REPUBLIC v. AKYAMPONG [1967] GLR 695-698

Public officers—Definition of— Boy scout commissioner—Whether a public officer—Statutory definition of public officer—Holder of office by election or appointment under an enactment—Definition of enactment—Whether a Royal Charter an enactment—Interpretation Act, 1960 (C.A. 4), s. 32 (1)—Criminal Code, 1960 (Act 29), s. 3 (1).

Criminal law and procedure—Indictment or charge—Defective—Plea of guilty to defective charge—Appellant posing as scout commissioner charged with pretending to be public officer—Scout commissioner not a public officer—Whether pretending to be a boy scout commissioner constitutes pretending to be a "public officer."

