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Part II The Supreme Court
128 COMPOSITION OF SUPREME COURT AND QUALIFICATIONS OF ITS JUSTICES
(1)
The Supreme Court shall consist of the Chief Justice and not less than nine other Justices of the
Supreme Court.
(2)
The Supreme Court shall be duly constituted for its work by not less than five Supreme Court Justices
except as otherwise provided in article 133 of this Constitution.
(3)
The Chief Justice shall preside at sittings of the Supreme Court and in his absence, the most senior of
the Justices of the Supreme Court, as constituted, shall preside.
(4)
A person shall not be qualified for appointment as a Justice of the Supreme Court unless he is of high
moral character and proven integrity and is of not less than fifteen years' standing as a lawyer.
129 GENERAL JURISDICTION OF SUPREME COURT
(1)
The Supreme Court shall be the final court of appeal and shall have such appellate and other
jurisdiction as may be conferred on it by this Constitution or by any other law.
(2)
The Supreme Court shall not be bound to follow the decisions of any other court.
(3)
The Supreme Court may, while treating its own previous decisions as normally binding, depart from a
previous decision when it appears to it right to do so; and all other courts shall be bound to follow the
decisions of the Supreme Court on questions of law.
(4)
For the purposes of hearing and determining a matter within its jurisdiction and the amendment,
execution or the enforcement of a judgment or order made on any matter, and for the purposes of
any other authority, expressly or by necessary implication given to the Supreme Court by this
Constitution or any other law, the Supreme Court shall have all the powers, authority and jurisdiction
vested in any court established by this Constitution or any other law.
Ghana 1992 (rev. 1996)
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