Statute Law Revision Act, 1996 Act 516

STATUTE LAW REVISION ACT, 1996 (ACT 516)
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTION
Section
1. Enactments Repealed.
SCHEDULE
Schedule
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ACT 516
REPUBLIC OF GHANA
THE FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTEENTH
ACT
OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA
ENTITLED
THE STATUTE LAW REVISION ACT, 1996
AN ACT to repeal certain statutes that are no longer applicable or have become spent.
DATE OF ASSENT: 8TH AUGUST, 1996
BE IT ENACTED by Parliament as follows—
Section 1—Enactments Repealed.
The enactments specified in the Schedule to this Act are repealed.
SCHEDULE
Builders Brigade Board Act l 957 (No. 37)
Industrial Development and Ghana Agricultural Development Ordinance (Repeal) Act, 1961
(Act 90)
Guarantee Corporation (Liquidation) Act, 1962 (Act 100)
Government Agents (Transfer of Functions) Act, 1962 (Act 136)
Compulsory Savings Act, 1963 (Act 173)
Corrupt Practices (Prevention) Act, 1961 (Act 230)
Horse-Racing Board of Control (Dissolution) (Amendment) Act, 1964 (Act 251)
Capital Gains Tax, 1965 (Repeal) Decree, 1965
Pharmacy and Drugs Act, 1961 (Amendment) Decree, 1968 (N.L.C.D. 300)
Commission of Inquiry (Tax Review) (Amendment) Decree, 1975 (S.M.C.D. 2)
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, 1965
Pharmacy and Drugs Act, 1961 (Amendment) Decree, 1968 (N.L.C.D. 300)
Commission of Inquiry (Tax Review) (Amendment) Decree, 1975 (S.M.C.D. 2)
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State Fishing Corporation and Ghana Cold Stores Ltd., (Merger) (Amendment) Decree, 1975
(S.M.C.D. 4). R.T. Briscoe (Ghana) Limited (Transfer of Assets) Decree, 1976 (S.M.C.D. 65)
Land and Buildings (Acquisition) Decree, 1977 (S.M.C.D. 77)
Referendum and Public Elections (Miscellaneous Provisions) Decree, 1977 (S.M.C.D. 142)
Ghana National Reconstruction Corps Decree, 1978 (S.M.C.D. 162)
Managed Input Delivery and Agricultural Services Project Executive Committee Decree, 1978
(S.M.C.D. 165)
Commissions and Committees of Inquiry (Findings) Review Tribunal Decree, 1979 (S.M.C.D. 223)
Commissions and Committees of Inquiry (Findings) Review Tribunal (Amendment) Decree,
1979 (S.M.C.D. 233)
Committee of Inquiry (Recent Disturbances in the Police Force Implementation of Findings)
Decree, 1979 (A.F.R.C.D. 12)
Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (Special Courts) (Amendment) Decree, 1979
(A.F.R.C.D. 19)
Committee of Inquiry (Indebtedness to the State as a result of findings of Committees and
Commissions of Inquiry) Decree, 1979 (A.F.R.C.D. 46)
Government Loans (Repayment) Decree, 1979 (A.F.R.C.D. 49)
Constitution (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Law, 1979 (A.F.R.C.D.

.F.R.C.D. 46)
Government Loans (Repayment) Decree, 1979 (A.F.R.C.D. 49)
Constitution (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Law, 1979 (A.F.R.C.D.

