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ACTS OF PARLIAMENT ACT, 1960 (CA
7)
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
Form of Acts and Bills
1. Acts and Bills.
2. Titles.
3. Words of enactment.
4. Sub-divisions.
Procedure Following Passing of
Bills
5. Preparation of presentation
copies.
6. The President's assent.
7. Numbering.
8. Original copies.
9. Publication.
10. Published copies to be
evidence.
Commencement and Citation
11. Commencement.
12. Citation.
Miscellaneous and Supplemental
13. Act may be amended or repealed
in the same session.
14. Evidence of pre-Republican
Acts and Ordinances.
15. Commencement of this Act.
16. Repeal.
SCHEDULE
Forms
Part I—Form of Authentication
Statement
Part II—Form of Speaker's
Certificate
Part III—Form of Statement of
President’s Assent
Part IV—Form of Statement of
Partial Assent
AN ACT
OF THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY OF
GHANA
ENTITLED
THE ACTS OF PARLIAMENT ACT, 1960
AN ACT to provide for the form and
commencement of Acts of
Parliament, for the procedure
following the passing of Bills and
for other matters connected with
Acts and Bills.
DATE OF PASSING: 29th June, 1960.
WHEREAS by section 2 of the
Constituent Assembly and
Plebiscite Act, 1960 (No. 1) this
Constituent Assembly is authorised
to enact such provisions for or in
connection with the establishment
of a new constitution as it thinks
fit;
AND WHEREAS it is expedient to
enact the provisions hereinafter
appearing in consequence of the
enactment of the Constitution;
NOW THEREFORE be it enacted by the
Constituent Assembly as follows:—
Form of Acts and Bills
Section 1—Acts and Bills.
The three next following sections
shall apply with respect to the
form of Acts of Parliament, and
the form of Bills shall correspond
therewith.
Section 2—Titles.
Every Act shall bear at the head a
short title immediately followed
by a long title describing the
provisions of the Act.
Section 3—Words of Enactment.
The provisions of every Act shall
be prefaced by the following words
of enactment, which shall be taken
to extend to all sections of the
Act and to my Schedules and other
provisions contained therein—
Be it enacted by the President and
the National Assembly in this
present Parliament assembled as
follows—
Section 4—Sub-Divisions.
If an Act contains more than one
enactment it shall be divided into
sections and if a section contains
more than one enactment it shall
be divided into subsections.
Procedure Following Passing of
Bills
Section 5—Preparation of
Presentation Copies.
(1) As soon as a Bill has been
passed by the National Assembly
the text of the Bill as passed
shall be sent by the Clerk of the
Assembly to the Government
Printer, who shall print four
copies thereof on vellum or on
paper of enduring quality and send
the copies to the Clerk of the
Assembly.
(2) On receiving the said copies
the Clerk shall carefully compare
them with the text of the Bill as
passed and if he finds them to be
correct shall sign on each copy a
statement in the form set out in
Part I of the Schedule to this
Act, and shall cause the copies to
be presented to the President.
(3) If the Bill was passed in
exercise of a legislative power
expressed by the Constitution to
be reserved to the people the
Clerk shall, before causing the
said copies to be presented to the
President, submit them to the
Speaker who, if he is satisfied
that power to pass the Bill has
been conferred on Parliament in
the manner provided by section (2)
of Article 20 of the Constitution,
shall sign on each copy a
certificate in the form set out in
Part II of the Schedule to this
Act.
Section 6—The President’s Assent.
(1) The President shall signify
that he assents to a Bill, or that
he assents to a part thereof and
refuses his assent to the
remainder, by signing on each copy
of the Bill prepared in accordance
with section 5 of this Act a
statement to that effect in the
form set out in Part III or Part
IV of the Schedule to this Act, as
the case may require, and causing
the Presidential Seal to be
affixed thereto.
(2) Where assent is given to a
part only of a Bill the Clerk
shall make in each copy of the
Bill so prepared and such
deletions, such amendments of
figures, punctuation and grammar,
as may be necessary for the
purpose of the conversion of that
part of the Bill into an Act; and
the Bill shall thereafter be
deemed to have been passed as so
altered.
