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                                              HABEAS CORPUS ACT, 1964 (ACT 244)</span></b></p>
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                                              ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS</span></p>
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                                              Section</span></p>
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                                              1. Application for an order of 
                                              habeas corpus.</span></p>
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                                              2. Enquiry by High Court.</span></p>
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                                              3. High Court before which body of 
                                              person to be produced.</span></p>
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                                              4. Release from illegal detention.</span></p>
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                                              5. Appeals.</span></p>
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                                              6. Enactments ceasing to apply.</span></p>
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                                              THE TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOURTH</span></p>
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                                              ACT OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE 
                                              REPUBLIC OF GHANA</span></p>
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                                              ENTITLED</span></p>
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                                              THE HABEAS CORPUS ACT, 1964</span></b></p>
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                                              AN ACT to consolidate with 
                                              amendments the law relating to 
                                              applications for habeas corpus.</span></p>
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                                              DATE OF ASSENT: 26th May, 1964</span></p>
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                                              BE IT ENACTED by the President and 
                                              the National Assembly in this 
                                              present Parliament assembled as 
                                              follows:&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              Section 1&#8212;Application for an Order 
                                              of Habeas Corpus.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) Where an allegation is made by 
                                              any person that he is being 
                                              unlawfully detained an application 
                                              may be made under this section to 
                                              the High Court or any Judge 
                                              thereof for an enquiry into the 
                                              cause of the detention.</span></p>
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                                              (2) The application may be made 
                                              by&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) the person alleging that he is 
                                              being unlawfully detained,</span></p>
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                                              (b) any person entitled to the 
                                              custody of the person detained,</span></p>
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                                              (c) any other person acting on 
                                              behalf of the person detained.</span></p>
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                                              (3) Every such application shall 
                                              be in writing containing the 
                                              following particulars:&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) the name and other description 
                                              of the person detained;</span></p>
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                                              (b) the place of detention;</span></p>
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                                              (c) the mode and manner of arrest; 
                                              and</span></p>
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                                              (d) any other particulars the 
                                              applicant may wish to bring before 
                                              the High Court.</span></p>
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                                              (4) Notwithstanding anything in 
                                              any enactment or rule of law, 
                                              where an application has been made 
                                              to the High Court or a Judge 
                                              thereof under this section by or 
                                              on behalf of any person, no such 
                                              application shall again be made by 
                                              or on behalf of that person on the 
                                              same grounds, whether to the same 
                                              Court or Judge or to any other 
                                              Court or Judge, unless fresh 
                                              evidence is adduced in support 
                                              thereof.</span></p>
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                                              Section 2&#8212;Enquiry by High Court.</span></b></p>
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                                              The High Court or the Judge 
                                              thereof to whom an application is 
                                              made under section 1 of this Act 
                                              shall immediately enquire into the 
                                              allegation of unlawful detention 
                                              and may make an order requiring 
                                              the person in whose custody the 
                                              applicant (or the person on whose 
                                              behalf the application is made) is 
                                              detained, </span></p>
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                                              (a) to produce the body of the 
                                              person so detained before the High 
                                              Court on a day specified in the 
                                              order, and</span></p>
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                                              (b) to submit a report in writing 
                                              stating the grounds of the 
                                              detention.</span></p>
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                                              Section 3&#8212;High Court Before Which 
                                              Body of Person to be Produced.</span></b></p>
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                                              The High Court before which the 
                                              body of a person is to be produced 
                                              in pursuance of an order made 
                                              under section 2 of this Act shall, 
                                              if the Chief Justice or, if he is 
                                              not available, the Judge of the 
                                              Supreme Court who is exercising 
                                              the office of the Chief Justice so 
                                              directs in respect of any 
                                              particular case, consist of three 
                                              Judges, and shall, in every other 
                                              case, consist of one Judge only.</span></p>
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                                              Section 4&#8212;Release from Illegal 
                                              Detention.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) The High Court shall, upon the 
                                              body of the person detained being 
                                              produced before it and after 
                                              giving the person in whose custody 
                                              he is detained an opportunity of 
                                              justifying the detention, order 
                                              the release of the person detained 
                                              unless satisfied that the 
                                              detention is in accordance with 
                                              law.</span></p>
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                                              (2) Where the High Court is 
                                              satisfied that the detention is in 
                                              accordance with law, but a 
                                              question arises as to whether such 
                                              law is in excess of the powers 
                                              conferred upon Parliament by or 
                                              under the Constitution, the 
                                              hearing shall be adjourned and the 
                                              question referred to the Supreme 
                                              Court under section (2) of Article 
                                              42 of the Constitution for 
                                              decision.</span></p>
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                                              (3) The Supreme Court may allow 
                                              the person detained, to be at 
                                              liberty on bail on such conditions 
                                              as it thinks fit until the 
                                              question so referred to it has 
                                              been decided.</span></p>
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                                              Section 5&#8212;Appeals.</span></b></p>
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                                              An appeal shall lie to the Supreme 
                                              Court, in any proceedings under 
                                              this Act, against an order for the 
                                              release of the person detained as 
                                              well as against the refusal of 
                                              such an order.</span></p>
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                                              Section 6&#8212;Enactments Ceasing to 
                                              Apply.</span></b></p>
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                                              Each of the following English 
                                              statutes shall cease to apply in 
                                              Ghana:&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              Session and Chapter 
                                              &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              Short title</span></p>
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                                              16 Chas 1, c. 1 0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              Habeas Corpus Act, 1640</span></p>
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                                              31 Chas. 2, c. 2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp; 
                                              &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              Habeas Corpus Act, 1679</span></p>
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                                              43 Geo. 3, c. 140&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              Habeas Corpus Act, 1803</span></p>
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                                              44 Geo. 3, c. 102&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              Habeas Corpus Act, 1804</span></p>
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                                              56 Geo. 3, c. 100&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              Habeas Corpus Act, 1816</span></p>
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                                              25 Vic. c. 20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              Habeas Corpus Act, 1862.</span></p>
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