56)
The Appropriation Act, 1980 (Act 407)
The Appropriation (Provisional Estimates) Act, 1980 (Act 416)
The Southern Rhodesia Sanctions (Abolition) Act, 1980 (Act 417)
Compulsory letting of unoccupied rooms and houses Law, 1982 (PN.D.C.L. 7)
Income Tax (Amendment) Law, 1982 (P.N.D.C.L. 11)
Wa Skin Property (Preservation) Law, 1982 (P.N.D.C.L.16)
Civil Service Act (Amendment) Law, 1982 (P.N.D.C.L. 20)
Public Officers (Pensions) Law, 1982 (P.N.D.C.L. 23)
Volta Regional Development Corporation Committee of Enquiry Law, 1982 (PN.D.C.L. 32)
Product Bonus Allocation Scheme and Sale of Factory Products to Employees (Abolition) Law,
1983 (P.N.D.C.L. 45)
Domestic Air Travel Tax (Repeal) Law, 1983 (P.N.D.C.L. 49)
The External Currency (Foreign Travel) Levy (Repeal) Law, 1983 (P.N.D.C.L. 50)
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D.C.L. 45)
Domestic Air Travel Tax (Repeal) Law, 1983 (P.N.D.C.L. 49)
The External Currency (Foreign Travel) Levy (Repeal) Law, 1983 (P.N.D.C.L. 50)
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Committee of Inquiry (Malpractice in Insurance Claims and Related Matters) Law, 1983
(P.N.D.C.L. 60)
Chieftaincy (Restoration of Status of Chiefs) Law, 1983 (P.N.D.C.L 75)
Yendi Skin Affairs (Appeal) Law, 1984 (P.N.D.C.L. 86)
Forfeiture of Assets (Specialised Licensed Buying Agents) Law, 1984 (P.N.D.C.L. 89)
Foreign Exchange Tax (Repeal) Law, 1984 (P.N.D.C.L. 94)
Foreign Travel Tax (Repeal) Law, 1984 (P.N.D.C.L. 95)
Prohibited Organisations (Bawku District) Law, 1984 (P.N.D.C.L. 98)
Bawku Lands (Vesting) Law, 1984 (P.N.D.C.L. 99)
Appropriation Law, 1984 (P.N.D.C.L. 101)
Temporary Advances for Government Expenditure Law, 1985 (P.N.D.C.L. 103). Transfer of Shares and other proprietary interests (Metal Construction Company Limited and
Plastic Wares Limited) (Amendment) Law, 1985 (P.N.D.C.L. 104)
Effutu Paramount Stool-Recognition of Nana Ayirebi Acquah IV Law, 1985 (P.N.D.C.L. 105)
Chieftaincy (Amendment) Law, 1985 (P.N.D.C.L. 107)
Wa Chieftaincy Affairs (Prohibition) (Repeal) Law, 1985 (P.N.D.C.L. 118)
Transfer of Properties (State shipping Corporation) Law, 1985 (P.N.D.C.L. 119)
Yendi Skin Affairs (Prohibition) (Repeal) Law, 1985 (P.N.D.C.L.

L. 118)
Transfer of Properties (State shipping Corporation) Law, 1985 (P.N.D.C.L. 119)
Yendi Skin Affairs (Prohibition) (Repeal) Law, 1985 (P.N.D.C.L.

124)
Ghana Cocoa Board (Re-organisation and Indemnity) Law, 1985 (P.N.D.C.L. 125)
Motor Vehicles (Standardization) (Repeal) Law, 1986 (P.N.D.C.L. 139)
Interim Management Committees (Public Boards and Corporations) (Amendment) Law, 1986
(P.N.D.C.L. 140)
External Companies and Diplomatic Missions (Acquisition or rental of immovable property)
Law, 1986 (P.N.D.C.L. 150)
Judiciary (Retiring Ages) Law, 1986 (P.N.D.C.L. 161)
Sefwi Wiawso Settler Farms (Abatement of proceedings) Law, 1987 (P.N.D.C.L. 173)
Chieftaincy (Amendment) Law, 1987 (P.N.D.C.L. 180)
Police Service (Amendment) Law, 1988 (P.N.D.C.L. 194A)
Appropriation (1987 Financial Year) Law, 1988 (P.N.C.D.L. 199)
Chieftaincy (Specified areas) (Prohibition and Abatement of Chieftaincy Proceedings) Law,
1989 (P.N.D.C.L. 212)
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ial Year) Law, 1988 (P.N.C.D.L. 199)
Chieftaincy (Specified areas) (Prohibition and Abatement of Chieftaincy Proceedings) Law,
1989 (P.N.D.C.L. 212)
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Transfer of Shares and other proprietary interests (G.E.A. Group of Companies) Law, 1989
(P.N.D.C.L. 214)
Consultative Assembly (Dissolution) Law, 1992 (P.N.D.C.L. 286)
Judiciary (Retiring Ages) (Amendment) Law, 1992 (P.N.D.C.L. 290)
Powers of Arrest (Election Offences) Law, 1992 (P.N.D.C.L. 297)
Public Officers (Secondment by P.N.D.C.) Law, 1992 (P.N.D.C.L. 302)
Appropriation (1993 Financial Year) Law, 1993 (P.N.D.C.L. 314).
Date of Gazette Notification: 13th September 1996.
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