Act 16
Land Act
1998
( c) incompetence; or
( d)
Functions of
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absenting himself or herself from meetings of the
Board for six consecutive times without
reasonable cause.
60. (I) The functions of a Board shall be
to-
(a)
hold and allocate land in the district which is not
owned by any person or authority;
(b)
facilitate the registration and transfer of interests in
land;
( c)
take over the role and exercise the powers of the
lessor in the case of a lease granted by a former
controlling authority;
( d) cause surveys, plans, maps, drawings, and estimates
to be made by or through its officers or agents;
( e)
compile and maintain a list of rates of compensation
payable in respect of crops, buildings of a nonpermanent nature and any other thing that may be
prescribed;
(j) review every year the list of rates of compensation
referred to in paragraph ( e) of this subsection; and
( g)
deal with any matter which is incidental or
connected to the foregoing.
(2) A Board within a district may, in the performance of
its functions under paragraph (a) of clause (I) of article 241 of
the Constitution, do so under the name of the institution of
traditional leader or cultural leader existing under article 246 of
the Constitution in relation to that district
(3) For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in subsection
(2) of this section shall be construed as conferring on the
traditional leader or cultural leader referred to in that subsection,
the power of direction or control over the Board:
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