ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS</span></p>
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                                              Section</span></p>
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                                              1. Application of Rules.</span></p>
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                                              2. Manner of Application.</span></p>
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                                              3. Time for Submitting 
                                              Application.</span></p>
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                                              4. Answer.</span></p>
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                                              5. Evidence.</span></p>
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                                              6. Appearance of Counsel, etc.</span></p>
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                                              7. Court to Issue Directions, 
                                              Orders, etc.</span></p>
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                                              8. Appeal to Court of Appeal.</span></p>
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                                              9. Notice of Appeal.</span></p>
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                                              10. Service of Notice of Appeal.</span></p>
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                                              11. Appeal to Supreme Court.</span></p>
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                                              12. Enactments Relating to Civil 
                                              Proceedings to Apply to 
                                              Proceedings under these Rules.</span></p>
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                                              13. Supreme Court, Court of Appeal 
                                              and High Court to give Directions.</span></p>
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                                              IN exercise of the powers 
                                              conferred on the Rules of Court 
                                              Committee by clause (4) of article 
                                              28 of the Constitution these Rules 
                                              are made this 3rd day of July, 
                                              1971.</span></p>
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                                              Rule 1—Application of Rules.</span></p>
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                                              (1) These Rules shall apply where 
                                              any person alleges that any of the 
                                              provisions of articles 12 to 27 of 
                                              the Constitution has been, or is 
                                              being or is likely to be 
                                              contravened in relation to him.</span></p>
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                                              (2) Such a person may apply to the 
                                              High Court of Justice (in these 
                                              Rules referred to as "the Court") 
                                              for redress.</span></p>
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                                              Rule 2—Manner of Application.</span></p>
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                                              (1) A person applying to the Court 
                                              for redress shall submit four 
                                              copies of a petition in that 
                                              behalf signed by him or by his 
                                              counsel.</span></p>
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                                              (2) The petition shall state—</span></p>
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                                              (a) the full name and address of 
                                              the petitioner;</span></p>
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                                              (b) the matter which he requires 
                                              the Court to determine;</span></p>
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                                              (c) the grounds for such request 
                                              and the law, if any, on which the 
                                              request is based;</span></p>
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                                              (d) details of any facts in 
                                              support of his case; and</span></p>
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                                              (e)&nbsp; such other matters as the 
                                              Court may direct.</span></p>
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                                              (3) A copy of the petition shall 
                                              be served on the Attorney-General 
                                              and on such other persons as the 
                                              Court may direct.</span></p>
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                                              Rule 3—Time for Submitting 
                                              Application.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">A 
                                              petition under Rule 2 of these 
                                              Rules shall be submitted to the 
                                              Registrar of the Court within 
                                              fourteen days after the alleged 
                                              contravention:</span></p>
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                                              Provided that in the case of a 
                                              continuing contravention the 
                                              petition may be submitted at any 
                                              time before the expiration of 
                                              fourteen days from the termination 
                                              of the contravention.</span></p>
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                                              Rule 4—Answer.</span></p>
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                                              (1) Any person upon whom a 
                                              petition is served under Rule 2 
                                              (3) of these Rules shall within 
                                              fourteen days after service upon 
                                              him of the petition, submit to the 
                                              Court an answer to the petition 
                                              which shall be served on the 
                                              Attorney-General, the petitioner 
                                              and such other persons as the 
                                              Court may direct.</span></p>
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                                              (2) The answer shall state details 
                                              of any facts and the law, if any, 
                                              on which the person submitting the 
                                              answer relies in support of his 
                                              case as well as such other matters 
                                              as the Court may direct.</span></p>
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                                              Rule 5—Evidence.</span></p>
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                                              (1) Any party to the proceedings 
                                              shall. be entitled to call any 
                                              witness in support of his case.</span></p>
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                                              (2) The Court may call any witness 
                                              whose evidence is, in the opinion 
                                              of the Court, likely to be 
                                              relevant to the proceedings before 
                                              it.</span></p>
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                                              (3) The Court may also receive 
                                              evidence by affidavit.</span></p>
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                                              Rule 6—Appearance of Counsel, Etc.</span></p>
