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Article 190 of the Constitution of Ghana

Article
190
Index row title
The Public Services of Ghana
Source document
The ghana constitution
Provision ID
bf43c0e8-05ae-4e9b-b71a-40280c9ef86b

190 words

Verbatim text

(1) The Public Services of Ghana shall include— (a) the Civil Service, the Judicial Service, the Audit Service, the Education Service, the Prisons Service, the Parliamentary Service, the Health Service, the Statistical Service, the National Fire Service, the Customs, Excise and Preventive Service, the Internal Revenue Service, the Police Service, the Immigration Service; and the Legal Service; (b) public corporations other than those set up as commercial ventures; (c) public services established by this Constitutio n; and (d) such other public services as Parliament may by law prescribe. (2) The Civil Service shall, until provision is oth erwise made by Parliament, comprise service in both central and local government. (3) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, an Act of Parliament enacted by virtue of clause (1) of this article shall provide for— (a) the governing council for the public service to which it relates; (b) the functions of that service; and (c) the membership of that service. (4) For the purposes of this article “public corpor ation” means a public corporation established in accordance with article 192 of this Constitution other than one set up as a commercial venture.

What this means

  • The index files this text under article 190 of the Constitution of Ghana.
  • The passage runs to about 190 words.
  • Read plainly, it mentions education — it concerns education, schooling or training (the words used: “Education”); it mentions police powers — it sets out what the police or other security services may do (the words used: “Police”).

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