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STOOL LANDS BOUNDARIES SETTLEMENT
(REPEAL) ACT, 2000 (ACT 587)
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1. Jurisdiction of High Court in
Stool Land Boundaries Disputes.
2. Repeal of N.R.C.D. 172.
3. Saving and Transitional
Provisions.
THE FIVE HUNDRED AND
EIGHTY-SEVENTH
ACT OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE
REPUBLIC OF GHANA
ENTITLED
STOOL LANDS BOUNDARIES SETTLEMENT
(REPEAL) ACT, 2000
AN ACT to transfer to the High
Court the determination of stool
lands boundaries disputes; to
repeal the Stool Lands Boundaries
Settlement Decree, 1973 (NRCD 172)
as amended and to provide for
related matters.
DATE OF ASSENT: 10th October,
2000.
BE IT ENACTED by Parliament as
follows—
Section 1—Jurisdiction of High
Court in Stool Land Boundaries
Disputes.
From the date of the coming into
force of this Act, the High Court
shall have original jurisdiction
to hear and determine any dispute
arising from, in respect of or
related to a stool land boundary.
Section 2—Repeal of N.R.C.D. 172.
The Stool Lands Boundaries
Settlement Decree, 1973 (NRCD 172)
as amended by the Stool Lands
Boundaries Settlement (Amendment)
Law, 1986 (PNDCL 147) is hereby
repealed.
Section 3—Saving and Transitional
Provisions.
(1) Subject to subsection (2) all
cases and proceedings pending
before the Commissioner
immediately before the coming into
force of this Act are by this Act
transferred to the High Court.
(2) Any case before the
Commissioner in which evidence has
been taken shall be continued
before the Commissioner and be
concluded by him within a period
not exceeding eight months from
the date of the coming into force
of this Act.
(3) Any appeal pending from a
decision of the Commissioner is by
this Act transferred to the Court
of Appeal.
(4) Upon the coming into force of
this Act,
(a) the Commissioner may, subject
to Article 144 and section 8 (7)
of the Transitional Provisions of
the Constitution, be appointed to
hold office in the Judiciary;
(b) any other person employed for
the Commission immediately before
the coming into force of this Act
who qualifies and is suitable may
on the advice of the Judicial
Council and in consultation with
the Public Services Commission, be
appointed by the Chief Justice to
an office in the Judicial Service.
(5) All assets, rights and
liabilities of the Commissioner
under the repealed enactment and
in existence immediately before
the coming into force of this Act
are hereby transferred to the
Judicial Service.
Date of Gazette Notification: 20th
October, 2000.
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