MEKKAOUI v. MINISTER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS Statutes—Decree—Date of commencement—Validity of  Proclamation, 1979, vesting military government (A.F.R.C.) with legislative powers and providing for operation of Decree either on date inserted in Decree or of publication in gazette—A.F.R.C.D. 56 taking away legislative powers on the coming into force of Constitution, 1979—Insertion of date of commencement of A.F.R.C.D. 42 made by draftsman after coming into force of Constitution on 24 September 1979 even though Decree signed by Chairman of A.F.R.C. before that date—Subsequent publication in gazette of A.F.R.C.D. 42 in October 1979—Whether A.F.R.C.D. 42 in force— Whether Decree depriving applicant of acquired Ghanaian citizenship—Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (Establishment) Proclamation, 1979, s. 3 (7)—Ghana Nationality (Amendment) Decree, 1979 (A.F.R.C.D. 42)—Constitution (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Decree, 1979 (A.F.R.C.D. 56)—Constitution, 1979.