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                                              LAND DEVELOPMENT (PROTECTION OF 
                                              PURCHASERS) ACT, 1960 (ACT 2)</span></b></p>
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                                              ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS</span></p>
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                                              Section</span></p>
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                                              1. Power to cure defective titles.</span></p>
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                                              2. Reopening of past cases.</span></p>
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                                              3. Provisions as to payments.</span></p>
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                                              4. Interpretation.</span></p>
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                                              &nbsp;THE SECOND ACT</span></p>
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                                              OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC 
                                              OF GHANA</span></p>
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                                              ENTITLED</span></p>
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                                              THE LAND DEVELOPMENT (PROTECTION 
                                              OF PURCHASERS) ACT, 1960</span></b></p>
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                                              AN ACT to protect purchasers of 
                                              land, and their successors, whose 
                                              titles are found to be defective 
                                              after a building has been erected 
                                              on the land.</span></p>
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                                              DATE OF ASSENT: 9th August, 1960</span></p>
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                                              BE IT ENACTED by the President and 
                                              the National Assembly in this 
                                              present Parliament assembled as 
                                              follows:&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              Section 1&#8212;Power to Cure Defective 
                                              Titles.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) Where&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) a person (in this section 
                                              referred to as &quot;the purchaser&quot;) 
                                              has taken a conveyance of land in 
                                              a prescribed area at any time 
                                              after 31st December, 1944 (whether 
                                              before or after the date on which 
                                              the area became a prescribed 
                                              area), and</span></p>
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                                              (b) the purchaser or a person 
                                              claiming through him has in good 
                                              faith erected a building on the 
                                              land, and</span></p>
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                                              (c) proceedings are brought to 
                                              obtain a possession order in 
                                              relation to the land on the ground 
                                              that a person other than the 
                                              purchaser or a person claiming 
                                              through him is entitled to the 
                                              land,</span></p>
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                                              the court, where it considers that 
                                              if this Act had not been passed 
                                              the possession order would fall to 
                                              be made by reason that the 
                                              conveyance taken by the purchaser 
                                              did not operate to confer on him 
                                              the title to the land, but that to 
                                              make the order would cause 
                                              hardship and&nbsp; injustice to the 
                                              person against whom it would fall 
                                              to be made, may, instead of making 
                                              the possession order, make an 
                                              order providing that the 
                                              conveyance taken by the purchaser 
                                              shall&nbsp; be deemed for all purposes 
                                              to have operated to confer on him 
                                              the title to the land.</span></p>
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                                              (2) Where an order is made under 
                                              the preceding subsection and the 
                                              court considers that the order 
                                              would by itself cause hardship and 
                                              injustice to any person, the court 
                                              may make a further order requiring 
                                              the person in whose favour the 
                                              order under the preceding 
                                              subsection is made to pay to that 
                                              person a sum of money by way of 
                                              compensation:</span></p>
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                                              Provided that the aggregate of any 
                                              sums ordered to be paid under this 
                                              subsection shall not exceed an 
                                              amount equal to twice the value of 
                                              the land at the date of the 
                                              purported conveyance to the 
                                              purchaser.</span></p>
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                                              (3) The court may exercise the 
                                              powers conferred by this section 
                                              in any proceedings notwithstanding 
                                              that the proceedings were 
                                              instituted before the commencement 
                                              of this Act, and, in proceedings 
                                              on appeal, notwithstanding that 
                                              the decision appealed against was 
                                              given before the commencement 
                                              thereof.</span></p>
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                                              Section 2&#8212;Re-opening of Past 
                                              Cases.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) Where&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) a person (in this section 
                                              referred to as &quot;the purchaser&quot;) 
                                              took a conveyance of land in a&nbsp; 
                                              prescribed area at some time after 
                                              31st December, 1944 and before the 
                                              date on which the area became a 
                                              prescribed area, and</span></p>
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                                              (b) the purchaser, or a person 
                                              claiming through him, in good 
                                              faith erected a building on the 
                                              land, and</span></p>
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                                              (c) a possession order was made in 
                                              relation to the land in 
                                              proceedings finally disposed of 
                                              before the date on which the area 
                                              became a prescribed area, and was 
                                              so made by reason that the 
                                              conveyance taken by the purchaser 
                                              did not operate to confer on him 
                                              the title to the land,</span></p>
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                                              the person against whom the 
                                              possession order was made may, at 
                                              any time within twelve months 
                                              after the date on which the area 
                                              became a prescribed area, apply to 
                                              the High Court for an order under 
                                              this section.</span></p>
