MENSIMA AND OTHERS vs. ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND OTHERS [1997]DLSC11797

Date	1997-02-06
Suit No.	1997-98 1 GLR 159-218
Citation No.	[1997]DLSC11797

BAMFORD-ADDO

JSC AMPIAH

JSC KPEGAH

JSC ACQUAH

JSC ATUGUBA

JSC

[1997]DLSC11797
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MENSIMA AND OTHERS<o:p></o:p>

[SUPREME
COURT, ACCRA] <o:p></o:p>

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CORAM<o:p></o:p>

BAMFORD-ADDO, JSC AMPIAH,
JSC KPEGAH, JSC ACQUAH, JSC ATUGUBA, JSC<o:p></o:p>

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BAMFORD-ADDO JSC: The plaintiffs invoked the original
jurisdiction of the Supreme Court under article 2(1) of the
Constitution, 1992 seeking the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>

"(a) A declaration that sections 3(1) and 21 of the Manufacture and Sale of Spirits Regulations, 1962 (LI 239) are inconsistent with the letter and spirit of the
Constitution, 1992 and therefore null and void.<o:p></o:p>

<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:7.95pt;margin-right:28.95pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:0in;
line-height:100%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo13;tab-stops:21.3pt">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An order setting aside sections 3(1) and 21 of LI 239 as being inconsistent with the letter
and spirit of the Constitution,
1992 of the Republic of Ghana.<o:p></o:p>

<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:7.85pt;margin-right:18.95pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;
text-indent:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo13;tab-stops:21.3pt">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An order of perpetual injunction restraining the defendants, their agents or servants or
assigns under the pretext
of acting under
sections 3(1) and 21 of LI 239 from doing
anything to prevent
the plaintiffs from distilling and retailing local gin (akpeteshie).<o:p></o:p>

(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An order of perpetual injunction
restraining the second and third respondents from in any way doing anything
to prevent the third plaintiff from including in its objects
the distillation and retail of akpeteshie."<o:p></o:p>

The facts of this case briefly
are that the first and second plaintiffs were members of the Egyaa Co-
operative Distillery Retailers
Society. On 8 October 1993 they, together with others, took a decision to withdraw their membership of the said society and after sending
a petition to that effect proceeded
to form a company, namely
the third plaintiff
company