Ghana

The Constitution of the Republic of Ghana

CHAPTER FIVE
FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS

14. (7) Where a person who has served the whole or a part of his sentence is acquitted on a appeal by a court, other than the Supreme Court, the court may certify to the Supreme Court that the person acquitted be paid compensation ; and the Supreme Court may, upon examination of all the facts and the certificate of the court concerned, award such compensation as it may think fit ; or, where the acquittal is by the Supreme Court, it may order compensation to be paid to the person acquitted.

Keywords

Compensation - national proceedings



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