NATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE KENTE AND ADINKRA WEAVERSASSOCIATION
V.
REGISTRAR OF CO-OPERATIVES

(1980) JELR 65544 (HC)

High Court · 28 Jul 1980 · Ghana

CORAM

TAYLOR J.

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constitution

court

servant of the republic

high court

quashie-idun case

statutory functions

full bench

interim order of injunction

quashie-idun

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civil proceedings

inter alia

private persons

promulgation of the constitution

ratio decidendi

registrar of co-operatives

servants

statement of claim

supreme court

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appropriate reliefs

authority of a judgment of a court

civil servant

co-operative societies decree

cyclostyled judgments

definition of public officer

english law

high court judge

judgments of the court of appeal

majority decision of the full bench of the court

operative association

perpetual injunction

post of registrar of co-operatives

preliminary objection

provisions of section

provisions of the decree

public corporation

public funds

public office

public servant

respectful opinion

said constitution

said section

sections

state proceedings act

statutory provision

such fees

ultra vires

unanimous judgment of the court of appeal

TAYLOR J.: The plaintiffs in this suit are a co-operative association with limited liability registered under sections 4 and 5 of the Co-operative Societies Decree, 1968 (N.L.C.D. 252). In compliance with the provisions of section 8 of the Decree, the plaintiffs have registered their bye-laws. In their statement of claim, they aver that the association they registered was originally composed of two unions from two regions of Ghana and made up of seven societies, but that after registration and in keeping with their bye-laws they admitted new societies which covered the Eastern, Volta and Ashanti Regions.

By their statement of claim, they would seem to be maintaining that, once they have registered their association, they are entitled to conduct the affairs of the association in accordance with their registered bye-laws. They also seem to claim that by their bye-laws they have authority to admit new members to the association to the exclusion of the defendant and any other authority. In…

NATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE KENTE AND ADINKRA WEAVERSASSOCIATION V. REGISTRAR OF CO-OPERATIVES

NATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE KENTE AND ADINKRA WEAVERSASSOCIATION
V.
REGISTRAR OF CO-OPERATIVES