CHAPTER
004
THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE REBUPLIC OF GHANA 1992
THE LAWS OF GHANA
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(1)
The laws of Ghana shall comprise-
(a)
this Constitution;
(b)
enactment made by or under the authority of the Parliament
established by this Constitution;
(c
) any Orders, Rules and Regulations made by any person or
authority under a power conferred by this Constitutions;
(d)
the existing law; and
(e)
the common law.
(2)
The common law of Ghana shall comprise the rules of law generally
known as the common law, the rules generally known as the doctrines
of equity and the rules of customary law including those determined
by the Superior Court of Judicature.
(3)
For the purposes of this article, "customary law" means the rules
of law which by custom are applicable to particular communities
in Ghana.
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(4)
The existing law shall, except as otherwise provided in clause (1)
of this article, comprise the written and unwritten laws of Ghana
as they existed immediately before the coming into force of this
Constitution, and any Act, Decree, Law or statutory instrument issued
or made before that date, which is to come into force on or
after that date.
(5)
Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the existing law
shall not be affected by the coming into force of this Constitution.
(6)
The existing law shall be construed with any modifications, adaptations,
qualifications and exceptions necessary to bring it into conformity
with the provisions of this Constitution, or otherwise to give effect
to, or enable effect to be given to, any changes effected by this
Constitution.
(7)
Any Order, Rule or Regulation made by a person or authority under
a power conferred by this Constitution or any other law shall-
(a)
be laid before Parliament;
(b)
be published in the Gazette on the day it is laid before
Parliament; and
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(c
) come into force at the expiration of twenty-one sitting
days after being so laid unless Parliament, before the expiration
of the twenty-one days, annuls the Order, Rule or Regulation by
the votes of not less than two-thirds of all the members of Parliament. |