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258 LANDS COMMISSION
(1)
There shall be established a Lands Commission which shall, in co-ordination with the relevant public
agencies and governmental bodies, perform the following functions (a) on behalf of the Government, manage public lands and any lands vested in the President by this
Constitution or by any other law or any lands vested in the Commission;
(b) advise the Government, local authorities and traditional authorities on the policy framework for
the development of particular areas of Ghana to ensure that the development of individual
pieces of land is coordinated with the relevant development plan for the area concerned;
(c) formulate and submit to Government recommendations on national policy with respect to land
use and capability;
(d) advise on, and assist in the execution of, a comprehensive programme for the registration of title
to land throughout Ghana; and
(e) perform such other functions as the Minister responsible for lands and natural resources may
assign to the Commission;
(2)
The Minister responsible for lands and natural resources may, with the approval of the President,
give general directions in writing to the Lands Commission on matters of policy in respect of the
functions of the Commission and the Commission shall comply with the directions.
259 MEMBERSHIP OF COMMISSION
The Lands Commission shall consist of the following persons appointed by the President under article
70 of this Constitution (a) a chairman, who is neither a Minister of State nor a Deputy Minister,
(b) one representative each of the following bodies nominated in each case by the body concerned (i) the National House of Chiefs;
(ii) the Ghana Bar Association;
(iii) the Ghana Institution of Surveyors;
(iv) each Regional Lands Commission;
(v) the Department responsible for town and country planning;
(vi) the National Association of Farmers and Fishermen;
(vii) the Environmental Protection Council; and
(viii) the Ministry responsible for Lands and Natural Resources; and
(c) the Chief Administrator of the Lands Commission, who shall be the Executive Secretary.
260 REGIONAL LANDS COMMISSION
(1)
The Lands Commission shall have a branch in each region to be known as a Regional Lands
Commission for the performance of the functions specified in article 258 of this Constitution in
respect of the region.
(2)
The activities of all the Regional Lands Commissions shall be coordinated by the Lands Commission.
Ghana 1992 (rev. 1996)
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