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FRANCIS KWARTENG ARTHUR
V.
NATIONAL IDENTIFICATION AUTHORITY

(2021) JELR 108976 (CA)

Court of Appeal 27 May 2021 Ghana
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- The Court of Appeal upheld the High Court’s decision that the National Identification Authority’s requirement for registrants to provide a digital address code under s.4 of the National Identity Register Act, 2008 (Act 750) as amended, is

Case Details

Suit Number:H1/50/2020
Judges:JUSTICE LAWRENCE L. MENSAH J.A. (PRESIDING), JUSTICE AMMA GAIZIE (MRS) J.A, JUSTICE ERIC BAAH J.
Counsel:JUSTICE SREM-SAI FOR THE APPLICANT/APPELLANT. KWAKU ASIRIFI FOR THE RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT

JUDGMENT

LAWRENCE L. MENSAH, J.A.

This appeal is engendered by a decision entered in favour of the  Respondent/Respondent which will be referred to as Respondent against the  Applicant/Appellant who will be referred to as the Applicant by an Accra High Court  dated the 28th day of March 2019. The action is an originating motion under Article 33 of  the 1992 Constitution and Oder 67 of C.I. 47 launched by the Applicant a lawyer against  the National Identification Authority in respect of a digital address code which the  Respondent insisted was necessary for every one who applied to be issued with a  National Identification Card. According to the Applicant there is no basis for the  Respondent to insist on the Applicant furnishing the Respondent with a digital address  code without which he the Applicant could not be registered.  

Case of the Applicant

The Applicant, a lawyer as aforementioned, deposed that in or around July 2018,  the Respondent announced through the Ghana Bar Associa…

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