STATE CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION vs. HASNAW CO LTD AND ANOTHER [2001]DLCA1268

Date	2001-02-21
Suit No.
Citation No.	[2001]DLCA1268

BROBBEY JA

GBADEGBE JA

ADINYIRA JA

DR L K AGBOSU FOR THE APPELLANTS.

KPATSA FOR THE RESPONDENTS.

[2001]DLCA1268
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color:#00B0F0">STATE CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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color:#00B0F0">HASNAW CO LTD AND ANOTHER<o:p></o:p>[COURT
OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>[2001-2002]
2 GLR 141<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>DR
L K AGBOSU FOR THE APPELLANTS.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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KPATSA
FOR THE RESPONDENTS. <o:p></o:p>

BROBBEY,
GBADEGBE AND ADINYIRA JJA<o:p></o:p>

</div>JUDGEMENT<o:p></o:p>Brobbey JA. <o:p></o:p>The
respondents obtained a judgment against the State Construction Corporation for
the payment of certain sums of moneys. While the respondents were attempting to
go into execution, the State Construction Corporation was placed on divestiture.
According to the respondents, the Divestiture Implementation Committee was
charged by the Divestiture of State Interests (Implementation) Law, 1993 (PNDCL
326) to manage the assets and liabilities of the State Construction
Corporation.<o:p></o:p>The
respondents resorted to garnishee proceedings in their efforts to execute the
judgment. The proceedings were rather directed at the Divestiture
Implementation Committee for the reason that the Divestiture Implementation
Committee had sold the assets of the State Construction Corporation and paid
the proceeds into the Divestiture Implementation Committee accounts at the Bank
of Ghana. The Divestiture Implementation Committee resisted the garnishee
proceedings on a number of grounds. The trial judge nevertheless ordered that
the accounts of the Divestiture Implementation Committee at the Bank of Ghana
be attached to satisfy the judgment debt. Dissatisfied with the order, the
Divestiture Implementation Committee appealed to this court on a number of
grounds.<o:p></o:p>This
is a simple case. Broadly, there are three issues that arise to be considered.
These are:<o:p></o:p>(1)
Whether a person or body against whom a garnishee order may be issued need to
be a party to the case before the order can be issued.<o:p></o:p>(2)
Whether a person found liable to pay debt automatically becomes the subject
against whom an order of garnishee can be ordered.<o:p></o:p>(3)
What is the correct procedure to be followed under the High Court (Civil
Procedure) Rules, 1954 (LN 140A) where the person against whom an order of garnishee
is sought denies that he holds money belonging to the judgment debtor.<o:p></o:p>The
short answer to the first question is that the person against whom a garnishee
order is sought need not be a party to the original case whose judgment is
sought to be executed. Order 45 of LN 140A that regulates garnishee proceedings
contains no provision, which requires that a person must be made a party to the
case before a garnishee order can be made against him.<o:p></o:p>