Concessions Ordinance (Cap. 136) as the courts read it.

His own, as well as Mr. Commissioner Gwira’s, jurisdiction to make an order in this concession proceedings, depended unquestionably upon whether or not the requirements of section 10 of the Concessions Ordinance had been complied with at the time each of them was called upon to make his particular order. So in Concession Enquiry No. 939 (Accra)2(2) Deane, C.J. (Gold Coast) referring to the Concession Ordinance, pointed out that: “The legislature in fact enacted clearly that matters under this Ordinance should be dealt with strictly according to the Ordinance, and validation or invalidation is not a matter left to be dealt with at large in the discretion of the Courts; its action is limited by the power and jurisdiction conferred by the Ordinance.

AFRICAN WOODS LTD. v. ADMINISTRATOR OF STOOL LANDS CONCESSION ENQUIRY NO. 471 (ASHANTI) ASUKESE FOREST RESERVE TIMBER CONCESSION [1962] 2 GLR 24 [1962] SLR (SC) 31 · Supreme Court · 1962 · VAN LARE JSC