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(3)
A person shall not be qualified for appointment as a Justice of the Court of Appeal unless he is of high
moral character and proven integrity and is of not less than twelve years' standing as a lawyer.
(4)
The Chief Justice may create such divisions of the Court of Appeal as he considers necessary to sit in
such places as he may determine.
(5)
Subject to clause (3) of article 129 of this Constitution, the Court of Appeal shall be bound by its own
previous decisions; and all courts lower than the Court of Appeal shall follow the decisions of the
Court of Appeal on questions of law.
137 JURISDICTION OF COURT OF APPEAL
(1)
The Court of Appeal shall have jurisdiction throughout Ghana to hear and determine, subject to the
provisions of this Constitution, appeals from a judgment, decree or order of the High Court and
Regional Tribunals and such other appellate jurisdiction as may be conferred on it by this
Constitution or any other law.
(2)
Except as otherwise provided in this Constitution, an appeal shall lie as of right from a judgment,
decree or order of the High Court and a Regional Tribunal to the Court of Appeal.
(3)
For the purposes of hearing and determining an appeal within its jurisdiction and the amendment,
execution or the enforcement of a judgment or order made on any appeal, and, for the purposes of
any other authority expressly or by necessary implication given to the Court of Appeal by this
Constitution or any other law, the Court of Appeal shall have all the powers, authority and
jurisdiction vested in the court from which the appeal is brought.
138 POWERS OF A SINGLE JUSTICE OF COURT OF APPEAL
A single Justice of the Court of Appeal may exercise a power vested in the Court of Appeal, not
involving the decision of a cause or matter before the Court of Appeal, 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 Court of
Appeal as duly constituted; and
(b) in civil matters, any order, direction or decision made or given in exercise of the powers
conferred by this article, may be varied, discharged or reversed by the Court of Appeal as duly
constituted.
Part IV The High Court
139 POSITION OF HIGH COURT AND QUALIFICATIONS OF ITS JUSTICES
(1)
The High Court shall consist of
(a) the Chief Justice;
(b) not less than twenty Justices of the High Court; and
(c) such other Justices of the Superior Court of Judicature as the Chief Justice may, by writing
signed by him, request to sit as High Court Justices for any period.
Ghana 1992 (rev. 1996)
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