act, or is assessed at \r\n                                              an amount not more than the \r\n                                              recoverable rent of such premises \r\n                                              immediately before such assessment \r\n                                              and there is no appeal therefrom, \r\n                                              such amount shall become payable \r\n                                              with effect from the end of the \r\n                                              month following the month in which \r\n                                              the assessment was made.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (2) Where the amount of the \r\n                                              recoverable rent of any premises \r\n                                              is assessed at an amount more than \r\n                                              the amount of recoverable rent of \r\n                                              the premises and no appeal lies \r\n                                              therefrom, such amount shall \r\n                                              become payable, if, but only, if \r\n                                              one month''s notice in writing of \r\n                                              the landlord''s intention to \r\n                                              collect such amount in the future \r\n                                              has been given to the tenant.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (3) Where the notice referred to \r\n                                              in subsection (2) has not been \r\n                                              given by the landlord of the \r\n                                              premises, the recoverable rent \r\n                                              payable in respect of such \r\n                                              premises shall be the recoverable \r\n                                              rent payable in respect of such \r\n                                              premises immediately before the \r\n                                              assessment mentioned in that \r\n                                              subsection.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (4) Where the notice referred to \r\n                                              in subsection (2) has been given \r\n                                              by the landlord of the premises, \r\n                                              the amount of the recoverable rent \r\n                                              shall become payable at the end of \r\n                                              the month following the month in \r\n                                              which the notice was given.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (5) When a Rent Magistrate \r\n                                              assesses the recoverable rent of \r\n                                              any premises under this Act at an \r\n                                              amount different from the rent \r\n                                              previously payable, such amount \r\n                                              shall become payable as from a \r\n                                              date fixed by the Magistrate but \r\n                                              not earlier than the date on which \r\n                                              the recoverable rent would have \r\n                                              become payable in accordance with \r\n                                              the appropriate provisions of this \r\n                                              section.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <i>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Illustrations</span></i></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (a) Where the recoverable rent has \r\n                                              been reduced from £G5 each month \r\n                                              to £G4 each month on December 14, \r\n                                              1963, the monthly recoverable rent \r\n                                              of £G4 shall become payable on and \r\n                                              after February 1, 1964.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (b) Where the recoverable rent has \r\n                                              been increased from £G5 each month \r\n                                              to £G6 each month on December 14, \r\n                                              1963, and the one month''s notice \r\n                                              referred to in sub-section (2) is \r\n                                              not given, the monthly recoverable \r\n                                              rent shall continue to be £G5.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (c) Where the recoverable rent has \r\n                                              been increased from £G5 each month \r\n                                              to £G6 each month on December 14, \r\n                                              1963 and the one month&#8217;s notice \r\n                                              referred to in subsection (2) was \r\n                                              given on December 18, 1963, the \r\n                                              monthly recoverable rent of £G6 \r\n                                              shall become payable on and after \r\n                                              February 1, 1964.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (d) When a Rent Magistrate alters \r\n                                              the monthly rent of premises from \r\n                                              £G5 to £G4 on December 14, 1963, \r\n                                              he shall not be able to fix a date \r\n                                              earlier than February 1, 1964, as \r\n                                              the date from which the monthly \r\n                                              rent of £G4 shall be payable.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              PART V&#8212;RECOVERY OF POSSESSION AND \r\n                                              EJECTMENT</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 17&#8212;Recovery of Possession \r\n                                              and Ejectment.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (1) Subject to the provisions of \r\n                                              subsection (2) of section 25 and \r\n                                              of section 28, no order against a \r\n                                              tenant for the recovery of the \r\n                                              possession of, or for the \r\n                                              ejectment from, any premises shall \r\n                                              be made or given by the \r\n                                              appropriate Rent Magistrate, or \r\n                                              any other Judge of a court of \r\n                                              competent jurisdiction in \r\n                                              accordance with the provisions of \r\n                                              any other enactment for the time \r\n                                              being in force, except in any of \r\n                                              the following circumstances:&#8212;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (a) where any rent lawfully due \r\n                                              from the tenant has not been paid \r\n                                              or tendered within one month after \r\n                                              the date on which it became \r\n                                              lawfully due;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (b) where any obligation of the \r\n                                              tenancy, other than that specified \r\n                                              in paragraph (a), so far as such \r\n                                              obligation is consistent with the \r\n                                              provisions of this Act, has been \r\n                                              broken or not performed;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (c) where the tenant or any person \r\n                                              residing with him has been guilty \r\n                                              of conduct which is a nuisance or \r\n                                              an annoyance to adjoining \r\n                                              occupiers;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (d) where the tenant or any person \r\n                                              residing with him has been \r\n                                              convicted of using the premises or \r\n                                              allowing the premises to be used \r\n                                              for an immoral or illegal purpose;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (e)&nbsp; where the condition of the \r\n                                              premises has in the opinion of \r\n                                              such Magistrate or Judge \r\n                                              deteriorated owing to acts of \r\n                                              waste by, or the neglect or \r\n                                              default of, the tenant or any \r\n                                              person residing with him;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (f) where the tenant has given \r\n                                              notice of his intention to quit in \r\n                                              writing and in consequence of such \r\n                                              notice the landlord has contracted \r\n                                              to sell or let the premises or has \r\n                                              taken any other steps as a result \r\n                                              of which he would, in the opinion \r\n                                              of such Magistrate or Judge, be \r\n                                              seriously prejudiced if he could \r\n                                              not obtain possession;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>\r\n                                              </p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (g) where the premises are \r\n                                              reasonably required by the \r\n                                              landlord for personal occupation \r\n                                              as a dwelling house by himself, a \r\n                                              member of his family or any person \r\n                                              in his whole time employment, such \r\n                                              premises being constructed to be \r\n                                              used as a dwelling house, so, \r\n                                              however, that&#8212;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i) \r\n                                              the circumstance that the premises \r\n                                              are reasonably required by the \r\n                                              landlord for personal occupation \r\n                                              by someone in his employ shall not \r\n                                              be a sufficient circumstance if \r\n                                              the Magistrate or Judge is not \r\n                                              satisfied that