Article 138 of the Constitution of Ghana

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A single Justice of the Court of Appeal may exercis e a power vested in the Court of Appeal not involving the decision of a cause or matter bef ore the Court of Appeal, except that— (a) in criminal matters, where that Justice refuses or grants an application in the exercise of any such power, a person affected by it is entitled to have the application determined by the Court of Appeal as duly constituted; and (b) in civil matters, any order, direction or decis ion made or given in exercise of the powers conferred by this article, may be varied, discharge d or reversed by the Court of Appeal as duly constituted. The High Court

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The index files this text under article 138 of the Constitution of Ghana.
The row is titled “Powers of a Single Justice of Court of Appeal”.
The passage runs to about 116 words.

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