DERICK ADU-GYAMFI vs THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL [2023]DLHC16660

Date	2023-11-08
Suit No.	WRIT NO. 11/18/2022
Citation No.	[2023]DLHC16660

PWAMANG JSC (PRESIDING

OWUSU {MS.) JSC

LOVELACE-JOHNSON {MS.) JSC

AMADUJSC

PROF. MENSA-BONSU (MRS.) JSC

ACKAH-YENSU {MS.) JSC

ASIEDU JSC

VIVIAN OPOKU-AGYAKWA

MAUD OFA YEBOAH

[2023]DLHC16660
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >&nbsp;DERICK ADU-GYAMFI<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE
ATTORNEY-GENERAL<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME
COURT, ACCRA]<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; <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; margin-left: 70.9pt; margin-right: 52.85pt;">

<a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a>WRIT NO. 11/18/2022&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 8TH
NOVEMBER 2023<o:p></o:p>

VIVIAN OPOKU-AGYAKWA
(PRINCIPAL STATE ATTORNEY) FOR THE DEFENDANT WITH HER MAUD OFA YEBOAH
(ASSISTANT STATE ATTORNEY)<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>PWAMANG JSC (PRESIDING), OWUSU
{MS.) JSC, LOVELACE-JOHNSON {MS.) JSC&nbsp; AMADUJSC,
PROF. MENSA-BONSU (MRS.) JSC ACKAH-YENSU {MS.) JSC, ASIEDU JSC <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; margin-left: 70.9pt; margin-right: 52.85pt;">

JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>ACKAH-YENSU lSC;<o:p></o:p>INTRODUCTION<o:p></o:p>The common:..1aw
presumption acknowledged among the comity of nations and given constitutional recognition in our legal system,
that a person charged with a criminal
offence shall be presumed
innocent until he admits
his guilt, or his guilt
is otherwise proven by the prosecution beyond reasonable doubt, is pivotal to the instant suit.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The legislative and executive policies
intended to achieve proper corporate governance of companies resulted in the
passing of novel provisions in the Companies Act, 2019 (Act 992). Some of the
provisions are also, of similar implications from the repealed Companies Act,
1963 (Act 179). Under the new
legislative regime in Act 992, a
person who has been charged with a
criminal offence or who is convicted of
a criminal offence may pursuant to an order of the court, be debarred from holding the position of director of a company,
an auditor, receiver, liquidator or in anyway, whether
directly or indirectly partake in
the management of a company.<o:p></o:p>