such landlord \r\n                                              usually provides premises for \r\n                                              occupation by an employee of the \r\n                                              class to which that employee \r\n                                              belongs, and</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (ii) no such order shall be made \r\n                                              if the Magistrate or Judge is \r\n                                              satisfied having regard to all the \r\n                                              circumstances of the case, \r\n                                              including any alternative \r\n                                              accommodation available for the \r\n                                              person for whose occupation the \r\n                                              premises are so required or for \r\n                                              the tenant, that greater hardship \r\n                                              would be caused by granting the \r\n                                              order than by refusing it;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (h) where the lease has expired \r\n                                              and the premises are reasonably \r\n                                              required by the landlord to be \r\n                                              used by him for his own business \r\n                                              purposes, such premises being \r\n                                              constructed to be used as such, if \r\n                                              the landlord has given not less \r\n                                              than six months&#8217; written notice to \r\n                                              the tenant of his intention to \r\n                                              apply for an order for the \r\n                                              recovery of the possession of, or \r\n                                              the ejectment from, the premises;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i) \r\n                                              where the lease has expired and \r\n                                              the tenant is a statutory tenant \r\n                                              and the landlord&#8212;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i) \r\n                                              intends to pull down the premises \r\n                                              and construct new premises,</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (ii) intends to remodel the \r\n                                              premises and the remodelling \r\n                                              cannot be carried out with the \r\n                                              tenant in occupation, or</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (iii) requires possession of the \r\n                                              premises to carry out a scheme of \r\n                                              re-development, if the landlord \r\n                                              has given not less than six \r\n                                              months&#8217; written notice to the \r\n                                              tenant of his intention to apply \r\n                                              for an order for the recovery of \r\n                                              the possession of, or the \r\n                                              ejectment from, the premises, so, \r\n                                              however, that&#8212;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(aa)&nbsp; \r\n                                              the Magistrate or Judge may, on \r\n                                              making or giving an order under \r\n                                              this paragraph, make it a \r\n                                              condition that if the landlord \r\n                                              fails to carry out his intention \r\n                                              within such period as may be \r\n                                              allowed by such Magistrate or \r\n                                              Judge the landlord shall reinstate \r\n                                              the former tenant as a statutory \r\n                                              tenant at the same rent as that \r\n                                              formerly payable or pay to the \r\n                                              tenant such compensation as the \r\n                                              Magistrate or Judge may consider \r\n                                              reasonable,</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(ab) \r\n                                              the Magistrate or Judge shall \r\n                                              cause a copy of such order to be \r\n                                              served on the appropriate Rent \r\n                                              Officer for the area where the \r\n                                              premises are situated and such \r\n                                              officer shall take such \r\n                                              proceedings as are necessary to \r\n                                              ensure compliance with the terms \r\n                                              of the order, and</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (ac) the making or giving of an \r\n                                              order under this paragraph in the \r\n                                              circumstances specified in \r\n                                              paragraph (i) (ii) of this \r\n                                              subsection shall be subject to any \r\n                                              option of the tenant to acquire \r\n                                              under the provisions of section \r\n                                              18, a new statutory tenancy of any \r\n                                              premises remodelled to which such \r\n                                              an order relates;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (j) where the premises were let to \r\n                                              the tenant by reason of his \r\n                                              employment in the service of the \r\n                                              landlord and such employment has \r\n                                              ceased; and</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (k) where the landlord was \r\n                                              personally in occupation of the \r\n                                              premises and has let the premises \r\n                                              substantially furnished for a term \r\n                                              during his absence from Ghana or \r\n                                              that area of Ghana in which the \r\n                                              premises are situated and has \r\n                                              returned and requires the \r\n                                              re-occupation of the premises for \r\n                                              himself, so, however, that no \r\n                                              order granting the possession of, \r\n                                              or the ejectment from, the \r\n                                              premises shall be granted on or \r\n                                              after the commencement of this Act \r\n                                              unless the lease is in writing and \r\n                                              sets out that the lease has been \r\n                                              granted for a term during the \r\n                                              absence of the landlord from Ghana \r\n                                              or such area.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (2) Subsection (1) of this section \r\n                                              shall not apply to&#8212;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (a) proceedings by a person \r\n                                              claiming under a title adverse and \r\n                                              superior to that under which the \r\n                                              original tenancy by virtue of \r\n                                              which the tenant became entitled \r\n                                              to retain possession was derived; \r\n                                              or</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (b) proceedings against a \r\n                                              derivative landlord; or </span>\r\n                                              </p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (c) proceedings by or on behalf of \r\n                                              the Republic.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (3) The Magistrate or Judge making \r\n                                              or giving any order or judgment \r\n                                              for the recovery of the possession \r\n                                              of any premises or for the \r\n                                              ejectment of a tenant therefrom \r\n                                              may stay or suspend execution of \r\n                                              any such order or judgment or \r\n                                              postpone the date of possession \r\n                                              for such period or periods as the \r\n                                              Magistrate or Judge thinks fit and \r\n                                              subject to such conditions, if \r\n                                              any, in regard to payment by the \r\n                                              tenant of arrears of rent, mesne \r\n                                              profits and such other sums as the \r\n                                              Magistrate or Judge thinks fit and \r\n                                              if such conditions are complied \r\n                                              with, the Magistrate or Judge may \r\n                                              discharge or rescind such order or \r\n                                              judgment.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (4) An order for recovery of \r\n                                              possession or ejectment given or \r\n                                              made under the provisions of \r\n                                              paragraph (g) of subsection (1) \r\n                                              shall state in full the name of \r\n                                              the person who is to occupy the \r\n                                              premises.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (5) An order or judgment against a \r\n                                              tenant for the recovery of the \r\n                                              possession of any premises or \r\n                                              ejectment therefrom made or given \r\n                                              under the provisions of this \r\n                                              section or of subsection (2) of \r\n                                              section 25 shall not affect the \r\n                                              right of any sub-tenant to whom \r\n                                              the premises or any part thereof \r\n                                              were lawfully sub-let before \r\n                                              proceedings for recovery of \r\n                                              possession or ejectment were \r\n                                              commenced, to retain possession \r\n                                              under this section, and every such \r\n                                              order or judgment shall declare \r\n                                              whether it shall be enforced \r\n                                              against a sub-tenant or not.