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133 POWER OF SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW ITS DECISIONS
(1)
The Supreme Court may review any decision made or given by it on such grounds and subject to such
conditions as may be prescribed by rules of court.
(2)
The Supreme Court, when reviewing its decisions under this article, shall be constituted by not less
than seven Justices of the Supreme Court.
134 POWERS OF A SINGLE JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT
A single Justice of the Supreme Court may exercise power vested in the Supreme Court not involving
the decision of a cause or matter before the Supreme Court, except that (a) in criminal matters, where that Justice refuses or grants an application in the exercise of any
such power, a person affected by it is entitled to have the application determined by the Supreme
Court constituted by three Justices of the Supreme Court; and
(b) in civil matters, any order, direction or decision made or given under this article may be varied,
discharged or reversed by the Supreme Court, constituted by three Justices of the Supreme
Court.
135 PRODUCTION OF OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS IN COURT
(1)
The Supreme Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction to determine whether an official document shall
not be produced in court because its production or the disclosure of its contents will be prejudicial to
the security of the State or will be injurious to the public interest.
(2)
Where any issue referred to in clause (1) of this article arises as to the production or otherwise of an
official document in any proceedings before any court, other than the Supreme Court, the
proceedings in that other court shall be suspended while the Supreme Court examines the document
and determines whether the document should be produced or not; and the Supreme Court shall make
the appropriate order.
(3)
The proceedings of the Supreme Court as to whether an official document may be produced shall be
held in camera.
Part III The Court of Appeal
136 COMPOSITION OF COURT OF APPEAL AND QUALIFICATIONS OF ITS JUSTICES
(1)
The Court of Appeal shall consist of—
(a) the Chief Justice;
(b) subject to clauses (2) and (3) of this article, not less than ten Justices of the Court of Appeal; and
(c) such other Justices of the Superior Court of Judicature as the Chief Justice may, for the
determination of a particular cause or matter by writing signed by him, request to sit in the Court
of Appeal for any specified period.
(2)
The Court of Appeal shall be duly constituted by any three of the Justices referred to in clause (1) of
this article and when so constituted, the most senior of the Justices shall preside.
Ghana 1992 (rev. 1996)
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