Statutory and Constitutional Interpretation in Ghana case law.
288 passages under 47 sub-areas. Open a sub-area to read what the courts said, point by point.
Open in the Research toolCompanies Code, 1963 (Act 179)
6 passages · 1 case
Constitution, 1969
4 passages · 2 cases
Constitution, 1992
59 passages · 34 cases
- Article 106: explanatory memorandum, committee report and debate
- Article 107(b): retrospective laws
- Article 125(3): judicial power vested in the Judiciary
- Article 125(4): administration and supervision of the Judiciary
- Article 128(4): qualifications of a Justice of the Supreme Court
- Article 129(3): Supreme Court bound by its previous decisions
- Article 130: interpretation requires a dispute
- Article 130(1): exclusive original jurisdiction
- and 41 more points
Contracts Act, 1960 (Act 25)
2 passages · 2 cases
Conveyancing Decree, 1973 (NRCD 175)
4 passages · 3 cases
Copyright Act, 2005 (Act 690)
2 passages · 1 case
Court of Appeal Rules, 1997 (C.I. 19)
6 passages · 5 cases
Courts Act, 1971 (Act 372)
1 passage · 1 case
Courts Act, 1993 (Act 459)
6 passages · 5 cases
Courts Decree, 1966 (N.L.C.D. 84)
3 passages · 3 cases
Courts Ordinance
5 passages · 3 cases
Criminal and Other Offences (Procedure) Act, 1960 (Act 30)
9 passages · 7 cases
- Section 112: particulars necessary to give reasonable information of the charge
- Section 129(5)(c): imputations not reasonably necessary for the conduct of the defence
- Section 173: acquittal where no case is made out in a summary trial
- Section 268(2): production of a previous statement of a prosecution witness
- Section 271: withdrawal of the case from the jury
- Section 287: judgment in a trial with assessors
- Section 96(7): refusal of bail for listed offences
Criminal Code, 1960 (Act 29)
24 passages · 18 cases
- Section 11: ascertaining a person’s intention
- Section 11(5): intent directed against a different person
- Section 120(1): dishonest appropriation
- Section 132: defrauding by false pretences
- Section 133(1): meaning of false pretence
- Section 149(1): robbery and minimum sentence
- Section 179A(3)(a): causing financial loss to the State
- Section 20(1): abetment and the need for a crime to be abetted
- and 11 more points
Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 10)
3 passages · 2 cases
Data Protection Act, 2012 (Act 843)
4 passages · 1 case
Evidence Act, 1975 (NRCD 323)
12 passages · 9 cases
- Section 120: admissibility of a confession
- Section 120(2): independent witness to a statement made in custody
- Section 122: expert opinion
- Section 177: extrinsic evidence to vary a writing
- Section 26: estoppel by representation
- Section 48(2): presumption of ownership from acts of ownership
- Section 5: erroneous admission or exclusion of evidence
- Section 51: relevance as the basis of admissibility
- and 4 more points
Forests Act, 1927 (Cap. 157)
1 passage · 1 case
General principles
46 passages · 25 cases
- Avoiding an absurd result: the spirit of the Constitution
- Benevolent construction of provisions conferring a right of appeal
- Construction of fundamental human rights provisions
- Duty of the courts where the legislature fills a gap
- Effect of a change in the law on pending proceedings
- Ejusdem generis rule
- Expressio unius est exclusio alterius
- Following an earlier judicial interpretation of the same provision
- and 22 more points
High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 1954 (L.N. 140A)
6 passages · 5 cases
- Order 11 rule 1: service of the writ out of the jurisdiction
- Order 16 rule 11: joinder of parties
- Order 25 rule 4: striking out for no reasonable cause of action
- Order 37 rule 55: proof by production of the Gazette
- Order 60 rule 21(2): writ of summons against caveators
- Order 70 rule 1: effect of non-compliance with the rules
High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2004 (C.I. 47)
10 passages · 8 cases
- Order 13 rule 6: default judgment on claims not otherwise provided for
- Order 2 rule 4(2): indorsement of residence outside Ghana
- Order 23 rule 3: deemed admission
- Order 23 rule 6(2): judgment on admission
- Order 36: failure of a party to attend the trial
- Order 4 rule 5(2)(b): joinder of a necessary party
- Order 4 rule 9(1): suit by or against the occupant of a stool or skin
- Order 63 rules 8 and 10: damages for infringement of an intellectual property right
- and 2 more points
Interpretation Act, 1960 (C.A. 4)
3 passages · 2 cases
Interpretation Act, 2009 (Act 792)
3 passages · 2 cases
Juvenile Justice Act, 2003 (Act 653)
1 passage · 1 case
Limitation Act, 1970 (NRCD 54)
4 passages · 3 cases
Loans Recovery Ordinance, Cap. 175
1 passage · 1 case
Marriage Ordinance (Cap. 127)
4 passages · 1 case
Matrimonial Causes Act, 1971 (Act 367)
4 passages · 2 cases
Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703)
2 passages · 1 case
Motor Vehicles (Third Party Insurance) Act, 1958
3 passages · 1 case
Powers of Attorney Act, 1998 (Act 549)
3 passages · 2 cases
Real Property Limitation Act, 1833
1 passage · 1 case
Rent Control Ordinance
1 passage · 1 case
Representation of the People Law, 1992 (PNDCL 284)
2 passages · 1 case
Sale of Goods Act, 1962 (Act 137)
20 passages · 5 cases
- Section 1: contract of sale and classification of goods
- Section 49(1): grounds on which the buyer may reject
- Section 50: intimation of rejection
- Section 66: cash price, note or memorandum and enforceability
- Section 69: recovery of possession after fifty per cent is paid
- Section 77: reasonable time as a question of fact
- Section 8: fundamental obligation of the seller
- Section 81(1): definition of hire-purchase agreement
- and 5 more points
Statutory Corporations (Conversion to Companies) Act, 1993 (Act 461)
1 passage · 1 case
Supreme Court Rules, 1996 (C.I. 16)
11 passages · 10 cases
- Rule 17(1): preliminary objection
- Rule 54: grounds for review
- Rule 6: formulation of grounds of appeal
- Rule 6: particulars of the grounds of appeal
- Rule 6(2)(f): particulars of error of law
- Rule 6(2)(f): particulars of error of law in a ground of appeal
- Rules 6(6) and 6(7): grounds not mentioned in the notice of appeal
- Rules 62 and 66: time for a supervisory application
Survey Act, 1962 (Act 127)
1 passage · 1 case
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