Constitution of Ghana

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The Constitution of Ghana is the supreme legal document that establishes the structure, powers, and fundamental principles of governance and rights in the Republic of Ghana.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legal document ⓘ
national constitution ⓘ
adoptedOn 1992-04-28 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 1992 Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
amendmentProcedure may require national referendum for entrenched provisions ⓘ
requires parliamentary approval ⓘ
basedOn constitutional referendum of 1992 ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn 1993-01-07 ⓘ
contains Bill of Rights ⓘ
Directive Principles of State Policy ⓘ
Preamble ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
definesGovernmentSystem presidential system ⓘ
definesGovernmentType unitary state ⓘ
definesHeadOfGovernmentAs President of Ghana ⓘ
definesHeadOfStateAs President of Ghana ⓘ
definesLegislatureAs unicameral Parliament ⓘ
establishes Fourth Republic of Ghana ⓘ
establishesBody Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice ⓘ
Council of State ⓘ
Electoral Commission of Ghana ⓘ
National Commission for Civic Education ⓘ
Parliament of Ghana ⓘ
Supreme Court of Ghana ⓘ
establishesOffice President of Ghana ⓘ
Vice-President of Ghana ⓘ
guaranteesRight freedom of assembly ⓘ
freedom of association ⓘ
freedom of religion ⓘ
freedom of speech ⓘ
right to fair trial ⓘ
right to vote ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus supreme law of Ghana ⓘ
prohibits discrimination on grounds of ethnic origin ⓘ
discrimination on grounds of gender ⓘ
discrimination on grounds of race ⓘ
discrimination on grounds of religion ⓘ
promulgatedBy Provisional National Defence Council ⓘ
providesFor decentralization ⓘ
independent judiciary ⓘ
local government system ⓘ
multi-party democracy ⓘ
regulates appointment of public officers ⓘ
elections in Ghana ⓘ
impeachment of the President ⓘ
replaced Constitution of the Third Republic of Ghana ⓘ
separatesPowersAmong executive branch ⓘ
judicial branch ⓘ
legislative branch ⓘ

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Government of Ghana → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
Parliament of Ghana → exercisesPowerUnder → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
Parliament of Ghana → establishedUnder → 1992 Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Ghana
judicial branch of Ghana → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
President of Ghana → constitutingInstrument → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
President of Ghana → constitutingInstrument → 1992 Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Ghana
Judiciary of Ghana → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
Judiciary of Ghana → guaranteedBy → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
Supreme Court of Ghana → establishedBy → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
Supreme Court of Ghana → appliesLaw → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
Constitution of Ghana → alsoKnownAs → 1992 Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Ghana
Constitution of Ghana → replaced → Constitution of the Third Republic of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Ghana
Ghana Armed Forces → allegiance → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
Ghana Armed Forces → legalBasis → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
Ghana Police Service → legalBasis → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
1946 Burns Constitution → alsoKnownAs → 1946 Gold Coast Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Ghana
Vice-President of Ghana → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
Cabinet of Ghana → legalBasis → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
1954 Constitution → precedes → 1957 Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Ghana
1954 Constitution → followedBy → 1957 Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Ghana
Omanhene → recognizedBy → Constitution of Ghana (as part of chieftaincy institution) ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Ghana
Jerry John Rawlings → termLimitedBy → 1992 Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Ghana
Parliament House, Accra → associatedWith → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
Speaker of Parliament of Ghana → legalBasis → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
subject linked to: Speaker of Parliament
Majority Leader of Parliament of Ghana → constitutionalContext → Fourth Republican Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Ghana
Ghanaians → citizenshipGrantedBy → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
Office of the President of Ghana → legalBasis → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
National House of Chiefs of Ghana → legalBasis → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs → legalBasis → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
Chief of Defence Staff of Ghana → legalBasis → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
Regional Tribunals (Ghana) → legalBasis → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
subject linked to: Regional Tribunals
District Courts of Ghana → legalBasis → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
subject linked to: District Courts
Judicial Council of Ghana → legalBasis → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
Judicial Council of Ghana → establishedBy → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
Governor-General of Ghana → officeAbolishedBy → Constitution of the Republic of Ghana 1960 ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Ghana
National Security Council of Ghana → legalBasis → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
Attorney General of Ghana → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
Chief Justice of Ghana → officeCreatedBy → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
Chief Justice of Ghana → constitutingInstrument → 1992 Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Ghana
Regional Tribunals of Ghana → legalBasis → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
Circuit Courts of Ghana → governedBy → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
Executive branch of Ghana → legalBasis → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
Executive branch of Ghana → constitutionalChapter → Chapter 8 of the Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Ghana
Fourth Republic of Ghana → legalBasis → 1992 Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Ghana
Council of State (Ghana) → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
subject linked to: Council of State
Council of State (Ghana) → isMentionedIn → 1992 Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
subject linked to: Council of State
linked to: Constitution of Ghana
Electoral Commission of Ghana → subjectTo → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
Electoral Commission of Ghana → formedUnder → 1992 Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Ghana