FORSON vs. ODONKOR [1965]DLHC1803

Date	1965-02-08
Suit No.
Citation No.	[1965]DLHC1803

DJABANOR J.

K. A. K. ERSKINE FOR THE PLAINTIFF.

E. A. PUPLAMPU FOR THE DEFENDANT.

[1965]DLHC1803
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >FORSON <o:p></o:p>vs. <o:p></o:p>ODONKOR <o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, SEKONDI]<o:p></o:p>[1965] GLR 47<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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DATE:
8 FEBRUARY 1965.<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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K. A. K. ERSKINE FOR THE PLAINTIFF.<o:p></o:p>

E. A. PUPLAMPU FOR THE DEFENDANT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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DJABANOR J.<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>JUDGMENT OF DJABANOR J.<o:p></o:p>When this
case came up for hearing it was discovered that the issue involved was of a
narrow compass. The defendant, a licensed auctioneer, attached and published
under the classified advertisements in the Daily Graphic newspaper dated 29
February 1964 at p. 8 a description of the plaintiff’s houses situate at
Sekondi for sale under a power of sale contained in a mortgage by the authority
of the Ghana Commercial Bank. The plaintiff brought this claim against the
defendant claiming an order of injunction to restrain him from selling the
plaintiff’s said properties, and for £G5,000 damages.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The point
of law which arose for the determination of this court was the proper
interpretation of section 48 of the Local Government Act, 1961,1 in relation to
section 6 of the Auction Sales Ordinance.2 The defendant, it appears, in fact
holds a valid licence granted him by the police by virtue of section 6 of Cap.
196 but does not possess such a licence issued by the Sekondi-Takoradi City
Council which that body has the exclusive power to issue under section 48 of
Act 54. The question now is whether or not the licence issued under section 6
of Cap. 196 entitled the defendant to act as an auctioneer in the
Sekondi-Takoradi area. The Auction Sales Ordinance, s. 6 provides:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">“(1)
Every licence shall be in the form set forth in Schedule 1, and shall be issued
by the Commissioner of Police or under his authority: and there shall be
payable in respect of a yearly licence a fee of twenty pounds, and in respect
of a half-yearly licence a fee of twelve pounds. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(2) Every
such licence shall be valid throughout Ghana.”<o:p></o:p>The Local
Government Act, 1961, s. 48 provides:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">“(1)
Subject to the provisions of this Act, a city or municipal Council shall,
within the administrative area, to the exclusion of any other authority which
may previously have exercised the same, be the authority for carrying out and
executing the provisions of the enactments specified in this section and shall
have, within the administrative area, all the powers, rights, duties,
capacities, liabilities and obligations in respect thereto under such
enactments, of any person, officer or authority therein mentioned (exclusive of
the powers of any court or the Comptroller of Customs):- <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(a) The
Auction Sales Ordinance (Cap. 196); <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(b) The
Criminal Code, 1960 (Act 29), sections 296 and 300; <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(c) The
Liquor Licences (Spirits) Ordinance (Cap. 220); <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(d) The
Liquor Licences (Wine and Beer) Ordinance (Cap. 221); <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(e) The
Mosquitoes Ordinance (Cap. 75). (2) With respect to the provisions of
subsection (1) of this section, the Treasurer shall be deemed to be the
Accountant-General for the purposes of the Criminal Code, and the Licensing
Authority for the purposes of the Liquor Licences (Spirits) Ordinance and the
Liquor Licences (Wine and Beer) Ordinance; and the Town Engineer shall be
deemed to be the Engineer-in-Chief of the Public Works for the purposes of the
Criminal Code; and the Medical Officer of Health for the administrative area
shall be the Sanitary Authority for the purposes of the Mosquitoes Ordinance.
(3) Nothing contained in subsection (1) or (2) of this section shall operate to
affect, alter, or derogate from the ordinary or special statutory or other
lawful func</main>