by Rentchamber 
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Section – 11 – Ministers’s Reference To Magistrate To Assess Recoverable Rent.
- The Minister may refer, in accordance with such regulations as may be made in that behalf, to the appropriate Rent Magistrate, to assess the amount of the recoverable rent of any premises.
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Section – 12 – Appeal For Variation Of Recoverable Rent Assessed By Appropriate Rent Officers.
- (1) The landlord or tenant of any premises or a person interested in such premises may appeal to the appropriate Rent Magistrate, in the prescribed form, from the assessment by the appropriate Rent Officer of the amount of the recoverable rent of such premises within seven days after such assessment.(2) A person appealing under subsection (1) from the assessment of the appropriate Rent Officer shall, within ten days after such assessment, send a copy of his statement of appeal to such officer with a request to such officer to transmit to the appropriate Rent Magistrate within fourteen days after the receipt by the officer of such request-(a) copies of all the relevant documents certified by him to be exact copies of such documents;(b) a statement of the facts of the matter; and(c) his reason for such assessment.(3) The appropriate Rent Officer referred to in subsection (2) shall, within fourteen days after the receipt by him of the request mentioned in that subsection, comply with the terms of the request.(4) A person appealing under subsection (1) from the assessment of the appropriate Rent Officer in respect of any premises shall, within fourteen days after such assessment, send copies of his statement of appeal to any other person interested in such premises, that is to say, to the landlord, tenant and any other person interested in such premises.(5) The Rent Magistrate to whom an appeal has been made under subsection (1) from an assessment of the appropriate Rent Officer shall have the power to refer any matter relating to such appeal for the further investigation of such officer.(6) The Rent Magistrate to whom an appeal has been made under subsection (1) from an assessment of the appropriate Rent Officer may, in accordance with the provisions of this Act and such regulations as may be made hereunder, vary the amount of the assessment.
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Section – 13 – Assessment Of Recoverable Rent By Minister.
- The Minister may, by executive instrument, assess the amount of the recoverable rent in respect of premises of a similar type in similar localities and, in particular, in respect of such premises established out of public funds.
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Section – 14 – Matters To Be Taken Into Account In Assessing Recoverable Rent.
- The appropriate Rent Officer or the appropriate Rent Magistrate, for the purpose of assessing the amount of recoverable rent of any premises, shall take into account the following matters:-(a) the rateable value of the premises for the assessment of rates thereon;(b) the value of the land on which such premises are situated;(c) the amount of the annual rates in respect of such premises, and where the premises have been let in part, any apportionment of the rates attributable to such part;(d) the recoverable rent assessed for similar premises by the Minister under section 13;(e) the estimated cost in respect of repairs or the maintenance of such premises;(f) the amount of the recoverable rent for like premises;(g) the current rate of interest charged by the Ghana Commercial Bank on overdrafts.(h) the obligations of the landlord, tenant and any other person interested in the premises under the lease; and(i) the justice and merits of each particular case.
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Section – 15 – Certificate Relating To Recoverable Rent.
- Where the appropriate Rent Officer or the appropriate Rent Magistrate assesses the amount of the recoverable rent in respect of any premises he shall, as soon as may be practicable thereafter, issue a certificate specifying-(a) the amount of the recoverable rent of such premises assessed by him;(b) the rates or where part of the premises have been let, the apportionment of the rates attributable to such part;(c) if the premises have been let together with fixtures and furniture, the amount of the rent apportioned for the premises without such fixtures and furniture and the amount of the rent for the fixtures and furniture; and(d) such other particulars as may be prescribed.
Read Full Act: Rent Act-1963 (Act 220)
