Volta River Development Act, 1961 (Act No. 46). Country/Territory Ghana Document type Legislation Date 1961 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Official publication, 13 pp. Long titleAn Act to provide for the establishment of an Authority charged with the duties of generating electricity by means of the water power of the river Volta, and by other means, and of supplying electricity through a transmission system; for the construction of a dam and power station near Akosombo; and for the creation of a lake by the damming of the river; for giving the Authority power to administer certain lands liable to be inundated and lands adjacent thereto, and for dealing with the resettlement of people living in the lands to be inundated; for charging the Authority with certain incidental responsibilities; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. Subject Energy, Land & soil, Water Keyword Hydropower generation Energy conservation/energy production Expropriation Institution Waterworks Inland waters Geographical area Africa, North Atlantic, Western Africa Basin Volta Abstract The Act consists of 36 sections divided into 5 Parts; The Volta River Authority (I); Functions and duties of the Authority (II); Finance (III); Acquisition of land and resettlement measures (IV); Miscellaneous (V). Full text English References - Legislation Amended by Public Utilities Regulatory Commission Act (No. 538). Legislation | Ghana | 1997 Keyword: Farming, Agricultural development, Energy conservation/energy production, Registration, Water supply, Waterworks, Institution, Monitoring, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Water charges, Industrial water use Source: FAO, FAOLEX Volta River Development (Amendment) Law, 1987 (P.N.C.D.I. 171). Legislation | Ghana | 1987 Keyword: Surface water, Institution, Authorization/permit, Basin/catchment/watershed, Policy/planning, Freshwater resources management, Inland waters Source: FAO, FAOLEX Volta River Development Act (Amendment) Decree, 1968 (N.I.C.D. 268). Legislation | Ghana | 1968 Keyword: Institution Source: FAO, FAOLEX Volta River Development (Amendment) Act, 1970 (Act No. 338). Legislation | Ghana Keyword: Institution Source: FAO, FAOLEX Volta River Development (Amendment) Act, 1962 (Act No. 95). Legislation | Ghana | 1962 Keyword: Institution Source: FAO, FAOLEX