THE REPUBLIC vs. EDMUND ADDO [2024]DLSC17456

Date	2024-02-07
Suit No.	CIVIL MOTION NO. J7A/02/2023
Citation No.	[2024]DLSC17456

BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC (PRESIDING)

ACKAH-YENSU (MS.) JSC

ASIEDU JSC

AMADU JSC

KULENDI JSC

PWAMANG JSC

OWUSU (MS.) JSC

DR. JUSTICE SREM-SAI ESQ

RACHEL DINSEY ESQ

REV. FATHER SAMUEL AGYEMAN

STELLA OHENE APPIAH

[2024]DLSC17456
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THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>

(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>

vs.<o:p></o:p>

EDMUND ADDO<o:p></o:p>

(APPLICANT)&nbsp;

[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>

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CIVIL MOTION NO. J7A/02/2023&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: 7TH FEBRUARY, 2024<o:p></o:p>

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COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>

DR. JUSTICE
SREM-SAI ESQ. FOR THE APPLICANT
WITH HIM RACHEL DINSEY
ESQ. &amp; REV. FATHER SAMUEL AGYEMAN<o:p></o:p>

STELLA OHENE APPIAH
(PRINCIPAL STATE ATTORNEY) FOR
THE RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

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CORAM:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC (PRESIDING)<o:p></o:p>

PWAMANG
JSC <o:p></o:p>

OWUSU (MS.) JSC
<o:p></o:p>

AMADU
JSC <o:p></o:p>

KULENDI
JSC<o:p></o:p>

ACKAH-YENSU (MS.) JSC
<o:p></o:p>

ASIEDU
JSC<o:p></o:p>

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AMADU JSC:<o:p></o:p>

BACKGROUND<o:p></o:p>

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The Applicant was the Appellant in Criminal Appeal
No.J3/04/2022, intituled<o:p></o:p>

THE REPUBLIC VS.
EDMUND ADDO.
This was an appeal grounded on the principal complaint that, following the
repeal of Section 136 of the Electronic Transactions Act, 2008 (Act 772) by Section 98 of the Cybersecurity Act, 2020 (Act 1038), his continuous prosecution at
the High Court, on the three counts of Child Pornography contrary to Section
136(b) of the Electronic Transactions Act, 2008, Act 772 is wrongful in law.<o:p></o:p>

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For
purposes of emphasis and necessary reference, I hereby reproduce the grounds of
the appeal argued before the ordinary panel of this court.<o:p></o:p>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; “That the honourable Court of Appeal
erred in law in holding that a person may be convicted on a criminal
offence which has been repealed, which holding has occasioned a
miscarriage of justice.<o:p></o:p>

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That the honourable
Court of Appeal erred in law in holding that the Appellant can be convicted
on the repealed Section 136(b) of the Electronic Transactions Act, 2008,
Act 772, which holding has occasioned a miscarriage of justice.<o:p></o:p>

&nbsp;

That the decision is
unreasonable and cannot be supported having regard to the evidence.<o:p></o:p>

That the Court of
Appeal erred in law when it held that judge-made law is ‘written law’ within
the intendment of Article 19(11) of the 1992 Constitution.<o:p></o:p>

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