In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:-

"appeal tribunal" means a tribunal under section 18 of this Act;

"minerals" means minerals of all kinds including mineral oil;

"Minister" means the Minister to whom functions under this Act are assigned by the President;

"Stool land" includes land controlled by any person for the benefit of the subjects or members of a Stool, clan, company or community, as the case may be and all land in the Upper and Northern Regions other than land vested in the President and accordingly "Stool" means the person exercising such control;

"traditional area" has the meaning given to it by the Chieftaincy Act, 1961 (Act 81).