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Part II Ownership of land by Non-Citizens
266 OWNERSHIP OF LAND BY NON-CITIZENS
(1)
No interest in or right over any land in Ghana shall be created which vests in a person who is not a
citizen of Ghana a freehold interest in any land in Ghana.
(2)
An agreement, deed or conveyance of whatever nature, which seeks, contrary to clause (1) of this
article, to confer on a person who is not a citizen of Ghana any freehold interest in, or right over, any
land is void.
(3)
Where, on the twenty-second day of August 1969, any person not being a citizen of Ghana had a
freehold interest in or right over any land in Ghana, that interest or right shall be deemed to be a
leasehold interest for a period of fifty years at a peppercorn rent commencing from the
twenty-second day of August 1969, and the freehold reversionary interest in any such land shall vest
in the President on behalf of, and in trust for, the people of Ghana.
(4)
No interest in or right over any land in Ghana shall be created which vests in a person who is not a
citizen of Ghana a leasehold for a term of more than fifty years at any one time.
(5)
Where on the twenty-second day of August 1969 any person not being a citizen of Ghana had a
leasehold interest in, or right over, any land in Ghana for an unexpired period of more than fifty years,
that interest in, or right over, any such land shall be deemed to be an interest or right subsisting for a
period of fifty years commencing from the twenty-second day of August 1969.
Part III Stool and Skin Lands and Property
267 STOOL AND SKIN LANDS AND PROPERTY
(1)
All stool lands in Ghana shall vest in the appropriate stool on behalf of, and in trust for the subjects of
the stool in accordance with customary law and usage.
(2)
There shall be established the Office of the Administrator of Stool Lands which shall be responsible
for (a) the establishment of a stool land account for each stool into which shall be paid all rents, dues,
royalties, revenues or other payments whether in the nature of income or capital from the stool
lands;
(b) the collection of all such rents, dues, royalties, revenues or other payments whether in the
nature of income or capital, and to account for them to the beneficiaries specified in clause (6) of
this article; and
(c) the disbursement of such revenues as may be determined in accordance with clause (6) of this
article.
Ghana 1992 (rev. 1996)
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