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ASHANTI. 



Concessions. 

 Ordinance No. 3 of 1903. 

 An Ordinance to Regulate the Concession of Rights with respect 

 to Land in Ashanti by Natives. 



Be it enacted by the Governor of the Gold Coast with respect to 

 Ashanti as follows : — 



PRELIMINARY. 



1. This Ordinance maj' be cited as " The Ashanti Concessions 

 Ordinance, 1903." 



2. In this Ordinance unless the context otherwise requires : — 



" Concession " means any writing whereby any right, 

 interest or property in or over land, with respect to minerals, 

 precious stones, timber, rubber, or other products of the soil 

 or the option of acquiring any such right, interest or property 

 purports to be either directly or indirectly granted or agreed 

 to be granted by a native, but shall not include an assignment 

 of a concession as above defined. 



" Prospect " means to search, seek for or explore for 

 minerals, precious stones, timber or other products of the soil. 

 9. (i) On or before the 31st July, 1904, with respect to any 

 concession made prior to the ist Februarj^ 1904, and within six months 

 after the date of the concession with respect to concessions made on 

 or after the ist February, 1904, notice of every concession shall be 

 filed by the person claiming to be entitled to *the benefit thereof 

 (hereinafter called " the claimant ") with the Registrar of the Court. 

 Such notice shall be in the prescribed form and shall contain the 

 prescribed particulars. The claimant shall also file within the like 

 time such other documents, or duly certified or attested copies thereof, 

 as the claimant relies upon in support of his right to such concession, 

 provided that the filing of any such copies shall not be deemed to 

 render unnecessary the due production at the enquiry into any 

 concession or at the trial of any question relating to any concession 

 of the original document so relied upon. 



17. Whenever the Court shall have decided that a concession is 

 valid, a certificate to that effect bearing the seal of the Court herein- 

 after referred to as a " Certificate of Vahdity," shall be attached to, 

 or indorsed upon, such concession. 



18. Every certificate of validity : 



{a) Shall state the boundaries, extent and situation of the 

 land in respect of which the certificate is given ; 



(b) Shall briefly specify the nature of the concession ; 



(c) Shall contain a complete statement of any hmitations, 

 modifications and conditions imposed by the Court ; 



