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INKUMSAH
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THE REPUBLIC

(1967) JELR 69079 (CA)

Court of Appeal 18 Dec 1967 Ghana
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- This case involves an appeal from an order of the Chairman of the Commission on Investigation of Assets, where the appellant was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for perjury. - The objection raised is whether an appeal can be made to

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Judges:AZU CRABBE JA,APALOO JA,LASSEY J.A.
Counsel:JONATHAN ARTHUR FOR THE APPELLANT; S.M. BOISON CHIEF STATE ATTORNEY (WITH HIM V.A. KISSEIH, SENIOR STATE ATTORNEY) FOR THE RESPONDENT.
Other Citations:[1967] GLR 776

AZU CRABBE J.A.

On 7 November 1967, we upheld an objection that this court had no jurisdiction to entertain this appeal, and we accordingly dismissed it and intimated that we would give our reason later. We now proceed to state those reasons.

This is an appeal from an order of the Chairman of the Commission on Investigation of Assets whereby the appellant was on 8 February 1967, sentenced to six months’ imprisonment with hard labour for the offence of perjury.

It is unnecessary for us to state the sequence of events leading to the decision, for upon the appeal being called the learned Chief State Attorney, Mr. S. M. Boison, raised an objection in limine that no appeal lay to this court against the decision of a commission appointed under the National Liberation Council (Investigation and Forfeiture of Assets) Decree, 1966 (N.L.C.D. 72). The commission before which the appellant was found guilty of perjury and sentenced was appointed by virtue of paragraph 2 (1) of N.L.C.D. 72, and parag…

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