[1961]DLSC5502 • August 28, 1961 • Supreme Court •
RE: AKOTO AND 7 OTHERS,
The appellants were detained on 10th and 11th November 1959 under a Preventive Detention Order issued by the Governor-General, signed by the Minister of Interior, under the Preventive Detention Act, 1958. The order alleged that the appellants acted in a manner prejudicial to the security of the State, specifically by encouraging and associating with persons advocating violence in the Ashanti and Brong-Ahafo regions to achieve political aims.
read moreKorsah C.J. delivered the judgment of the court. The appellants were arrested and placed in detention on the 10th and 11th November, 1959, under an order made by the Governor-General and signed on his behalf by the Minister of Interior under section 2 of the Preventive Detention Act, 1958.1(1) The order reads: “L.N. 310 THE PREVENTIVE DETENTION ACT, 1958 THE PREVENTIVE DETENTION ORDER (No. 5) 1959 WHEREAS the Governor-General is satisfied that this Order is necessary to prevent the persons in the Schedule to this Order acting in a manner prejudicial to the security of the State: NOW THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred on the Governor-General by section 2 of the Preventive Detention Act, 1958, it is hereby ordered as follows: 1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Preventive Detention Order (No. 5), 1959. (2) This Order shall take effect at 7 o’clock in the afternoon of 10th day of November, 1959. 2. (1) The persons described in the Schedule to this Order shall be...