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HEAD OF FAMILY (ACCOUNTABILITY)
LAW, 1985 (PNDCL 114)
1. Head of Family to be
Accountable.
2. Application to Court for Order
to Account, etc.
3. Power of Court to Order
Account, etc.
4. Interpretation.
IN pursuance of the Provisional
National Defence Council
(Establishment) Proclamation,
1981, this Law is hereby made:
Section 1—Head of Family to be
Accountable.
(1) Notwithstanding any law to the
contrary any Head of family or any
person who is in possession or
control of, or has in his custody,
any family property shall be
accountable for such property to
the family to which the property
belongs.
(2) Every Head of family or any
person who is in possession or
control of, or has in his custody,
any family property shall cause to
be taken and filed an inventory of
all such family property.
Section 2—Application to Court for
Order to Account, Etc.
Where a Head of family fails or
refuses to render account or file
an inventory of any family
property any member of the family
to which such property belongs who
has or claims to have any
beneficial interest in the
property may apply by motion to a
Court for an order compelling the
Head of family to render account
or file an inventory of the family
property to the family concerned:
Provided that no such application
shall be entertained by the Court
unless the Court is satisfied by
the applicant that he had taken
steps to settle the matter within
the family and that all such
attempts had failed.
Section 3—Power of Court to Order
Account, Etc.
Subject to section 2 of this Law,
a Court shall have jurisdiction to
make an order compelling the Head
of family to render account or
file an inventory in respect of
all such family properties in his
possession, control or custody as
the Court may specify in the
order.
Section 4—Interpretation.
In this Law:—
"family property" includes any
property, whether movable or
immovable, which belongs to the
members collectively of a
particular family or is held for
the benefit of such members and
any receipts or proceeds from such
property.
Made this 14th day of June, 1985.
FLT.-LT. JERRY JOHN RAWLINGS
Chairman of the Provisional
National Defence Council
Date of Gazette Notification: 8th
July, 1985.
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