CABLE JOINT COMPUTERS, FEDERICK ADONTENG vs. FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE CENTRE [2014]DLHC12047

Date	2014-05-16
Suit No.	SUIT NO : FTRM/163/1
Citation No.	[2014]DLHC12047

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE JOHN AJET-NASAM

MICHAEL DONKOR FOR APPLICANT

RICHARD APIETU FOR RESPONDENT

[2014]DLHC12047
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >CABLE JOINT
COMPUTERS, FEDERICK ADONTENG<o:p></o:p>(APPLICANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>FINANCIAL
INTELLIGENCE CENTRE<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

</div>CONSEL<o:p></o:p>MICHAEL DONKOR FOR APPLICANT,<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE JOHN AJET-NASAM<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: black; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

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</div>The Respondent under Section 47 (2) of Act 749
on the 7th day of April, 2014 applied for and was granted a
confirmation of a freezing order.&nbsp; The
said Section 47 (2) provides:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 47 (2):-<o:p></o:p>“The Chief Executive
Officer shall apply to a Court within Seven days after freezing a transaction
or account for confirmation of the action taken and the Court may confirm the
freezing on conditions or direct the defreezing of the transaction or account”.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Also, under Sub-section (3) the affected person can seek redress from the
Court.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It
provides:-<o:p></o:p>47 (3) “where a transaction
or account has been frozen, the person affected shall be notified by the Chief
Executive Officer within forty-eight hours of the freezing of the transaction
or account and the person affected may seek redress from Court”.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The applicant has taken the advantage of
the Section
47 (3) of Act 749 to apply to the Court for a defreeze of his
accounts.&nbsp; Apparently, the applicant is
also standing trial on Criminal Charges before this Court.&nbsp; The said Criminal Case came up for hearing
yesterday the 15th day of May, 2014 wherein the State Prosecutor
said his witnesses were not ready.&nbsp; He
prayed initially for a month’s adjournment which I refused.&nbsp; Cases on money laundering and Transnational
Organised Crimes (TOC) have not been prosecuted with any seriousness.&nbsp; They have either been withdrawn for lack of
witnesses or long adjournments taken.&nbsp;
These were cases filed on behalf of the Financial Intelligence Centre
(FIC) by the Attorney General’s Department.&nbsp;
There is a lot of tardiness. <o:p></o:p></main>