Article 274 — Regional House of Chiefs

(1) There shall be established in and for each regi on of Ghana a Regional House of Chiefs. (2) A Regional House of Chiefs shall consist of suc h members as Parliament may, by law, determine. (3) A Regional House of Chiefs shall— (a) perform such functions as may be conferred upon it by or under an Act of Parliament; (b) advise any person or authority charged under th is Constitution or any other law with any responsibility for any matter relating to or affect ing chieftaincy in the region; (c) hear and determine appeals from the traditional councils within the region in respect of the nomination, election, selection, installation or de position of a person as a chief; (d) have original jurisdiction in all matters relat ing to a paramount stool or skin or the occupant of a paramount stool or skin, including a queenmother to a paramount stool or skin; (e) undertake a study and make such general recomme ndations as are appropriate for the resolution or expeditious disposition of chieftainc y disputes in the region; (f) undertake the compilation of the customary laws and lines of succession applicable to each stool or skin in the region. (4) The original and appellate jurisdictions of a R egional House of Chiefs shall be exercised by a Judicial Committee of the Regional House of Ch iefs consisting of three chiefs appointed by the Regional House of Chiefs from among its memb ers. (5) A Judicial Committee of a Regional House of Chi efs shall be assisted by a lawyer of not less than five years’ standing appointed by the Reg ional House of Chiefs on the recommendation of the Attorney-General. (6) A member of a Judicial Committee of a Regional House of Chiefs may be removed from office on the ground of proven misbehaviour or infi rmity of mind or body by the votes of not less than two-thirds of all the members of the Regi onal House of Chiefs.