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Part V Contempt of Parliament
122 GENERAL CONTEMPT
An act or omission which obstructs or impedes Parliament in the performance of its functions or
which obstructs or impedes a member or officer of Parliament in the discharge of his duties, or
affronts the dignity of Parliament or which tends either directly or indirectly to produce that result, is
contempt of Parliament.
123 CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
Where an act or omission which constitutes contempt of Parliament is an offence under the criminal
law, the exercise by Parliament of the power to punish for contempt shall not be a bar to the
institution of proceedings under the criminal law.
Part VI The Parliamentary Service
124 THE PARLIAMENTARY SERVICE
(1)
There shall be a Parliamentary Service which shall form part of the public services of Ghana.
(2)
There shall be a Parliamentary Service Board which shall consist of—
(a) the Speaker, as chairman;
(b) four other members all of whom shall be appointed by the Speaker, acting in accordance with
the advice of a committee of Parliament; and
(c) the Clerk to Parliament.
(3)
There shall be a Clerk to Parliament who shall be the head of the Parliamentary Service.
(4)
The appointment of the Clerk and the other members of his staff in the Parliamentary Service shall be
made by the Parliamentary Service Board in consultation with the Public Services Commission.
(5)
The Parliamentary Service Board shall, with the prior approval of Parliament, make regulations, by
constitutional instrument, prescribing the terms and conditions of service of the officers and other
employees in the Parliamentary Service and generally for the effective and efficient administration of
the Parliamentary Service.
Ghana 1992 (rev. 1996)
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