ACTS OF GHANA

                                                Veterans Administration, Ghana Act, 2012   Act 844

                            ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

Veterans Administration, Ghana

1.      Establishment of the Veterans Administration, Ghana

2.      Object of the Administration

3.      Functions of the Administration

4.      Governing body of the Administration

5.      Tenure of office of members

6.      Meetings of the Board

7.      Disclosure of interest

8.      Establishment of committees

9.      Allowances

10.      Regional and district offices of the Administration

11.      Ministerial directives

Regional, District and Local Administration

12.      Establishment of Regional Administration

13.      Establishment of District and Local Administration

Financial and administrative provisions
14. Executive Director

15.      Functions of the Executive Director

16.      Appointment of other staff

17.      Funds of the Administration

18.      Accounts and audit

19.      Annual report and other reports

Miscellaneous provisions

20.      Veterans Fund

21.      Affiliation

22.      Power to hold lotteries

23.      Exemption from taxation

24.      Regulations

25.      Interpretation

26.      Transitional provisions

27.      Repeals and savings

  THE EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOURTH

  ACT

                       OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA

                     ENTITLED

                VETERANS ADMINISTRATION, GHANA ACT, 2012   ACT844

AN ACT to revise and consolidate the law relating to Veterans and to provide for related matters.

DATE OF ASSENT: 10th May, 2012.

PASSED by Parliament and assented to by the President.

Veterans Administration, Ghana

Establishment of Veterans Administration, Ghana

1. (1) There is established by this Act a body corporate with perpetual succession to be known as the Veterans Administration, Ghana.

(2) Where there is a hindrance to the acquisition of property, the property may be acquired for the Administration, under the State Property and Contracts Act 1960 (C.A 6) or the State Lands Act, 1962 (Act 125) and the cost shall be borne by the Administration.

Object of the Administration

2. The object of the Administration is to

(a) form a body of persons who have served in the Gold Coast Regiment of the Royal West African Frontier Force or the Ghana Armed Forces and have been honourably released;