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CRIMINAL AND OTHER OFFENCES (PROCEDURE) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2022 (ACT 1079)

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REPUBLIC OF GHANA CRIMINAL AND OTHER OFFENCES (PROCEDURE) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2022 (ACT 1079) CRIMINAL AND OTHER OFFENCES (PROCEDURE) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2022 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section Sections 162A to 162R inserted The One Thousand and seventy-nineth ACT OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA ENTITLED CRIMINAL AND OTHER OFFENCES (PROCEDURE) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2022 AN ACT […]

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UNITED STATES v. WONG KIM ARK

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Argued March 5, 8, 1897 Decided March 28, 1898 169 U.S. 649 APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Syllabus A child born in the United States, of parents of Chinese descent, who, at the time of his birth, are subjects of the Emperor of China, but

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CRIMINAL OFFENCES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2023 GHANA (ACT 1101)

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DEATH PENALTY ACT, 2023 (ACT 1101) CRIMINAL OFFENCES (AMENDMENT) __________ ACT, 2023__________ ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section 1. Section 46 of Act 29 amended 2. Section 49 of Act 29 amended 3. Section 49A of Act 29 amended 4. Section 194 of Act 29 amended 5. Section 317A of Act 29 amended The One Thousand One

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L.I. 2180 Road Traffic Regulations, 2012

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L.I. 2180 Road Traffic Regulations, 2012 Assented to on 28 May 2012 IN exercise of the power conferred on the Minister responsible for Transport by Section 133 of the Road Traffic Act, 2004(Act 683), these Regulations are made this 28th day of May, 2012. Registration 1. Register The Licensing Authority shall keep and maintain a

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JUSTICES OF THE COURT OF APPEAL – OCTOBER 2024

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Senyo Dzamefe Edward Amoako Asante Dennis Dominic Adjei Novisi Afua Aryene Gbiel S. Suurbaareh Eric Baah Mabel Maame Agyemang Cyra Pamela C.A. Koranteng Alex B. Poku-Acheampong Alex Owusu-Ofori Anthony Oppong Emmanuel Ankamah Philip Bright Mensah Jerome Noble Nkrumah Angelina Mensah-Homiah Gifty Agyei Addo Jennifer A. Dodoo Afia Serwah Asare-Botwe Janapare A. Bartels-Kodwo Samuel Obeng-Diawuo Sophia

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JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT – OCTOBER 2024

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1. Honourable Ladyjustice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo 2. Paul Baffoe Bonnie 3. Gabriel Pwamang 4. Mariama Owusu 5. Avril Lovelace-Johnson 6. Issifu Omoro Tanko Amadu 7. Henrietta Joy Abena Nyarko Mensa-Bonsu 8. Emmanuel Yonny Kulendi 9. Barbara F. Ackah Yensu 10. Samuel Kwame Adibu Asiedu 11. George K. Koomson 12. Ernest Yao Gaewu 13. Henry Anthony

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JUDICIAL SECRETARIES OF GHANA (1960 – DATE)

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NO. 1. NAME Col. H. Drury DATE OF APPOINTMENT 1st July, 1960 2. P.E.N.K. Archer 5th May, 1961 3. B.W. Prah 1st April,1964 4. E.S. Aidoo 24th September, 1966 5. S.S.Okunor 8th October, 1971 6. J.A.Wutoh 1st October, 1976 7. G.K.Quaye 1 st October, 1980 8. Seth A.Owusu 10th December, 1982 9. Al-Haji Dramani Yakubu

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CHIEF JUSTICES OF GHANA 1876 – DATE

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Sir David Patrick Chambers 1876-1878 P.A. Smith, Esq. 1878-1879 Sir James Marshall 1880-1882 N. Lessingham Bailey, Esq. 1882-1886 H. W. Madeod, Esq. 1886-1889 J. T. Hutchinson, Esq. 1889-1895 Sir William Brandford Griffith 1895-1911 Sir Philip Crampton Symly 1911-1928 Sir George Campbell Deane 1929- 1935 Sir Philip Bertie Petrides 1936- 1943 Sir Walter Harrangin 1943- 1947

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Head of Family (Accountability) Law, 1985 P.N.D.C.L. 114

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Published in Government Gazette on 14 June 1985 Assented to on 14 June 1985 Commenced on 14 June 1985 1. Head of family to be accountable (1) Despite a law to the contrary, a head of family or a person who is in possession or control of, or has custody of, a family property is

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Legal Profession Act, 1960

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Assented to on 12 January 1961 Commenced on 1 January 1961 AN ACT to consolidate and amend the law relating to the legal profession. BE IT ENACTED by the President and the National Assembly in this present Parliament assembled as follows: Part I – ORGANISATION OF THE PROFESSION 1. The General Legal Council. (1) There

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