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                                              PUBLIC OFFICERS ACT, 1962 (ACT 
                                              114).</span></b></p>
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                                              ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS</span></p>
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                                              Section</span></p>
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                                              1.&nbsp; Cases in which no action shall 
                                              lie against public officers.</span></p>
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                                              2.&nbsp; Actions, etc., against public 
                                              officers.</span></p>
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                                              3.&nbsp; Proceedings in contravention 
                                              of this Act to be void.</span></p>
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                                              4.&nbsp; Jurisdiction of Court.</span></p>
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                                              5.&nbsp; Designation of public 
                                              officers.</span></p>
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                                              6.&nbsp; Changes in designation.</span></p>
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                                              7.&nbsp; Interpretation.</span></p>
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                                              8.&nbsp; Repeal.</span></p>
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                                              9.&nbsp; Commencement.</span></p>
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                                              THE HUNDRED AND FOURTEENTH</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 PUBLIC OFFICERS ACT, 1962</span></b></p>
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                                              AN ACT to consolidate with 
                                              amendments enactments providing 
                                              for the protection of public 
                                              officers from legal proceedings in 
                                              respect of certain liabilities, 
                                              for the protection of persons 
                                              acting in the execution of public 
                                              duties and also for the change of 
                                              official designations and other 
                                              purposes connected therewith.</span></p>
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                                              DATE OF ASSENT: 7th March, 1962</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;Cases in which no Action 
                                              Shall lie against Public Officers.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) No action shall lie against a 
                                              public officer &#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) upon any promise, express or 
                                              implied, to repay money paid or 
                                              advanced to him or to another 
                                              person at his request;</span></p>
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                                              (b) upon any promise, express or 
                                              implied, to be answerable for the 
                                              debt or default of another person; 
                                              or</span></p>
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                                              (c) upon any bond, bill of 
                                              exchange (other than a cheque 
                                              drawn on a banker), promissory 
                                              note, or other personal security 
                                              made, drawn, accepted, endorsed, 
                                              or given by him.</span></p>
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                                              (2)&nbsp; This section shall not apply 
                                              to any action which is&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a)&nbsp; brought against a public 
                                              officer who at the time when the 
                                              cause of such action arises is in 
                                              receipt of a salary of more than 
                                              three hundred pounds per annum in 
                                              respect of his substantive 
                                              appointment;</span></p>
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                                              (b) brought against a person in 
                                              respect of any liability incurred 
                                              prior to the date on which such 
                                              person became a public officer;</span></p>
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                                              (c) brought by the holder of any 
                                              security other than those 
                                              specified in paragraph (c) of 
                                              subsection (1) of this section to 
                                              realize such security.</span></p>
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                                              Section 2&#8212;Actions, etc. Against 
                                              Public Officers.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) Where any action, prosecution, 
                                              or other proceeding is commenced 
                                              against any person for any act 
                                              done in pursuance or execution or 
                                              intended execution of any 
                                              enactment or of any public duty or 
                                              authority or in respect of any 
                                              alleged neglect or default in the 
                                              execution of any such enactment, 
                                              duty, or authority, the following 
                                              provisions shall have effect, that 
                                              is to say&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) the action, prosecution, or 
                                              proceeding shall not lie or be 
                                              instituted unless it is commenced 
                                              within three months next after the 
                                              act, neglect, or default 
                                              complained of, or in the case of a 
                                              continuance of injury or damage, 
                                              within three months next after the 
                                              ceasing thereof;</span></p>
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                                              (b) where the action, prosecution 
                                              or proceeding is brought by any 
                                              person for cause arising while 
                                              such person was a convict person, 
                                              it may be commenced within three 
                                              months after the discharge of such 
                                              person from prison;</span></p>
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                                              (c) wherever in any such action a 
                                              judgment is obtained by the 
                                              defendant, it shall carry costs to 
                                              be taxed as between solicitor and 
                                              client;</span></p>
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                                              (d) where the proceeding is an 
                                              action for damages, tender of 
                                              amends before the action was 
                                              commenced may, in lieu of, or in 
                                              addition to, any other plea, be 
                                              pleaded;</span></p>
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                                              (e) where the action was commenced 
                                              after the tender, or is proceeded 
                                              with after payment into Court of 
                                              any money in satisfaction of the 
                                              plaintiff's claim, and the 
                                              plaintiff does not recover more 
                                              than the sum tendered or paid, he 
                                              shall not recover any costs 
                                              incurred after the tender or 
