RE: AKOTO AND 7 OTHERS, [1961]DLSC5502

Date	1961-08-28
Suit No.
Citation No.	[1961]DLSC5502

KORSAH C.J.

VAN LARE JSC

AKIWUMI J.S.C.

DR. J.B. DANQUAH FOR THE APPELLANTS.

G. BING (ATTORNEY-GENERAL) WITH HIM A.N.E. AMISSAH FOR THE RESPONDENTS.

[1961]DLSC5502
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
color:#548DD4">RE: AKOTO AND 7 OTHERS,<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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color:#548DD4">&nbsp;[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">[1961] GLR 523&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;DATE:<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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color:#00B0F0"> 28TH AUGUST, 1961.<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.5pt;
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DR.
J.B. DANQUAH FOR THE APPELLANTS.<o:p></o:p>

G.
BING (ATTORNEY-GENERAL) WITH HIM A.N.E. AMISSAH FOR THE RESPONDENTS.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.5pt;
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KORSAH C.J., VAN LARE JSC,
AKIWUMI J.S.C.<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>JUDGMENT OF
KORSAH C.J.<o:p></o:p>Korsah 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)<o:p></o:p>The order reads:<o:p></o:p>“L.N. 310<o:p></o:p>THE PREVENTIVE DETENTION ACT, 1958<o:p></o:p>THE PREVENTIVE DETENTION ORDER (No. 5) 1959<o:p></o:p>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:<o:p></o:p>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:<o:p></o:p>1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Preventive Detention Order
(No. 5), 1959.<o:p></o:p>(2) This Order shall take effect at 7 o’clock in the afternoon of
10th day of November, 1959.<o:p></o:p>2. (1) The persons described in the Schedule to this Order shall
be taken into custody and detained under section 2 of the Preventive Detention
Act, 1958.<o:p></o:p>(2) Subject to the power under section 3 of that Act to suspend,
vary or revoke this Order, and subject to subsection (3) of section 5 of that
Act, the period of which the persons described in the Schedule to this Order
are to be detained shall be for a period of five years.<o:p></o:p>SCHEDULE<o:p></o:p>Name Further Particulars<o:p></o:p>1. BAFFOUR OSEI AKOTO .. .. .. ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Senior Linguist to the
Asantehene, of<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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