BILSON vs. ATTORNEY-GENERAL [1994]DLSC716

Date	1994-12-12
Suit No.
Citation No.	[1994]DLSC716

ADADE JSC

EDWARD WIREDU JSC

CHARLES HAYFRON-BENJAMIN JSC

AMPIAH JSC

KPEGAH JSC

OBENG MANU (WITH HIM OSEI ACHEAMPONG) FOR THE PLAINTIFF.

MARTIN AMIDU DEPUTY ATTORNEY-GENERAL (WITH HIM MRS. ADUSA-AMANKWAH CHIEF STATE ATTORNEY) FOR THE REPUBLIC.

[1994]DLSC716
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color:#00B0F0">ATTORNEY-GENERAL<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>[1993-94] 1 GLR 104<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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DECEMBER 1994<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>OBENG MANU (WITH HIM OSEI ACHEAMPONG) FOR THE PLAINTIFF.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MARTIN AMIDU DEPUTY ATTORNEY-GENERAL (WITH HIM MRS. ADUSA-AMANKWAH
CHIEF STATE ATTORNEY) FOR THE REPUBLIC.
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ADADE, EDWARD WIREDU, CHARLES HAYFRON-BENJAMIN, AMPIAH AND KPEGAH
JJSC<o:p></o:p>

</div>JUDGMENT OF ADADE JSC.<o:p></o:p>By his writ filed on 26 August 1993, the plaintiff seeks:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;
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border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(a).&nbsp; “A declaration that upon the
true and proper interpretation of section 34 of the transitional provisions of
the Constitution, 1992 only: <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.25in;mso-add-space:auto;
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acts or omissions by persons which brought about the overthrow of
the government of the First, Second and Third Republics of Ghana; <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.25in;mso-add-space:auto;
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border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
acts or omissions of persons which occasioned the suspension or
abrogation of the first, second and third Constitutions of the Republic of
Ghana; and <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.25in;mso-add-space:auto;
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acts or omissions of persons which led to the establishment of the
military regimes, namely the National Liberation Council (NLC), the National
Redemption Council (NRC), the Supreme Military Council (SMC I and II), the
Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC), the Provisional National Defence
Council (PNDC) and persons who acted or omitted to act on the instructions or
authority of any of the aforementioned regimes, that are indemnified but not
otherwise. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;
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border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(b).&nbsp; A declaration that it is part
of the fundamental human rights and freedoms provided in chapter five of the
Constitution, 1992 that: <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.25in;mso-add-space:auto;
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all persons in Ghana are equal before the law (article 17(1)); <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.25in;mso-add-space:auto;
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