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (6) Any sub-tenant against whom an \r\n                                              order or judgment is not \r\n                                              enforceable shall, if he remains \r\n                                              in possession after notice of the \r\n                                              order or judgment, cease to be a \r\n                                              sub-tenant of the tenant and \r\n                                              become a tenant of the landlord.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (7) A landlord in whose favour an \r\n                                              order for recovery of the \r\n                                              possession of, or the ejectment \r\n                                              from, premises on any of the \r\n                                              grounds specified in paragraph \r\n                                              (g), (h) or (k) of subsection (1) \r\n                                              has been made or given shall not, \r\n                                              within two years from the date of \r\n                                              the order, let such premises or \r\n                                              any part thereof without an order \r\n                                              of the appropriate Rent \r\n                                              Magistrate, except, in the case of \r\n                                              an order on grounds specified in \r\n                                              the said paragraph (g), to the \r\n                                              person or persons for whom the \r\n                                              premises were stated to be \r\n                                              required in the proceedings in \r\n                                              which such recovery or ejectment \r\n                                              was obtained.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 18&#8212;Tenant to have Option \r\n                                              to New Tenancy of Remodelled \r\n                                              Premises.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (1) Where possession of premises \r\n                                              is required for the grounds set \r\n                                              out in paragraph (i) (ii) of \r\n                                              subsection (1) of section 17 and \r\n                                              the premises are vacated&#8212; </span>\r\n                                              </p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (a) pursuant to an order of the \r\n                                              appropriate Rent Magistrate or \r\n                                              Judge; or</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (b) voluntarily after a notice \r\n                                              given by the landlord,</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              the statutory tenant so \r\n                                              dispossessed shall be deemed to \r\n                                              have an option to be reinstated in \r\n                                              the premises remodelled at the \r\n                                              recoverable rent assessed in \r\n                                              accordance with subsection (4).</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (2) A statutory tenant vacating \r\n                                              the premises in accordance with \r\n                                              the provisions of subsection (1) \r\n                                              shall give his name and address \r\n                                              for the time being to the \r\n                                              appropriate Rent Officer, if he \r\n                                              proposes to exercise the option \r\n                                              referred to in subsection (1).</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (3) Upon application made by a \r\n                                              tenant of any premises referred to \r\n                                              in subsection (1) to the \r\n                                              Magistrate or Judge having \r\n                                              jurisdiction over the area in \r\n                                              which such premises are situated, \r\n                                              such Magistrate or Judge may \r\n                                              determine whether or not such \r\n                                              tenant is entitled to \r\n                                              reinstatement and make an order \r\n                                              for the reinstatement of the \r\n                                              tenant, if he is so entitled.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (4) Within one month after the \r\n                                              completion of the remodelling of \r\n                                              the premises, the landlord shall \r\n                                              apply to the appropriate Rent \r\n                                              Officer for the assessment of the \r\n                                              recoverable rent for such premises \r\n                                              and such officer shall make the \r\n                                              assessment.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (5) Every statutory tenant of any \r\n                                              premises who has given his name \r\n                                              and address under subsection (2) \r\n                                              shall be made a party to any \r\n                                              proceedings for the fixing of the \r\n                                              recoverable rent for such premises \r\n                                              before the appropriate Rent \r\n                                              Officer.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (6) Where more than one person is \r\n                                              entitled to be reinstated under \r\n                                              subsection (1) and the remodelled \r\n                                              premises contain insufficient \r\n                                              accommodation for all such tenants \r\n                                              to be reinstated, priority shall, \r\n                                              in default of agreement among the \r\n                                              former tenants, be given to the \r\n                                              tenant whose former tenancy was \r\n                                              earlier in date. In any case where \r\n                                              there is no distinction between \r\n                                              one former tenant and another of \r\n                                              any premises, in respect of \r\n                                              priority of dates, the landlord of \r\n                                              such premises shall apply to the \r\n                                              appropriate Rent Magistrate or \r\n                                              Judge for a declaration as to the \r\n                                              person entitled to be granted a \r\n                                              tenancy. Such Magistrate or Judge \r\n                                              shall consider the balance of \r\n                                              hardship between the former \r\n                                              tenants and determine the person \r\n                                              entitled to the tenancy.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (7) Nothing in this section shall \r\n                                              apply where possession of premises \r\n                                              was taken under the provisions of \r\n                                              paragraph (i) (ii) of subsection \r\n                                              (1) of section 17 and where on \r\n                                              application subsequently made to \r\n                                              him by the landlord or by a former \r\n                                              tenant, the appropriate Magistrate \r\n                                              or Judge is satisfied that the \r\n                                              premises at the date of the \r\n                                              application are unsuitable for use \r\n                                              by the former tenants.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              PART VI&#8212;OBLIGATIONS OF LANDLORDS, \r\n                                              ETC.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 19&#8212;Landlord Prohibited \r\n                                              from Collecting Rent Increase \r\n                                              Resulting from Increase in Rates \r\n                                              without Notice, Etc.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (1) No landlord of premises shall \r\n                                              collect from the tenant of such \r\n                                              premises any increase of rent \r\n                                              attributable to an increase of \r\n                                              rates in respect of such premises, \r\n                                              unless he has notified the tenant&nbsp; \r\n                                              previously in writing in the \r\n                                              prescribed form the amount of the \r\n                                              old rates, the amount of the new \r\n                                              rates, and where a part of any \r\n                                              premises has been let, the amount \r\n                                              of the rates attributable to such \r\n                                              part, the amount of the increase \r\n                                              in rent and the date from which \r\n                                              the new rates take effect.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (2) When a part of any premises \r\n                                              has been let and there has been an \r\n                                              increase in the rates in respect \r\n                                              of the whole of such premises, no \r\n                                              landlord shall&#8212;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (a) fix the amount of the rates \r\n                                              attributable to such part, or\r\n                                              </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (b) collect an increase in rent in \r\n                                              respect of such part,</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              unless such amount and increase \r\n                                              have been approved by the \r\n                                              appropriate Rent Officer.