                                              payment, and the defendant shall 
                                              be entitled to costs, to be taxed 
                                              as between solicitor and client, 
                                              as from the time of the tender or 
                                              payment, but this provision shall 
                                              not affect costs of any injunction 
                                              in the action;</span></p>
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                                              (f) if, in the opinion of the 
                                              Court, the plaintiff has not given 
                                              the defendant a sufficient 
                                              opportunity of tendering amends 
                                              before the commencement of the 
                                              proceeding the Court may award to 
                                              the defendant costs to be taxed as 
                                              between solicitor and client.</span></p>
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                                              Section 3&#8212;Proceedings in 
                                              Contravention of this Act to be 
                                              Void.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) All proceedings and documents 
                                              in or incidental to an action 
                                              brought in contravention of this 
                                              Act shall be void.</span></p>
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                                              (2) Where complaint is made that a 
                                              public officer is dealt with in 
                                              contravention of this Act by any 
                                              process, execution or order issued 
                                              out of any Court, and is made to 
                                              that Court or any Court superior 
                                              to it, the Court shall enquire 
                                              into the complaint and shall, if 
                                              it is satisfied that the complaint 
                                              is well-founded, discharge the 
                                              public officer without fee, and 
                                              may award reasonable costs to the 
                                              person making the complaint, which 
                                              may be recovered as if such costs 
                                              had been awarded in his favour in 
                                              the proceedings instituted against 
                                              him.</span></p>
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                                              Section 4&#8212;Jurisdiction of Court.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) On the coming into operation 
                                              of this Act no Court other than 
                                              the Supreme Court, High Court, 
                                              Circuit Court or a District Court 
                                              shall exercise any jurisdiction 
                                              whatsoever in respect of an action 
                                              of any of the descriptions 
                                              mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or 
                                              (c) of subsection (1) of section 1 
                                              of this Act brought before or 
                                              after the commencement of this Act 
                                              against a public officer.</span></p>
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                                              (2) This section shall not apply 
                                              to any action &#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) brought against a public 
                                              officer who at the time when the 
                                              cause of such action arose was in 
                                              receipt of a salary of more than 
                                              three hundred pounds per annum in 
                                              respect of the salary of his 
                                              substantive appointment; </span>
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                                              (b) brought by the holder of any 
                                              security, other than those 
                                              specified in paragraph (c) 
                                              subsection (1) of section 1 of 
                                              this Act to realize such security.</span></p>
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                                              Section 5&#8212;Designation of Public 
                                              Officer.</span></b></p>
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                                              The President may, by legislative 
                                              instrument, declare the holder of 
                                              any office to be a public officer 
                                              and may by the same or any other 
                                              instrument specify the functions 
                                              exerciseable by any such public 
                                              officer or amend any enactment for 
                                              giving effect to the declaration 
                                              so made.</span></p>
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                                              Section 6&#8212;Changes in Designation.</span></b></p>
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                                              The President may, by legislative 
                                              instrument, change the designation 
                                              of any public officer and may for 
                                              that purpose by the same or any 
                                              other instrument amend any 
                                              enactment for giving effect to the 
                                              change so made.</span></p>
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                                              Section 7&#8212;Interpretation.</span></b></p>
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                                              In this Act unless the context 
                                              otherwise requires&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              &quot;action&quot; includes legal 
                                              proceedings and process of&nbsp; every 
                                              description other than criminal;</span></p>
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                                              &quot;public officer&quot; means:&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) any person in the service of 
                                              the Government,</span></p>
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                                              (b) any person in the service of 
                                              any local authority.</span></p>
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                                              Section 8&#8212;Repeal.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) The Public Officers 
                                              (Liabilities) Ordinance (Cap. 26), 
                                              the Public Officers (Protection) 
                                              Ordinance (Cap. 27) and the Public 
                                              Officers and Government 
                                              Departments (Change of 
                                              Designations) Ordinance (Cap. 28) 
                                              are hereby repealed.</span></p>
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                                              (2) Notwithstanding the repeal of 
                                              the enactments specified in the 
                                              preceding subsection, any 
                                              statutory instrument made 
                                              thereunder and in force 
                                              immediately before the 
                                              commencement of this Act shall 
                                              continue in force as if made under 
                                              this Act.</span></p>
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                                              Section 9&#8212;Commencement.</span></b></p>
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                                              This Act shall come into operation 
                                              on such day as the President may, 
                                              by legislative instrument, 
                                              appoint.</span></p>
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