(3) A Bill or, as the case may be,
a part thereof shall become an Act
of Parliament on the signature by
the President of the first of the
said copies.
Section 7—Numbering.
(1) Acts shall be numbered
consecutively from the
establishment of the Republic in
accordance with the order in which
they became Acts, and the
numbering shall not begin afresh
at the commencement of a calendar
year, a new Parliament or any
other period.
(2) As soon as the President has
signed a copy of an Act under
section 6 of this Act, the Clerk
of the National Assembly shall
enter on the copy the number of
the Act.
Section 8—Original Copies.
(1) Where the foregoing procedure
purports to have been followed in
relation to copies of an Act, the
copies shall be deemed to be the
original copies of the, the Act
and shall be conclusive evidence
of the terms of the Act, its
number and the date of assent.
(2) The President shall retain one
of the original copies and shall
cause one each of the remainder to
be deposited with the Chief
Justice, the Speaker and the
Archivist.
Section 9—Publication.
Every Act shall be published by
the Government Printer as soon as
may be after the President's
assent has been signified, and
shall be so published—
(a) with the omission of the
statements contained in the
original copies by virtue of
sections 5 and 6 of this Act, but
with the inclusion of any
certificate given by the Speaker
in accordance with subsection (3)
of the said section 5, and
(b) with the insertion of a
statement of the date on which the
President's assent was signified.
Section 10— Published Copies to be
Evidence.
A
copy of any Act, other than an
original copy, purporting to have
been printed or published by the
Government Printer shall be prima
facie evidence of the terms of the
Act, its number and the date of
assent.
Commencement and Citation
Section 11—Commencement.
(1) Except so far as may be
otherwise provided in an Act, the
Act shall come into operation at
the commencement of the day
following the day on which the
President's assent is signified.
(2) A provision in an Act
regulating the coming into
operation of the Act or any part
thereof shall have effect
notwithstanding that the part of
the Act containing the provision
has not come into operation.
Section 12— Citation.
The citation of the short title to
an Act shall be sufficient to
identify the Act.
Miscellaneous and Supplemental
Section 13—Act may be Amended or
Repealed in the Same Session.
An Act passed in any session of
the National Assembly may be
amended or repealed in the same
session.
Section 14—Evidence of
Pre-Republican Acts and
Ordinances.
(1) The original copies of Acts of
the Constituent Assembly prepared
under the order of that Assembly,
and the original copies of Acts
and Ordinances passed or made
after 31st December, 1954, and
prepared under the Ordinances
Authentication Ordinance (Cap. 2)
shall be conclusive evidence of
the terms of the Act or Ordinance
and of any particulars relating to
the Act or Ordinance entered
thereon.
(2) A copy of any such Act or
Ordinance as is referred to in the
preceding subsection, being a
copy, other than an original copy,
purporting to have been printed or
published by the Government
Printer, shall be prima facie
evidence of the terms of the Act
or Ordinance and of any
particulars relating to the Act or
Ordinance appearing thereon.
Section 15—Commencement of this
Act.
This Act shall come into operation
at the same time as the
Constitution.
Section 16—Repeal.
The Ordinances Authentication
Ordinance (Cap. 2) is hereby
repealed.
FORMS
PART I
Form of Authentication Statement
This printed impression has been
carefully compared by me with the
Bill which has passed the National
Assembly and found by me to be a
true copy of that Bill.
Signed
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Clerk of the National Assembly
Date of
authentication…………………….......................
PART II
Form of Speaker's Certificate
I
hereby certify that power to pass
this Act has been conferred on
Parliament in the manner provided
by section (2) of Article 20 of
the Constitution.
Signed………………………………….................
Speaker.
Date of
certificate……………..........................................................
PART III
Form of Statement of President’s
Assent
I
hereby signify my assent to this
Bill.
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Signed…………………………………..
President
Date of assent……………………………
PART IV
Form of Statement of Partial
Assent
I
hereby signify my assent to the
provisions of this Bill described
below and my refusal of assent to
the remainder.
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Signed…………………………………..
President
Date of assent……………………………
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