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (3) No landlord of, or other \r\n                                              person interested in, any \r\n                                              premises, shall collect the \r\n                                              increase in rent attributable to \r\n                                              an increase in rates in respect of \r\n                                              any period before such increased \r\n                                              rates were assessed.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 20&#8212;Rent Cards.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (1) Every landlord of any premises \r\n                                              on monthly or shorter tenancies \r\n                                              shall issue to the tenant of such \r\n                                              premises, within seven days after \r\n                                              the commencement of the tenancy, a \r\n                                              rent card specifying the following \r\n                                              particulars:&#8212;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (a) the name and address of the \r\n                                              landlord of such premises;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (b) the name and address of the \r\n                                              tenant of such premises;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (c) the amount of the recoverable \r\n                                              rent of such premises; and</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (d) any other prescribed \r\n                                              particulars.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (2) Where any particulars \r\n                                              specified in a rent card have been \r\n                                              altered, the landlord shall call \r\n                                              for the rent card from the tenant \r\n                                              and make the appropriate \r\n                                              alterations, within seven days \r\n                                              after the alterations have been \r\n                                              decided upon.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 21&#8212;Compensation for \r\n                                              Improvements.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Where a tenant who has made \r\n                                              improvements to his premises, with \r\n                                              the approval of the landlord of \r\n                                              the premises is requested to \r\n                                              vacate his premises before the \r\n                                              prescribed period, the landlord of \r\n                                              such premises shall pay such \r\n                                              compensation for the improvements \r\n                                              as may be ordered by the \r\n                                              appropriate Rent Officer within \r\n                                              such period as may be specified by \r\n                                              him.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 22&#8212;Control of Sub-letting.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (1)&nbsp; No person, in the case of a \r\n                                              monthly or shorter tenancy of any \r\n                                              premises, shall sub-let such \r\n                                              premises without the written \r\n                                              consent of his landlord.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (2) No person in the case of a \r\n                                              tenancy of any premises, other \r\n                                              than the tenancy specified in \r\n                                              subsection (1), shall sub-let such \r\n                                              premises, in the absence of \r\n                                              express agreement in writing to \r\n                                              the contrary, for a period in \r\n                                              excess of the period of his \r\n                                              tenancy.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (3) Every person sub-letting his \r\n                                              premises shall inform the landlord \r\n                                              of such premises in writing within \r\n                                              fourteen days after he has so \r\n                                              sub-let the premises the fact of \r\n                                              such sub-letting and its terms.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 23&#8212;Landlord Prohibited \r\n                                              from Serving Notice to Quit within \r\n                                              Two Years of Determination of \r\n                                              Appropriate Rent Officer, Etc.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              No landlord of any premises shall \r\n                                              serve a notice to quit on a tenant \r\n                                              of such premises within two years \r\n                                              from the date of any assessment, \r\n                                              order or decision of the \r\n                                              appropriate Rent Officer from \r\n                                              which there has been no appeal or \r\n                                              of the appropriate Rent Magistrate \r\n                                              or of any other Judge of a court \r\n                                              of competent jurisdiction, unless \r\n                                              the lease is due to expire within \r\n                                              the said period of two years.\r\n                                              </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 24&#8212;Appropriate Rent \r\n                                              Officer not to be able to Award \r\n                                              Costs, Etc.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              No appropriate Rent Officer shall \r\n                                              have the power to award costs, or \r\n                                              receive payment for any service \r\n                                              except his salary and such other \r\n                                              remuneration as may be prescribed.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              PART VII&#8212;OFFENCES, ETC.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 25&#8212;Offences.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (1) Every person who, in respect \r\n                                              of any premises&#8212;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (a) demands or receives more than \r\n                                              the recoverable rent for such \r\n                                              premises notwithstanding any lease \r\n                                              to the contrary;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (b) demands or receives any \r\n                                              consideration, whether in money or \r\n                                              in kind or in any other manner \r\n                                              whatsoever and whether by way of \r\n                                              rent, fine, premium or otherwise, \r\n                                              for the grant, renewal, \r\n                                              continuance or assignment of any \r\n                                              tenancy;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (c) being or acting as an agent or \r\n                                              broker or go-between demands or \r\n                                              receives for his services in \r\n                                              connection with the procuring of \r\n                                              any grant, renewal, continuance or \r\n                                              assignment of a tenancy, any \r\n                                              consideration which exceeds five \r\n                                              per centum of the recoverable rent \r\n                                              for one year of such premises;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (d) where the purchase or hire of \r\n                                              any furniture, fittings, fixtures, \r\n                                              or other articles is required by \r\n                                              him as a condition for the grant, \r\n                                              renewal, continuance or assignment \r\n                                              of any tenancy, demands or \r\n                                              receives any price or \r\n                                              consideration for such purchase or \r\n                                              hire in excess of a reasonable \r\n                                              price or consideration therefor;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (e) enters into or carries out any \r\n                                              fictitious or artificial agreement \r\n                                              which has effect of attempting to \r\n                                              defeat the objects of this Act;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (f) being a landlord fails to \r\n                                              furnish any information he is \r\n                                              required to furnish by or under \r\n                                              this Act;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (g) being a landlord of any \r\n                                              premises ejects a tenant of such \r\n                                              premises for failing to pay more \r\n                                              than the recoverable rent of the \r\n                                              premises; </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (h) being a landlord and having \r\n                                              remodelled premises after \r\n                                              obtaining possession under the \r\n                                              provisions of paragraph (i) of \r\n                                              subsection (1) of section 17 fails \r\n                                              to comply with the requirements of \r\n                                              section 18; or</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i) \r\n                                              contravenes any other provisions \r\n                                              of the Act,</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              shall be guilty of an offence and \r\n                                              shall upon conviction by the \r\n                                              appropriate Rent Magistrate be \r\n                                              liable to a fine not exceeding one \r\n                                              hundred pounds or to imprisonment \r\n                                              for a term not exceeding six \r\n                                              months or to both such fine and \r\n                                              imprisonment.