Rents (Stabilization) Act, 1962 (Act No. 109)

THE HUNDRED AND NINTH ACT OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA ENTITLED THE RENTS (STABILIZATION) ACT, 1962 AN ACT to provide for the stabilization of rents, dues, fees or royalties for grants of rights in certain lands and other purposes connected therewith. DATE OF ASSENT: 1st March, 1962 BB IT ENACTED by the President and the National Assembly in this present Parliament assembled as follows: Act 109 1. (l) Whenever it appears to the Minister so to do in the public Regul~t~ons interest he may, by legislative instrument, make regulations pre- pr~cnbmg scribing rents to be paid in respect of any interest in any land vested ren s. in the President or subject to the Stool Lands Act, 1960 (.Act 27) other than Kumasi Town lands. (2) No person shall demand or take in respect of any interest in any land subject to this Act or regulations made thereunder any rent other than the rent prescribed by such regulations, any agreement to the contrary notwithstanding. 2. No person shall, without the prior consent in writing of the Notice for Minister, serve any notice claiming vacant possession from any v:icant. person in possession of land subject to this Act. possession. Act 109 Application of Rent Control Ordinance. Rents (Stabilization) Act, 1962 3. During the continuance in force of this Act and any regulations made thereunder, the Rent Control Ordinance (No. 2 of 1952) shall not apply to any land subject to this Act or regulations made there under. Application 4. The Minister may, by executive instrument, apply this Act to ~~;;!:1a\1~~- land held by or on behalf of a statutory body or public corporation. Penalty. Interpreta tion. 5. Any person who contravenes the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanour. 6. In the Act unless the context otherwise requires " interest in land " includes rights to cultivate land for farming purposes or to win or take away by any method minerals, mineral oil or gas, stones, gravel, soil or sand and timber rights including rights to take away timber felkd by or on behalf of a grantor or grantee; " Minister" means the Minister responsible for stool lands; " rent " includes dues, fees, and royalties in respect of any interest in land. Printed by the Government Printing Department, Accra, Ghana GP/ A1237 /4,266/2/61-62 Price 2d.