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Displaying 15456 - 15460 of 15550Administration of Lands Act, 1962.
This Act provides for the administration of Stool and other lands. It is divided into 2 Parts: Administration (I) (Stool land, Kumasi town lands, Lands generally, Revenues); Miscellaneous (II). Stool lands are defined as including land controlled by any person for the benefit of the subjects or members of a Stool clan, company or community, and all land in the Upper and Northern Regions other than land vested in the President and accordingly "Stool" means the person exercising such control (sect. 31).
Administration of Lands Regulations, 1962.
The Regulations implement the Land Administration Act.
Implements: Administration of Lands Act, 1962. (0000)
Concessions Regulations, 1962 (L.I. 228).
The Regulations provide for the Tribunal and Related Matters (Part I); concerning application to and procedures before the Tribunal, and General (Part II) concerning the use of roads in concessions, fees and the revocation of concessions.
Implements: Concessions Act, 1962 (Act No. 124). (1962-06-14)
Land Reform Act.
The Land Reform Act determines the bases for restructuring relations regarding land (land reform). Based on the continuity of rights of former owners and the interests of current land users that are protected by law, and to establish preconditions for more effective use of land, the objective of land reform is to transform relations based on state ownership of land into relations primarily based on private ownership of land.
Law on Land Tax, 1993.
Land tax is a tax based on the assessed value of land.Land tax is calculated on the basis of information received from the corresponding local government. Land tax is imposed on all land, except land specified in § 4 of this Act. The Law provides for the taxation of land. The tax shall consist of a state and a local land tax, and originates from the taxable price of land (art. 1). The tax shall be imposed on whole land except for the lands exempted in article 4 (art. 2). The tax shall be paid by the owner.