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (2) Upon the hearing of a charge \r\n                                              alleging the contravention of the \r\n                                              provisions of subsection (1), it \r\n                                              shall be lawful for the \r\n                                              Magistrate, in addition to \r\n                                              imposing a fine if the accused is \r\n                                              convicted, to order the accused to \r\n                                              pay the tenant such one or more of \r\n                                              the following sums as may be \r\n                                              appropriate to the case:&#8212;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (a) any sum received in excess of \r\n                                              the rent lawfully recoverable;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (b) the amount or value of the \r\n                                              consideration paid in \r\n                                              contravention of the provisions of \r\n                                              paragraph (b) or (c) of subsection \r\n                                              (1); and</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (c) the amount by which the price \r\n                                              or consideration for such purchase \r\n                                              or hire referred to in paragraph \r\n                                              (d) of subsection (1) exceeds a \r\n                                              reasonable price or consideration.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Upon such hearing the Magistrate \r\n                                              may, also if the accused is a \r\n                                              principal tenant order his \r\n                                              ejectment.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (3) Nothing in this section \r\n                                              contained shall prejudice the \r\n                                              right of any person to recover by \r\n                                              civil action any such sums as the \r\n                                              Magistrate may order to be paid \r\n                                              under subsection (2).</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (4) Where there is any such change \r\n                                              of circumstances in a tenancy as \r\n                                              the following, that is to say, any \r\n                                              diminution of the rights of the \r\n                                              tenant to use accommodation in \r\n                                              common with others which renders \r\n                                              the letting less favourable to the \r\n                                              tenant without a corresponding \r\n                                              reduction in rent, there shall be \r\n                                              deemed to have been an increase in \r\n                                              rent.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (5) Any person who as a condition \r\n                                              of the grant, renewal or \r\n                                              continuance of a tenancy demands \r\n                                              in the case of a monthly or \r\n                                              shorter tenancy, the payment in \r\n                                              advance of more than a month''s \r\n                                              rent or in the case of a tenancy \r\n                                              exceeding six months, the payment \r\n                                              in advance of more than six months \r\n                                              rent shall be guilty of an offence \r\n                                              and shall upon conviction by the \r\n                                              appropriate Rent Magistrate be \r\n                                              liable to a fine not exceeding one \r\n                                              hundred pounds.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (6) Notwithstanding anything in \r\n                                              subsection (1), an assignor may, \r\n                                              if apart from this section he \r\n                                              would be entitled so to do, \r\n                                              require the payment by the \r\n                                              assignee&#8212;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (a) of so much of any outgoings \r\n                                              discharged by the assignor as is \r\n                                              referable to any period after the \r\n                                              assignment takes effect;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (b) of a sum not exceeding the \r\n                                              amount of any expenditure \r\n                                              reasonably incurred by the \r\n                                              assignor in carrying out any \r\n                                              structural alteration of the \r\n                                              premises or in providing or \r\n                                              improving fixtures, therein, being \r\n                                              fixtures which as against the \r\n                                              landlord he is not entitled to \r\n                                              remove;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (c) where the assignor became a \r\n                                              tenant of the premises by virtue \r\n                                              of an assignment of the tenancy \r\n                                              thereof, of a sum not exceeding \r\n                                              any reasonable amount paid by him \r\n                                              to his assignor in respect of \r\n                                              expenditure incurred by that \r\n                                              assignor, or by any previous \r\n                                              assignor of the tenancy, in \r\n                                              carrying out any such alteration \r\n                                              or in providing or improving any \r\n                                              such fixtures as are mentioned in \r\n                                              paragraph (b) of this subsection; \r\n                                              or</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (d) where the premises or any part \r\n                                              thereof are used as a shop or \r\n                                              office, or for business, trade or \r\n                                              professional purposes, of a \r\n                                              reasonable amount in respect of \r\n                                              any goodwill of the business, \r\n                                              trade or profession, being \r\n                                              goodwill transferred to the \r\n                                              assignee in connection with the \r\n                                              assignment or accruing to him in \r\n                                              consequence thereof.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 26&#8212;Offences by Agents and \r\n                                              Servants.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (1) Where an offence which may be \r\n                                              committed by a landlord or tenant \r\n                                              under this Act has in fact been \r\n                                              committed by his agent or servant, \r\n                                              such agent or servant shall be \r\n                                              liable to the like penalty as if \r\n                                              he were the landlord or tenant, as \r\n                                              the case may be.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (2) Any landlord or tenant, who \r\n                                              would have been guilty of an \r\n                                              offence under the provisions of \r\n                                              this Act for anything done or \r\n                                              omitted to be done by him \r\n                                              personally, shall be guilty of \r\n                                              such offence if such thing has \r\n                                              been done or omitted by his agent \r\n                                              or servant, unless he proves that \r\n                                              he took reasonable precautions to \r\n                                              prevent the doing or omission of \r\n                                              such thing.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 27&#8212;Offence for Inducing \r\n                                              Tenant to Quit.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (1) Every person who shall do any \r\n                                              act whatsoever, or refrain from \r\n                                              doing anything which the \r\n                                              conditions of the tenancy require \r\n                                              him to do, with intent to compel \r\n                                              the lessee of any premises to give \r\n                                              up possession thereof shall be \r\n                                              guilty of an offence and shall on \r\n                                              conviction by the appropriate Rent \r\n                                              Magistrate, be liable to a fine \r\n                                              not exceeding fifty pounds.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (2) Upon the hearing of a charge \r\n                                              alleging the contravention of the \r\n                                              provisions of subsection (1), it \r\n                                              shall be lawful for the Magistrate \r\n                                              if the accused is convicted and in \r\n                                              addition to imposing a fine, to \r\n                                              order the accused to pay to the \r\n                                              lessee of the premises, such sum \r\n                                              as may appear to the Magistrate \r\n                                              reasonable to compensate the \r\n                                              lessee for any costs, damages, or \r\n                                              loss or inconvenience sustained by \r\n                                              him by reason of such act or \r\n                                              omission and, if he so thinks fit, \r\n                                              make an order reinstating the \r\n                                              lessee in such premises.