THE REPUBLIC vs. HIGH COURT (COMM. DIV.), ACCRA EX-PARTE: THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF GHANA [2011]DLSC2660

THE REPUBLIC vs. HIGH COURT (COMM. DIV.), ACCRA EX-PARTE: THE ATTORNEY GENERAL O... [2011]DLSC2660

Date	2011-11-02
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J5/34/2011
Citation No.	[2011]DLSC2660

AKUFFO (MS.)J.S.C (PRESIDING)

DR. DATE-BAH J.S.C.

ADINYIRA (MRS.) J.S.C.

GBADEGBE J.S.C.

AKOTO-BAMFO (MRS.) J.S.C.

THE ATTORNEY – GENERAL IN PERSON WITH THE SOLICITOR GENERAL NAANA DONTOH CSA AND GRACE AWOOL SSA FOR THE APPLICANT

MR. ACE ANKOMAH WITH ESTHER D. AGBESI FOR THE INTERESTED PARTIES.

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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>HIGH COURT (COMM. DIV.),
ACCRA<o:p></o:p>EX-PARTE: THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL OF GHANA<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CIVIL APPEAL NO. J5/34/2011 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DATE: 2ND NOVEMBER, 2011<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>THE ATTORNEY – GENERAL IN
PERSON, WITH THE SOLICITOR GENERAL, NAANA DONTOH, CSA AND GRACE AWOOL SSA FOR
THE APPLICANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>CORAM:
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AKUFFO,(MS.)J.S.C,(PRESIDING) DR. DATE-BAH, J.S.C. ADINYIRA
(MRS.), J.S.C. GBADEGBE, J.S.C. AND AKOTO-BAMFO (MRS.), J.S.C.<o:p></o:p>

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JUDGEMENT <o:p></o:p>

</div>SOPHIA A. B. AKUFFO, JSC;<o:p></o:p>Article 181 of the Constitution
provides, in part, as follows:-<o:p></o:p>“(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Parliament may, by a resolution supported
by the votes of a majority of all the members of Parliament, authorise the
Government to enter into an agreement for the granting of a loan out of any
public fund or public account.<o:p></o:p>(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An agreement entered into under clause
(1) of this article shall be laid before Parliament and shall not come into
operation unless it is approved by a resolution of Parliament.<o:p></o:p>(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; No loan shall be raised by the
Government on behalf of itself or any other public institution or authority
otherwise than by or under the authority of an Act of Parliament.<o:p></o:p>(4)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ....<o:p></o:p>(5)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This article, shall with the necessary
modifications by Parliament apply to an international business or economic
transaction to which the Government is a party as it applies to a loan....”<o:p></o:p>This
is an application invoking the supervisory jurisdiction of the Court for the
following reliefs:-<o:p></o:p>“i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; a
declaration that the failure of the High Court (Commercial Division) to refer
the constitutional issues arising in Suit No. BDC 32/2010 ... to the Supreme
Court is a breach of article 130 of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana....”<o:p></o:p>ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; a
declaration that each of the power purchase agreement between the Government of
Ghana and Balkan Energy (Ghana) Limited dated 27th July 2007 (‘PPA’)
and the arbitration agreement contained therein, being an international
business transaction, neither is enforceable Parliamentary approval not having
been obtained.<o:p></o:p>iii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; any
further or other relief....”<o:p></o:p>