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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 title
An 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