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 28&#8212;Statutory Tenant \r\n                                              Prohibited from Demanding Premium.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (1) If a statutory tenant demands \r\n                                              or receives the payment of any \r\n                                              fine or premium or any other \r\n                                              consideration for giving up \r\n                                              possession of premises to the \r\n                                              landlord or to any other person \r\n                                              with or without the knowledge or \r\n                                              approval of the landlord, such \r\n                                              tenant shall be guilty of an \r\n                                              offence and shall be liable on \r\n                                              conviction by the appropriate Rent \r\n                                              Magistrate to imprisonment for a \r\n                                              term not exceeding three months or \r\n                                              a fine not exceeding one hundred \r\n                                              pounds, or to both such \r\n                                              imprisonment and fine. For the \r\n                                              purposes of this section the \r\n                                              demanding or receiving of a price \r\n                                              or consideration for any \r\n                                              furniture, fittings, fixtures or \r\n                                              other articles in excess of a \r\n                                              reasonable price or consideration \r\n                                              therefor shall be deemed to be the \r\n                                              demanding or receiving of a \r\n                                              premium.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (2) Upon the hearing of a charge \r\n                                              alleging the contravention of the \r\n                                              provisions of subsection (1), it \r\n                                              shall be lawful for the Magistrate \r\n                                              upon conviction of the accused and \r\n                                              in addition to imposing a fine&#8212;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (a) to order the accused to pay \r\n                                              the person from whom such fine, \r\n                                              premium or other consideration has \r\n                                              been received the amount of such \r\n                                              fine, premium or other \r\n                                              consideration wrongfully received, \r\n                                              including the amount by which the \r\n                                              price or consideration paid for \r\n                                              any furniture, fittings, fixtures \r\n                                              or other articles exceeds the \r\n                                              reasonable value thereof; and</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (b) to order the ejectment of the \r\n                                              tenant.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 29&#8212;Obligations of \r\n                                              Statutory Tenants.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (1) A statutory tenant shall, so \r\n                                              long as he retains possession, \r\n                                              hold the premises of the landlord \r\n                                              upon the following terms and \r\n                                              conditions, namely&#8212;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (a) he shall hold as a tenant from \r\n                                              month to month, and, subject \r\n                                              thereto, shall observe and be \r\n                                              entitled to the benefit of all the \r\n                                              terms and conditions of his \r\n                                              original tenancy, as the case may \r\n                                              be, so far as the same are \r\n                                              consistent with the provisions of \r\n                                              this Act, so, however, that, in \r\n                                              the case of a tenant who has \r\n                                              become a statutory tenant by \r\n                                              reason of the provisions of \r\n                                              paragraph (c) of the definition of \r\n                                              &quot;statutory tenant&quot; in section 36, \r\n                                              he shall in addition hold the \r\n                                              premises subject to any \r\n                                              restrictive covenants contained in \r\n                                              the terms and conditions of the \r\n                                              lease between the landlord and the \r\n                                              principal tenant;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (b)&nbsp; his tenancy shall be \r\n                                              determinable by him by such notice \r\n                                              as would have been required by law \r\n                                              to determine a monthly tenancy of \r\n                                              the premises containing no express \r\n                                              provision for determination \r\n                                              thereof; and</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (c) he shall be subject to all the \r\n                                              rights and powers conferred upon a \r\n                                              landlord under and by virtue of \r\n                                              any provision of law relating to \r\n                                              distress for arrears of rent.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 30&#8212;Furnished Premises.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Where premises are let together \r\n                                              with furniture or fixtures the \r\n                                              combined recoverable rent of \r\n                                              premises and furniture or fixtures \r\n                                              shall be the rent at which the \r\n                                              premises were let with furniture \r\n                                              or fixtures on the first day of \r\n                                              July, 1960, or, where the premises \r\n                                              were not so let on that date the \r\n                                              rent at which they were last so \r\n                                              let before that date, or, in the \r\n                                              case of premises which were first \r\n                                              so let after that date the \r\n                                              recoverable rent of the premises \r\n                                              let unfurnished and without \r\n                                              fixtures with the addition per \r\n                                              month of one-sixtieth of the true \r\n                                              value of the furniture or fixtures \r\n                                              at the date of the commencement of \r\n                                              the tenancy:</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Provided that if a combined \r\n                                              recoverable rent has been assessed \r\n                                              under this Act, such rent shall be \r\n                                              the combined recoverable rent.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 31&#8212;Rates in Relation to \r\n                                              Rents.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Nothing in this Act shall be so \r\n                                              construed as to prevent a landlord \r\n                                              from collecting from his tenant \r\n                                              the rates for the time being \r\n                                              payable in respect of any \r\n                                              premises, or such apportioned sum \r\n                                              as shall properly be attributable \r\n                                              to such premises in respect of \r\n                                              rates, if the obligation of paying \r\n                                              rates in respect of such premises \r\n                                              was assumed by the tenant under \r\n                                              the terms of the lease, or when \r\n                                              the recoverable rent therefor has \r\n                                              been assessed under this Act, if \r\n                                              the obligation of payment of rates \r\n                                              was stated in the order assessing \r\n                                              such rent to be payable by the \r\n                                              tenant.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 32&#8212;Excess Rent paid in \r\n                                              Advance.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Where a recoverable rent applies \r\n                                              under this Act and prior to the \r\n                                              commencement of this Act a \r\n                                              landlord has received a payment of \r\n                                              rent in advance for periods of the \r\n                                              tenancy which have not commenced \r\n                                              on the date on which such rent \r\n                                              commenced to apply, any such \r\n                                              excess of rent shall be applied by \r\n                                              the landlord as the rent for the \r\n                                              next succeeding periods until out \r\n                                              of the total moneys paid in \r\n                                              advance the landlord retains only \r\n                                              an amount equal to the recoverable \r\n                                              rent for the period for which rent \r\n                                              may lawfully be demanded in \r\n                                              advance:</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Provided that where a tenancy is \r\n                                              determined by any means prior to \r\n                                              such application by the landlord \r\n                                              of the whole of such excess, the \r\n                                              balance unapplied may be recovered \r\n                                              from the landlord by the tenant as \r\n                                              if it were a debt due from the \r\n                                              landlord to the tenant.