LAWS OF GHANA
LAND ACT, 2020 Act 1036
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PART ONE
Interests and Rights in Land
Interests in land
Allodial title
Customary law freehold
Common law freehold JI
Usufructuary interest ,
Leasehold interest
Customary tenancy
Incidents of interests in land
Stool or skin, or clan or family land
Restrictions on acquisition of land by non-citizen
Prohibition of discriminatory practice
Protection of land and interest in land
PART TWO
Land Administration and Land Management
Chapter One
Customary Land Management
Management of stool or skin, or family land
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Customary Land Secretariat
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Functions of the Customary Land Secretariat
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Structure and staffing of Customary Land Secretariat
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Powers of the Customary Land Secretariat
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Funds of Customary Land Secretariat
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Areas reserved for common use
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Disposal of stool or skin land
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Restrictions regarding disposal of natural resources
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Restrictions on exploitation of natural resources and farming
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Land
Power to direct demarcation or survey
Power of entry and demarcation or survey
Erection of boundary marks
Penalty for obstructing survey
. Valuation of Land
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Power to conduct valuation
Valuation certification
Forms of valuation and purposes
Chapter Three
Transfer of Interests and Rights in Land
General provisions on transfers
Person qualified to prepare conveyance
Contract for transfer
Mode of transfer
Transactions exempt from sections 34 and 35
Record of customary transfer
Parties to a conveyance
Subject-matter of conveyance
Interest taken by person to whom transfer is made -_
Person not party to a conveyance
Effect of extinction of reversion
Voidable conveyance
Unconscionability
Other grounds for varying or setting aside conveyance
Conveyance to persons jointly, or to person making transfer
Restrictions on transfer of land by spouse
Agreement with two or more persons •
Apportionment of conditions on severance
Implied covenants by transferor
Implied covenants by person to whom transfer is made
Persons to take benefit of implied covenant •
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Benefit of covenants relating to land
Burden of covenants relating to land
Benefitof covenants to run with reversion
Burden of covenants to run with reversion
Restriction on re-entry and forfeiture
Relief against forfeiture
Covenant to repair
Waiver of covenant in a lease
Effect of licence granted to lessee
No payment for consent to assign
Production and safe custody of document
Good title
Other statutory conditions of sale
Supplemental instrument
Giving of notice
Execution of conveyance
Receipt in conveyance and customary obligations
Rules for conveyance
Model precedent
Damages and penalty for fraudulent concealment
Electronic Conveyancing
Transfer by electronic conveyancing
Structures for electronic conveyancing
Qualification for electronic conveyancing
Conditions for access to electronic conveyancing
Non-transferability of access .
Mandatorycontents of an electronic conveyance
Additionalrequirements
Chapter Four
Land Recording and Registration
Recordingand registration
Registrableinterests
Registrablerights
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Chapter Five
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Title Registration
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