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													THE SIX HUNDRED AND 
													SEVENTY-FOURTH</span></b></p>
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													ACT</span></b></p>
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													OF THE </span>
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													PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC</span></b></p>
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													OF GHANA</span></b></p>
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													ENTITLED </span></p>
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													THE COURTS (AMENDMENT) ACT- 
													2004</span></p>
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													/\N ACT to amend the Courts 
													Ac11993 (Act 459) to enable 
													non-lawyers who have the 
													requisite limited training 
													in law to be appointed 
													District Magistrates to 
													rectify identified omission 
													and repetition in the Courts 
													Act and to provide for 
													related purposes.</span></p>
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													DATE OF ASSENT: <i>1st 
													November; 2004</i></span></p>
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													BE IT EN ACTED by Parliament 
													as follows</span></p>
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													Act 459 amended</span></b></p>
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													The Courts Act 1993 (Act 
													459) as amended is further 
													amended as fo11ows</span></p>
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													&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>(a)</b> </span></i>
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													in section 46, by the 
													substitution for subsection 
													(I ) of the following.</span></p>
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													&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;<b>Qualification 
													of a Magistrate and sitting 
													of the District Court</b></span></p>
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													&nbsp;&nbsp; (<b>46.</b> 1) A person 
													does not qualify to be 
													appointed a magistrate</span>
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													of a District Court unless 
													the person is of high moral 
													character and proven 
													integrity and</span></p>
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													&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) is a 
													lawyer, or</span></p>
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													&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (ii) is a 
													person with such judicial or 
													legal knowledge as the Chief 
													Justice shall on the advice 
													of the Judicial Council</span>
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													determine&quot;;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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													&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b><i>(b)</i></b><i> </i>
													in section 15, by the 
													insertion after sub section 
													as follows:</span></p>
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													&quot;(la) For the purposes of 
													paragraph (c) order 
													requiring a person to enter 
													into sentence&quot;; and</span></p>
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													&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>(c)</b> </span></i>
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													in section 47( 1), by the 
													repeal of paragraph (h)</span></p>
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													Date of Gazette 
													notification: 12th November 
													2004</span></b></p>
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													GOVERNMENT PRINTER. ASSEMBLY 
													PRESS. ACCRA.</span></td>
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