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 33&#8212;Receipt for Rent to be \r\n                                              Supplied.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              At the time of payment to a \r\n                                              landlord of any sum in respect of \r\n                                              rent for premises, or of rent for \r\n                                              premises and for the use of \r\n                                              furniture or fixtures, such \r\n                                              landlord shall provide the person \r\n                                              making such payment with a receipt \r\n                                              in writing, duly stamped if a \r\n                                              stamp is required under any other \r\n                                              enactment for the time being in \r\n                                              force, specifying the premises in \r\n                                              respect of which the rent is paid, \r\n                                              whether the premises are furnished \r\n                                              or unfurnished, the amount paid, \r\n                                              the period in respect of which the \r\n                                              payment is made and the name of \r\n                                              the tenant.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              PART VIII&#8212;MISCELLANEOUS</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 34&#8212;Appeals Under Other \r\n                                              Enactments.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Save as otherwise expressly \r\n                                              provided in the provisions of this \r\n                                              Act, these provisions shall not \r\n                                              affect the right of any person \r\n                                              convicted by or aggrieved by any \r\n                                              order or decision of, the \r\n                                              appropriate Rent Magistrate under \r\n                                              this Act, to appeal to any other \r\n                                              court of competent jurisdiction in \r\n                                              accordance with the provisions of \r\n                                              any other enactment for the time \r\n                                              being in force.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 35&#8212;Regulations.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (1) The Minister may by \r\n                                              legislative instrument make such \r\n                                              regulations as may be necessary \r\n                                              for giving effect to the \r\n                                              provisions of this Act.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (2) Without derogation from the \r\n                                              generality of the provisions of \r\n                                              subsection (1), the Minister may \r\n                                              make regulations in respect of \r\n                                              all, or any of, the following \r\n                                              matters:&#8212;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (a) such matters as are required \r\n                                              by this Act to be prescribed or as \r\n                                              may be authorised to be made by \r\n                                              regulations under the Act;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (b) the inspection of premises and \r\n                                              other places for the purposes of \r\n                                              the Act;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (c) the form of registers, \r\n                                              records, returns and other \r\n                                              documents to be maintained or \r\n                                              issued for carrying out the \r\n                                              provisions of this Act, the \r\n                                              particulars to be specified \r\n                                              therein, the manner in which such \r\n                                              documents shall be prepared and \r\n                                              the persons obliged to keep such \r\n                                              documents;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (d) the time within which, the \r\n                                              form of, and the manner in which, \r\n                                              applications, references or \r\n                                              appeals may be made under this \r\n                                              Act;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (e) the procedure to be observed \r\n                                              at the hearing of such \r\n                                              applications, references or \r\n                                              appeals;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (f)&nbsp; the places where such \r\n                                              registers, records, returns and \r\n                                              other documents shall be kept;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (g) the fees to be paid for any \r\n                                              matter which may be necessary for \r\n                                              carrying out the provisions of \r\n                                              this Act; and</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (h) the prohibition of the \r\n                                              obstruction of officers and other \r\n                                              persons appointed for the purposes \r\n                                              of this Act.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 36&#8212;Interpretation.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              In this Act unless the context \r\n                                              otherwise requires&#8212;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              &quot;appropriate Rent Magistrate&quot; in \r\n                                              respect of any premises, means the \r\n                                              District Magistrate of the \r\n                                              district in which the premises are \r\n                                              situated;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              &quot;appropriate Rent Officer&quot; means \r\n                                              the Chief Rent Officer for Ghana \r\n                                              or, in respect of any premises in \r\n                                              any area, means any other officer \r\n                                              specified in subsection (1) of \r\n                                              section 3 appointed for such area;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              &quot;business premises&quot; means premises \r\n                                              used for business, trade or \r\n                                              professional purposes;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              &quot;Council&quot; means District Assembly \r\n                                              or other council established under \r\n                                              the Local Government Act, 1993 \r\n                                              (Act 462);[As substituted by the \r\n                                              Local Government Act, 1993 (Act \r\n                                              462), sch. 7]</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              &quot;landlord&quot; means any person who \r\n                                              leases premises to another person \r\n                                              in consideration of the payment of \r\n                                              rent and includes any person \r\n                                              deriving title under the original \r\n                                              landlord;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              &quot;lease&quot; includes every agreement \r\n                                              for the letting of any premises, \r\n                                              whether oral or otherwise, and \r\n                                              whether the terms thereof grant \r\n                                              the right of exclusive occupation \r\n                                              to the tenant or include the use \r\n                                              of any premises in common with the \r\n                                              landlord or any other person or \r\n                                              with the landlord and any other \r\n                                              person;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              &quot;let&quot; includes sub-let, and \r\n                                              cognate expressions shall be \r\n                                              construed accordingly;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              &quot;member of the family&quot; means the \r\n                                              father or mother, a wife, husband, \r\n                                              child, brother or sister, or such \r\n                                              other person as may be prescribed;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              &quot;Minister&quot; means the Minister to \r\n                                              whom the functions under this Act \r\n                                              have been assigned by the \r\n                                              President;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              &quot;premises&quot; means any building, \r\n                                              structure, stall or other erection \r\n                                              or part thereof, movable or \r\n                                              otherwise, which is the subject of \r\n                                              a separate letting, other than a \r\n                                              dwelling house or part thereof \r\n                                              bona fide let at a rent which \r\n                                              includes a payment for board or \r\n                                              attendance, and includes land \r\n                                              outbuildings and appurtenances let \r\n                                              together with such premises at a \r\n                                              single rent when adjoining the \r\n                                              