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FRED AKWETER
V.
THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL & ANOR

(2026) JELR 115047 (SC)

Supreme Court 29 Apr 2026 Ghana
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- The Plaintiff, a Ghanaian lawyer, challenged the constitutionality of sections 27, 28, 29, 36, and 41 of the Representation of the People Act, 1992 (PNDCL 284), which disqualify persons convicted of specified electoral offences from regis

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Suit Number:J1/15/2025
Judges:BAFFOE-BONNIE CJ, ASIEDU JSC, ADJEI-FRIMPONG JSC, DZAMEFE JSC, ADJEI JSC, BARTELS-KODWO JSC, ACKAAH-BOAFO JSC
Counsel:NOAH EPHRAEM TETTEH ADAMTEY ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF. JONATHAN ACQUAH (CHIEF STATE ATTORNEY) FOR THE 1ST DEFENDANT WITH REGINALD NII ODOI ( STATE ATTORNEY) LED BY DR. JUSTICE SREM-SAI (DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL). JUSTIN AMENUVOR ESQ. FOR THE 2ND DEFENDANT.

JUDGMENT

ADJEI, JSC:

The Plaintiff calls upon this court to interpret Article 142 of the constitution of Ghana, 1992 (P.N.D.C.L. 284) which mandate the courts to suspend the voting rights of convicts of those offences which are unconstitutional.

The case is of constitutional importance by the fact that it seeks to challenge the Representation of the People Act, 1992 (P.N.D.C.L. 284) for its propensity of denying some citizens of Ghana of their fundamental human rights from being registered as voters or voting at an election and which said rights have been given constitutional authorization by the Constitution of Ghana, without providing for any exception and would require the striking out of some provisions of P.N.D.C.L. 284 should the action succeed.

The Plaintiff, who alleges that some provisions of the Representation of the People Act, 1992 (P.N.D.C.L. 284) are unconstitutional, has invoked the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court in his capacity as a citizen of Ghana to make a …

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