BOYE-DOE vs TEYE AND ANOTHER [2000]DLSC119

Date	2000-07-12
Suit No.
Citation No.	[2000]DLSC119

AMPIAH JSC

KPEGAH JSC

ADJABENG JSC

ACQUAH JSC

AKUFFO JSC

FELIX QUARTEY FOR THE APPELLANT.

PHILLIP ADDISON FOR THE RESPONDENT.

[2000]DLSC119
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color:#00B0F0">TEYE AND ANOTHER<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>[1999-2000]
2 GLR 399<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt;
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</div>COUNSEL:FELIX QUARTEY FOR THE
APPELLANT.PHILLIP ADDISON FOR THE
RESPONDENT.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________CORAM:AMPIAH, KPEGAH, ADJABENG,
ACQUAH AND AKUFFO JJSC___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________JUDGEMENT<o:p></o:p>Ampiah JSC. <o:p></o:p>Delivered
the judgment of the court. This is an appeal from the decision of the Court of
Appeal, affirming the decision of the High Court. The appeal was heard and
adjourned to 31 March 2000 for judgment. The court realised later that a legal
point which had been raised when an application for stay of execution was
brought and which legal issue had more or less influenced the granting of an
order of stay of execution, had not been repeated in the subsequent submissions
made during the hearing of the substantive appeal by either party. Since we
considered that issue to be fundamental to the resolution of the appeal, we
gave the parties reasonable opportunity to be heard under rule 6(8) of the
Supreme Court Rules, 1996 (CI 16). Counsel for the parties have accordingly
submitted their argument for consideration in the appeal.<o:p></o:p>Her
Lordship, Miss Justice Aryee, from the official records of the Judicial
Service, retired from the service on 12 September 1992. Article 145(2) of the
Constitution, 1992 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">“(2)
A Justice of a Superior Court or a Chairman of a Regional Tribunal shall vacate
his office—<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;
mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(a) in the case of a Justice of the
Supreme Court or the Court of Appeal, on attaining the age of seventy years; or<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;
mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">&nbsp;(b)
in the case of a Justice of the High Court or a Chairman of a Regional
Tribunal, on attaining the age of sixty-five years; or <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;
mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(c) upon his removal from office in
accordance with article 146 of this Constitution.”<o:p></o:p>Sub-clause
(4) of this article however, provides that:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
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31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes"><a name="_gjdgxs"></a>“(4) Notwithstanding that he has attained
the age at which he is required by this article to vacate his office, a person
holding office as a Justice of a Superior Court or Chairman of a Regional
Tribunal may continue in office for a period not exceeding six months after
attaining that age, as may be necessary to enable him to deliver judgment or do
any other thing in relation to proceedings th</main>