THE REPUBLIC vs. ASP JOSEPH KOJO CHIPKA AND 3 OTHERS (RESPONDENTS) EX PARTE: ALI DICKSON [2019]DLHC6797

THE REPUBLIC vs. ASP JOSEPH KOJO CHIPKA AND 3 OTHERS (RESPONDENTS) EX PARTE: ALI... [2019]DLHC6797

Date	2019-04-10
Suit No.	SUIT NO: CR/94/2019
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC6797

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE KWEKU T. ACKAAH-BOAFO

VINCENT LEO FRANK AIKINS - FOR THE APPLICANT -ABSENT

PATRICIA AYIREBI-ACQUAH (MS.) FOR THE RESPONDENTS

[2019]DLHC6797
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ASP JOSEPH KOJO CHIPKA AND 3 OTHERS<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>EX PARTE: ALI DICKSON<o:p></o:p>(APPLICANTS)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[HIGH COURT (GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION, COURT 6),
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SUIT
NO: CR/94/2019 &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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;DATE: 10TH APRIL, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL: <o:p></o:p>VINCENT LEO FRANK AIKINS -
FOR THE APPLICANT -ABSENT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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PATRICIA
AYIREBI-ACQUAH (MS.) FOR THE RESPONDENTS <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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HIS
LORDSHIP JUSTICE KWEKU T. ACKAAH-BOAFO<o:p></o:p>

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</div>APPLICATION
FOR COMMITTAL FOR CONTEMPT<o:p></o:p>Introduction:<o:p></o:p>[1]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Contempt of Court is the mechanism which
the law provides for the protection of the authority of the court from improper
interference. Contempt arises in many ways but includes a breach of a court
order, an attempt to obstruct the administration of justice, a deliberate
attack upon the integrity of a court or a judge that interferes with
proceedings, or some other form of conduct not foreseeable. Contempt of court
is part of a court's inherent jurisdiction and, as it is not precisely
prescribed or enacted, should be exercised with scrupulous care and only when
the circumstances are clear and beyond reasonable doubt.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[2]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The power of the High Court to punish
for contempt is provided in Articles
19(12) and 126 of the 1992 Republican Constitution of Ghana, and re-enacted
in S 36 of the Courts Act, 1993 (Act 459)
as amended; S10 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29) and Order 50 of the High Court (Civil
Procedure) Rules, 2004 (CI 47).&nbsp; Order
50 of CI 47 sets the parameters by which an Applicant may move the court for an
order for an attachment for contempt of court.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[3]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; There
is no codified legislation in Ghana that defines the act or omission that
constitute the offence of contempt unlike the United Kingdom
Contempt of Court Act<a href="file:///F:/ackaa%20boafo%20RULLING/Aaa.kab.CONTEMPT%20R%20v%20Joseph%20Kojo%20CHIPKA.OTHERS.2019.%202.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title="">[1]</a>. Ghanaian courts therefore resort to
case law to resolve any issue regarding contempt when confronted with one.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[4]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A succinct and frequently quoted
definition of contempt is found in R
v SITO I; EX PARTE FORDJOUR<a href="file:///F:/ackaa%20boafo%20RULLING/Aaa.kab.CONTEMPT%20R%20v%20Joseph%20Kojo%20CHIPKA.OTHERS.2019.%202.docx#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" title="">