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CHAPTER 11
THE JUDICIARY
Part I General
125 THE JUDICIAL POWER OF GHANA
(1)
Justice emanates from the people and shall be administered in the name of the Republic by the
Judiciary which shall be independent and subject only to this Constitution.
(2)
Citizens may exercise popular participation in the administration of justice through the institutions of
public and customary tribunals and the jury and assessor systems.
(3)
The judicial power of Ghana shall be vested in the Judiciary, accordingly, neither the President nor
Parliament nor any organ or agency of the President or Parliament shall have or be given final judicial
power.
(4)
The Chief Justice shall, subject to this Constitution, be the Head of the Judiciary and shall be
responsible for the administration and supervision of the Judiciary.
(5)
The Judiciary shall have jurisdiction in all matters civil and criminal, including matters relating to this
Constitution, and such other jurisdiction as Parliament may, by law, confer on it.
126 COMPOSITION AND MODE OF EXERCISE OF POWER OF JUDICIARY
(1)
The Judiciary shall consist of (a) the Superior Courts of Judicature comprising
(i) the Supreme Court;
(ii) the Court of Appeal; and
(iii) the High Court and Regional Tribunals.
(b) such lower courts or tribunals as Parliament may by law establish.
(2)
The Superior Courts shall be superior courts of record and shall have the power to commit for
contempt to themselves and all such powers as were vested in a court of record immediately before
the coming into force of this Constitution.
(3)
Except as otherwise provided in this Constitution or as may otherwise be ordered by a court in the
interest of public morality, public safety or public order, the proceedings of every court shall be held
in public.
Ghana 1992 (rev. 1996)
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