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                                              (2) If the court considers that 
                                              the making of the possession order 
                                              caused hardship and injustice to 
                                              the person against whom it was 
                                              made, the court may make an order 
                                              setting aside the possession order 
                                              and providing that the conveyance 
                                              taken by the purchaser shall be 
                                              deemed for all&nbsp; purposes to have 
                                              operated to confer on him the 
                                              title to the land:</span></p>
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                                              Provided that an order under this 
                                              subsection shall not be taken to 
                                              render unlawful anything done in 
                                              the period before the making of 
                                              the order or to found a claim for 
                                              mesne profits or other 
                                              compensation in respect of 
                                              occupation during that period.</span></p>
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                                              (3) Where an order is made under 
                                              the preceding subsection and the 
                                              court considers that the order 
                                              would by itself cause hardship and 
                                              injustice to any person, the court 
                                              may make a further order requiring 
                                              the person in whose favour the 
                                              order under the preceding 
                                              subsection is made to pay to that 
                                              person a sum of money by way of 
                                              compensation:</span></p>
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                                              Provided that the aggregate of any 
                                              sums ordered to be paid under this 
                                              subsection shall not exceed an 
                                              amount equal to the aggregate of&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) twice the value of the land at 
                                              the date of the purported 
                                              conveyance to the purchaser; and</span></p>
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                                              (b) the value at the date when the 
                                              order under this subsection is 
                                              made of any improvements carried 
                                              out on the land since the making 
                                              of the possession order.</span></p>
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                                              (4) Where an order is made under 
                                              subsection (2) of this section and 
                                              it is proved&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) that a lease or other right to 
                                              the occupation of the land was 
                                              granted by a person who, by virtue 
                                              of the order, is to be taken to 
                                              have had no right to make the 
                                              grant, and</span></p>
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                                              (b) that the said person or his 
                                              successor received a payment in 
                                              respect of the grant by way of&nbsp; 
                                              premium, rent in advance or 
                                              otherwise which was wholly or 
                                              partly attributable to any period&nbsp; 
                                              after the making of the order,
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                                              the court may make a further order 
                                              requiring the person against whom 
                                              the order under subsection (2) of 
                                              this section is made to refund to 
                                              the person who made the said 
                                              payment or his successor the 
                                              amount of the payment or the part 
                                              thereof attributable to the said 
                                              period as may be appropriate.</span></p>
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                                              (5) The court shall not make an 
                                              order under subsection (2) of this 
                                              section if, after the making of 
                                              the possession order, the land was 
                                              conveyed to a person who took in 
                                              good faith and for a valuable 
                                              consideration, but in lieu thereof 
                                              the court may make an order 
                                              requiring any party to the 
                                              proceedings before it, being a 
                                              person who has been unjustly 
                                              enriched by reason of the defect 
                                              in the purchaser's title, to pay 
                                              to the person against whom the 
                                              possession order was made a sum of 
                                              money by way of compensation.</span></p>
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                                              (6) Where the person against whom 
                                              the possession order was made has 
                                              since died, subsections (1) and 
                                              (5) of this section shall apply as 
                                              if references therein to that 
                                              person were references to the 
                                              person who would be entitled to 
                                              the land if, at the time of his 
                                              death, the said person had been 
                                              entitled thereto.</span></p>
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                                              Section 3&#8212;Provisions as to 
                                              Payments.</span></b></p>
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                                              An order requiring the payment of 
                                              any sum under this Act may provide 
                                              that the sum shall be payable by 
                                              instalments or on a future date 
                                              specified in the order, and may 
                                              further require the giving of 
                                              security for any sum payable under 
                                              the order.</span></p>
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                                              Section 4&#8212;Interpretation.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) In this Act&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              &quot;conveyance&quot; includes a transfer 
                                              of land by customary law;</span></p>
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                                              &quot;possession order&quot; means an order 
                                              requiring the delivery up of 
                                              possession of land or setting 
                                              aside a conveyance or making a 
                                              declaration of title or otherwise 
                                              in defeasance of title to land;</span></p>
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                                              &quot;prescribed area&quot; means an area 
                                              prescribed for the purposes of 
                                              this Act by a legislative 
                                              instrument made by the Minister 
                                              responsible for Lands.</span></p>
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                                              (2) For the purposes of this Act a 
                                              person shall be deemed to have 
                                              erected a building if he has 
                                              carried out the greater part of 
                                              the work required for the erection 
                                              thereof.</span></p>
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