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    CJ issues directives for serving court processes on parliamentary officials

    Papa LincBy Papa LincNovember 12, 2024No Comments3 Mins Read0 Views
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     Chief Justice (CJ) Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo has issued new direc­tives to Registrars and Court Bailiffs regarding the proper procedures for serving court processes on key Parliamentary officials.

    These include the Speaker of Parliament, Clerk of Parliament and Members of Parliament (MPs).

    According to a circular issued by the Chief Justice, court pro­cesses intended for the Speaker of Parliament should be served to the Legal Department of the Parliamentary Service, and only on Mondays during working hours.

    For the Clerk of Parliament, processes should be served directly to the Clerk of Parliament between 7am and 8am on Mondays or any weekday from Tuesday to Friday, and this procedure should also apply during parliamentary recesses.

    The Clerk of Parliament is also required to inform the Judiciary of the Parliament’s recess schedule.

    The circular specified that court processes should be served directly to MPs on Mondays or Tuesday to Friday between 7am and 8am, as well as during parliamentary recesses.

    These directives follow con­cerns raised by the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, who alerted the Chief Justice to poten­tial breaches of Articles 117 and 118 of the 1992 Constitution.

    The Speaker had informed the Chief Justice that there were incidents where court processes were being served on MPs, the

     Speaker, and the Clerk while they were engaged in official Parliamen­tary duties, which could disrupt their work.

    Article 117 of the Constitu­tion states that: “Civil or criminal process coming from any court or place out of Parliament shall not be served on, or executed in relation to the Speaker or a member or the Clerk of Parliament whiles he is on his way to attending at or returning from any proceedings of Parliament.” Article 118 (1) of

     the Constitution also provides that, “Neither the Speaker, nor a mem­ber of, nor the Clerk to Parliament shall be compelled while attending Parliament to appear as a witness in any court or place out of Parlia­ment.”

    Article 118 (2) also provides that: “The certificate of the Speaker that a member or the Clerk is attending the proceedings of Par­liament is conclusive evidence of attendance at Parliament.”

    The circular further clarified that the provisions in Articles 117 and 118 of the 1992 Constitution ensure that the Speaker of Par­liament, Members of Parliament (MPs), and the Clerk of Parliament cannot be served with any court process or compelled to appear as witnesses in court while Parliament is in session.

    The only exceptions to this rule are if Parliament is not in session or if the Speaker certifies that the of­fice holder in question was not on their way to, attending, or returning from any Parliamentary proceed­ings. —GNA



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