premises let therewith; </span>\r\n                                              </p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              &quot;recoverable rent&quot;, with respect \r\n                                              to any premises to which this Act \r\n                                              applies, means&#8212;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (a) subject to the provisions of \r\n                                              paragraph (b) of this definition, \r\n                                              the rent at which the premises \r\n                                              were let on the first day of July, \r\n                                              1960, or, where the premises were \r\n                                              not let on that date, the rent at \r\n                                              which they were last let before \r\n                                              that date, or in the case of \r\n                                              premises which were first let \r\n                                              after that date, the rent agreed, \r\n                                              at the time of the first letting \r\n                                              after such date, between a \r\n                                              landlord and a tenant, so however \r\n                                              that, if there is a rent for the \r\n                                              time being in force for such \r\n                                              premises assessed by any authority \r\n                                              or Magistrate before the \r\n                                              commencement of this Act under any \r\n                                              enactment repealed by this Act or \r\n                                              by the appropriate Rent Officer or \r\n                                              the appropriate Rent Magistrate or \r\n                                              the Minister under this Act, such \r\n                                              rent shall be the recoverable \r\n                                              rent; and</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (b) if the premises are let as \r\n                                              furnished premises or with \r\n                                              fixtures, the combined recoverable \r\n                                              rent within the meaning of section \r\n                                              30:</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Provided that&#8212;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i)&nbsp; \r\n                                              where the rates in respect of any \r\n                                              premises have been or are altered \r\n                                              after the date on which, or with \r\n                                              regard to which, as the case may \r\n                                              be, the recoverable rent is fixed \r\n                                              or varied;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (ii) the terms of the lease do not \r\n                                              require the tenant to pay rates or \r\n                                              an apportionment of the rates; and</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (iii) in the case of such an \r\n                                              increase in rates, the landlord \r\n                                              shall have informed the tenants, \r\n                                              in writing, of the amount of the \r\n                                              increase in rates, and where a \r\n                                              part of the premises have been \r\n                                              let, of the amount of the rate \r\n                                              attributable to such part,</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              the recoverable rent shall be \r\n                                              varied by the amount by which the \r\n                                              rates assessed for, or, where a \r\n                                              part of the premises has been let \r\n                                              the amount of the rates \r\n                                              attributable to such part of, the \r\n                                              premises has been or is altered, \r\n                                              and where the period for which \r\n                                              rent is payable differs from the \r\n                                              period for which such rates are \r\n                                              assessed the recoverable rent \r\n                                              shall be altered by the proportion \r\n                                              of the alteration of the rates \r\n                                              which the first-mentioned period \r\n                                              bears to the other period;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              &quot;remodelling&quot;, in respect of \r\n                                              premises, shall not include the \r\n                                              demolition of premises and the \r\n                                              erection on the land on which the \r\n                                              premises were situated of new \r\n                                              premises, and cognate expressions \r\n                                              shall be construed accordingly;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              &quot;statutory tenant&quot; means a tenant \r\n                                              who&#8212;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (a) remains in possession of \r\n                                              premises after the determination \r\n                                              by any means of his tenancy and \r\n                                              cannot by reason of the provisions \r\n                                              of this Act be deprived of such \r\n                                              possession by his landlord; or</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (b) on the commencement of this \r\n                                              Act is in possession of premises \r\n                                              of which he retained possession \r\n                                              prior to such commencement by \r\n                                              virtue of any other enactment \r\n                                              repealed by this Act; or</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (c) is a tenant by virtue of the \r\n                                              provisions of subsection (5) of \r\n                                              section 17; and</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              &quot;tenant&quot; means any person who \r\n                                              leases premises from another \r\n                                              person in consideration of the \r\n                                              payment of rent, and includes&#8212;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (a) any person deriving title \r\n                                              under the original tenant;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (b) a sub-tenant;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (c) a person who, before the \r\n                                              commencement of this Act has \r\n                                              retained possession of premises \r\n                                              and who on and after such \r\n                                              commencement continues in \r\n                                              possession of such premises; and</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (d) a person who shall retain \r\n                                              possession of any premises by \r\n                                              virtue of the provisions of this \r\n                                              Act.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 37&#8212;Amendment and Repeals.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (1) The Ghana Housing Corporation \r\n                                              Ordinance, 1955 (No. 31) is hereby \r\n                                              amended by the repeal of section \r\n                                              19. </span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (2) The Courts Act, 1960 (Act 9), \r\n                                              as subsequently amended, is hereby \r\n                                              further amended in section 52, by \r\n                                              the addition at the end thereof, \r\n                                              of the following:&#8212;</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              &quot;(e) in all civil matters relating \r\n                                              to the landlord or tenant of any \r\n                                              premises or any other person \r\n                                              interested in such premises as \r\n                                              required or authorised by or under \r\n                                              the Rent Act, 1963.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              (3) The Rent Control Ordinance \r\n                                              1952 (No. 2), as subsequently \r\n                                              amended, is hereby repealed:</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Provided that any statutory \r\n                                              instrument made thereunder and in \r\n                                              force immediately before the \r\n                                              commencement of this Act shall be \r\n                                              deemed on and after such \r\n                                              commencement to be a statutory \r\n                                              instrument made under this Act if \r\n                                              its provisions are not \r\n                                              inconsistent with the Act or any \r\n                                              statutory instrument made \r\n                                              thereunder.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <b>\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              Section 38&#8212;Commencement of Act.</span></b></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              This Act shall come into force on \r\n                                              such date as may be fixed by the \r\n                                              Minister by executive instrument.</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;amended \r\n                                              by</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">\r\n                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">\r\n                                              LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1993 (ACT \r\n                                              462).1</span></p>\r\n                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify"></td>\r\n                </tr>\r\n              </tbody>\r\n            </table>\r\n          </td>\r\n        </tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n  <td width="76" height="50" bgcolor="#003366"></table></td>\r\n        </tr>\r\n', 'First', 'Yes', 'ACT 220');
