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LEGAL SEIZURE OF IVORIAN AND
GHANAIAN FARMS (ABATEMENT OF
PROCEEDINGS) LAW, 1992 (PNDCL 305)
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1. Prohibition of Court
Proceedings.
2. Abatement of Proceedings
Pending before Court.
3. Judgement and order of Court
set aside.
4. Commencement.
WHEREAS the Dormaa District
Assembly in August 1989 appointed
a committee to inquire into the
issues of Ivorian and Ghanaian
farmers whose farms were affected
by the demarcation of the Ghana-La
Cote d'Ivoire border in the Dormaa
District;
AND WHEREAS the Provisional
National Defence Council on 16th
July, 1991 accepted the report of
the Dormaa District Assembly and
issued a policy statement setting
up a seven member committee under
the Chairmanship of W. K. Nkrumah,
Brong Ahafo Deputy Secretary
responsible for Agriculture to
ensure that farms illegally taken
away from Ghanaian and Ivorian
farmers on the common border
between the two countries were
returned to the rightful owners;
NOW THEREFORE in pursuance of the
Provisional National Defence
Council (Establishment)
Proclamation 1981, this Law is
hereby made:
Section 1—Prohibition of Court
Proceedings.
Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary no proceeding shall
commence in any court in respect
of any cause or matter relating to
or connected with the subject
matter of the illegal seizure of
Ivorian or Ghanaian farms by some
chiefs in Brong Ahafo before the
Committee appointed by the
Provisional National Defence
Council.
Section 2—Abatement of Proceedings
Pending before Court.
Any cause or matter relating to or
connected with the subject matter
of the illegal seizure of Ivorian
or Ghanaian farms by some chiefs
in Brong Ahafo before the
Committee, which is pending before
any court shall abate
notwithstanding anything to the
contrary.
Section 3—Judgement and Order of
Court Set Aside.
Notwithstanding any law to the
contrary any judgement or order of
any court in respect of any cause
or matter relating to or connected
with the subject matter of the
illegal seizure of Ivorian or
Ghanaian farms by some chiefs in
Brong Ahafo is set aside.
Section 4—Commencement.
This Law shall be deemed to have
come into force on the 16th day of
July, 1991.
Made this 30th day of December,
1992.
JERRY JOHN RAWLINGS
Chairman of the Provisional
National Defence Council
Date of Gazette Notification: 5th
February, 1993.
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