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                                              Any party to the proceedings or 
                                              any person on whom the petition is 
                                              served under Rule 2 (3) of these 
                                              Rules shall be entitled to appear 
                                              in person or by counsel.</span></p>
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                                              Rule 7—Court to Issue Directions, 
                                              Orders, Etc.</span></p>
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                                              The Court shall issue such 
                                              directions, orders or writs or 
                                              orders in the nature of habeas 
                                              corpus, certiorari, mandamus, 
                                              prohibition or quo warranto as it 
                                              may consider appropriate for the 
                                              purposes of enforcing or securing 
                                              the enforcement of any of the 
                                              provisions of the said articles 12 
                                              to 27 of the Constitution to the 
                                              protection of which the petitioner 
                                              is entitled.</span></p>
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                                              Rule 8—Appeal to Court of Appeal.</span></p>
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                                              Any person aggrieved by a decision 
                                              of the Court may within ten days 
                                              after such decision appeal to the 
                                              Court of Appeal.</span></p>
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                                              Rule 9—Notice of Appeal.</span></p>
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                                              (1) An appeal under Rule 8 of 
                                              these Rules shall be brought by 
                                              notice filed in the Court which 
                                              shall set forth the grounds of 
                                              appeal and state the nature of the 
                                              relief sought and the names and 
                                              addresses of all persons directly 
                                              affected by the appeal.</span></p>
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                                              (2) Sufficient number of copies of 
                                              the notice shall be supplied to 
                                              the Registrar for use by the Court 
                                              and for service under Rule 10.</span></p>
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                                              Rule 10—Service of Notice of 
                                              Appeal.</span></p>
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                                              The Registrar of the Court shall 
                                              after the notice of appeal has 
                                              been filed cause to be served a 
                                              copy thereof upon such of the 
                                              persons mentioned in the notice of 
                                              appeal.</span></p>
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                                              Rule 11—Appeal to Supreme Court.</span></p>
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                                              Any person aggrieved by any 
                                              decision of the Court of Appeal 
                                              under these Rules may in pursuance 
                                              of clause (3) of article 28 of the 
                                              Constitution appeal from such 
                                              decision to the Supreme Court 
                                              within thirty days after the 
                                              decision.</span></p>
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                                              Rule 12—Enactments Relating to 
                                              Civil Proceedings to Apply to 
                                              Proceedings under these Rules.</span></p>
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                                              (1) Subject to these Rules, any 
                                              enactment for the time being in 
                                              force and applicable to the 
                                              conduct of civil proceedings 
                                              before the High Court of Justice 
                                              shall, with such modifications as 
                                              the Court may determine, apply to 
                                              proceedings under these Rules 
                                              before it.</span></p>
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                                              (2) Subject to these Rules, any 
                                              enactment for the time being in 
                                              force and applicable to the 
                                              conduct of civil appeals before 
                                              the Supreme Court or the Court of 
                                              Appeal shall apply respectively to 
                                              appeals under these Rules before 
                                              any such Court and subject to such 
                                              modifications as that Court may 
                                              determine.</span></p>
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                                              Rule 13—Supreme Court, Court of 
                                              Appeal and High Court to give 
                                              Directions.</span></p>
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                                              The Supreme Court, the Court of 
                                              Appeal and the High Court shall 
                                              each have power to give such 
                                              directions in respect of 
                                              proceedings brought before it 
                                              under these Rules as the justice 
                                              of the case may require.</span></p>
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                                              E. A. L. BANNERMAN</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Chairman</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              G. S. LASSEY</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Justice of Appeal, Member</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              NENE AZZU MATE KOLE</span></p>
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                                              Councillor of State, Member</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              JAMES MERCER</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Member</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              SIMON K. SOTOMEY</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Member</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              S. K. TETTEH</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Member</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              KOI O. LARBI</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Justice of the Supreme Court, 
                                              Member</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              VICTOR OWUSU</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Attorney-General, Member</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              R. J. HAYFRON-BENJAMIN</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Justice of the High Court, Member</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              J. QUASHIE-IDUN</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Member</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              JOE REINDORF</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Member</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              E. S. AIDOO</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Judicial Secretary, Secretary</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Date of Gazette Notification: 21st 
                                              July, 197