Rent Act – 1963 (Act 220) Section – 1 – Application Of Act

Section – 1 – Application Of Act, Etc.

  • (1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2), this Act shall apply to all premises in Ghana.(2) This Act shall not apply to-(a) any premises of which a public officer is a tenant by reason of his employment and of which premises the Government is the landlord;(b) any lease of any premises when such lease, whether entered into or renewed before, on or after the date of the commencement of this Act, was entered into or renewed as a lease of land upon which there were no premises at the time of the grant or renewal of the lease;(c) where a lease whether entered into, before, on or after the date of the commencement of this Act, was entered into as a lease of land upon which there were premises but the premises were demolished and new premises erected within five years after the grant of the lease, such lease after the erection of the new premises;(d) any lease certified as being valid under the law for the time being in force relating to concessions;(e) any lease under which the landlord is the Government and which relates to premises certified by the Minister as being premises let at a rent which yields no financial gain to the Government;(f) any market stall owned by a Council;(g) any land subject to the Rents (Stabilization) Act, 1962 (Act 109) or any regulations made thereunder; or(h) prescribed premises.(3) This Act shall, except as hereinafter provided, apply to the Republic. Read More…

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