[2025]DLHC17985 • April 9, 2025 • High Court
THE REPUBLIC vs. JAMES GYAKYE QUAYSON
The accused, James Gyakye Quayson, a sitting Member of Parliament for Assin North, was charged with five counts including deceit of a public officer, forgery of passport, making false statutory declaration, perjury, and false declaration for office. The charges arose from allegations that he falsely declared he was not a dual citizen when applying for a Ghanaian passport in July 2019 and when filing nomination forms for parliamentary elections in October 2020, despite holding Canadian citizenship at the time. He subsequently renounced Canadian citizenship after filing nomination forms. The prosecution alleged that these false declarations were made to obtain a passport and public office unlawfully.
read moreRULING RULING ON SUBMISSION OF NO CASE TO ANSWER The Accused person, who is a serving Member of Parliament for the Assin North Constituency in the Central Region of the Republic of Ghana was arraigned before this Court on a charge sheet filed at the Registry of this court on the 31st day of January 2022 on five different counts. The Counts or charges are: Count one (1): Deceit of public officer contrary to Section 251 (b) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29). Count Two(2): Forgery of passport or travel certificate contrary to Section 15 (1) (b) of the Passports and Travel Certificates Act, 1967 (NLCD 155) Count three (3) Knowingly making a false statutory declaration contrary to Section 5 of the Statutory DeclarationsAct,1971 (Act 389) Count four (4): Perjury contrary to Section 210 (1) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29) Count five (5}: False declaration for office, contrary to Section 248 of the Criminal Offences Act 1960 (Act 29) On the 15th of February 2...