GEORGE KOFI BOATENG vs. NEW PATRIOTIC PARTY [2018]DLHC4063

Date	2018-06-18
Suit No.	SUIT NO: E12142/2018
Citation No.	[2018]DLHC4063

ERIC BAAH JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT

EMILE ATSU AGBAKPE FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

ERNEST YAO GAEWU FOR DEFENDANT/APPLICANT

[2018]DLHC4063
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >GEORGE KOFI BOATENG<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>&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;NEW PATRIOTIC
PARTY<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
COURT, HO]<o:p></o:p>SUIT
NO: E12142/2018&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 18TH
JUNE 2018 <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>EMILE
ATSU AGBAKPE FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT
<o:p></o:p>ERNEST
YAO GAEWU FOR DEFENDANT/APPLICANT <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>ERIC
BAAH JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>RULING<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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INTRODUCTION <o:p></o:p>I
am compelled by this application to determine the nature and effect of a
bailiff's proof of service in pursuance of Order 7 r 1, C.I. 47 and whether a
political party; by reason of being a body corporate under the Political
Parties Act, 2000, Act 574, is qua a
company or corporation and therefore amenable to the provisions of section 263
of the Company's Act, 1963, Act 179. I will determine the office and officials
of a political party upon which and whom
processes
can be served
and consider
whether an administrator
at a regional office of a party is one such person. I will also consider
whether a court process can validly be served on the regional office of the
party; instead of at the head office. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>I
will finally determine the nature and effect of non-compliance with the
provisions on service of court processes and whether they apply to this case.
<o:p></o:p>