THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ECONOMIC & ORGANISED CRIME OFFICE, OLD PARLIAMENT HOUSE, ACCRA. vs SIAT GHANA LIMITED AND GHANA OIL PALM DEV. CO. LTD ACCRA

APPLICATION TO REVOKE A FREEZING ORDER In this Ruling, I shall refer to the Economic&Organised Crime Office simply as the “Applicant/Respondent” whilst referring to Siat Ghana Limited and Ghana Oil Palm Development Co. Ltd as the “Respondents/Applicants”. This is an application brought under S 39 of the Economic &Organised Crime Office Act, 2010 (Act 804) by the Respondents/Applicants seeking to revoke the conformation order freezing the accounts of the respondents/applicantsby the Executive Director of the Applicant/Respondent Office. That provision of the law isreproduced here below: “39 (1) A person who claims an interest in property which is the subject of a freezing order shall apply to the court for a review of the order on notice to the Executive Director, within fourteen days after the issue of the freezing order.” The grounds on which the applicationis premised are catalogued in the accompanying affidavit and further affidavits filed supplemental to the orig...