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(3)
There shall be no disposition or development of any stool land unless the Regional Lands Commission
of the region in which the land is situated has certified that the disposition or development is
consistent with the development plan drawn up or approved by the planning authority for the area
concerned.
(4)
Where the Regional Lands Commission fails or refuses to give the consent and concurrence under
clause (3) of this article, a person aggrieved by the failure or refusal may appeal to the High Court.
(5)
Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, no interest in, or right over, any stool land in Ghana
shall be created which vests in any person or body of persons a freehold interest howsoever
described.
(6)
Ten per cent of the revenue accruing from stool lands shall be paid to the office of the Administrator
of Stool Lands to cover administrative expenses; and the remaining revenue shall be disbursed in the
following proportions (a) twenty-five percent to the stool through the traditional authority for the maintenance of the
stool in keeping with its status;
(b) twenty percent to the traditional authority; and
(c) fifty-five percent to the District Assembly, within the area of authority of which the stool lands
are situated.
(7)
The Administrator of Stool Lands and the Regional Lands Commission shall consult with the stools
and other traditional authorities in all matters relating to the administration and development of
stool land and shall make available to them all relevant information and data.
(8)
The Lands Commission and the Administrator of Stool lands shall co-ordinate with all relevant public
agencies and traditional authorities and stools in preparing a policy framework for the rational and
productive development and management of stool lands.
(9)
Parliament may provide for the establishment of Regional branches of the Office of the
Administrator of Stool Lands to perform, subject to the directions of the Administrator of Stool
Lands, the functions of the Administrator in the region concerned.
Ghana 1992 (rev. 1996)
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