Courts Act, 1993 🇬🇭

Ghana

Preface

Part I – SUPERIOR COURTS OF JUDICATURE

Part II – LOWER COURTS.

39. Establishment of Lower Courts.

40. Circuit Courts and Judges.

41. Superior Court Judge to sit as Circuit Court Judge.

42. Jurisdiction of Circuit Courts Civil in Matters.

43. Criminal Jurisdiction of Circuit Court.

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Part III – COMMON LAW AND CUSTOMARY LAW.

54. Choice of Law.

55. Ascertainment of Customary Law.

Part IV – EXERCISE OF JURISDICTION, EVIDENCE AND RULES OF COURT

56. Criminal Jurisdiction of Courts of Ghana.

57. Limitation of Jurisdiction in Chieftaincy Matters.

58. Summoning Witnesses.

59. Warrant in Criminal Cases.

60. Witness Arrested under Warrant.

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Part V – ENFORCEMENT IN GHANA OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS AND MAINTENANCE ORDERS

Part VI – MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

100. Reservation of Questions of Law to the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and High Court.

101. Jurisdiction of High Court and Regional Tribunal Concurrent with Community Tribunals.

102. Court and Tribunal Proceedings to be Generally Held in Public.

103. Duty of Judges to Give Judgment in Cases Part Heard.

104. Power to Transfer by the Chief Justice.

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Republic of Ghana

The four hundred and fifty-ninth

Act

of the parliament of the republic of ghana

entitled

Courts Act, 1993

Published by Government Gazette on 6 July 1993
Assented to on 6 July 1993
Commenced on 6 July 1993

AN ACT to incorporate into the law relating to the courts, the provisions of chapter eleven of the Constitution; to provide for the jurisdiction of Regional Tribunals; to establish lower courts and tribunals, provide for their composition and jurisdiction; to consolidate and reenact the Courts Act, 1971 and to provide for connected purposes.

Part I – SUPERIOR COURTS OF JUDICATURE

The Supreme Court.

1. Composition of Supreme Court and Qualification of its Justices.

(1)The Supreme Court shall consist of the Chief Justice and not less than nine other Justices of the Supreme Court.

(2)The Supreme Court shall be duly constituted for its work by not less than five Supreme Court Justices except as otherwise provided in section 7 of this Act.

(3)The Chief Justice shall preside at sitting…

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Courts Act, 1993

Part I – SUPERIOR COURTS OF JUDICATURE

The Supreme Court.

1. Composition of Supreme Court and Qualification of its Justices.

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