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Article 135 — Production of official Documents in Court

Article
135
Index row title
Production of official Documents in Court
Source document
The ghana constitution
Provision ID
dbcbfcfb-1cdb-44da-9767-8e1eb7efff2e

146 words

Verbatim text

(1) The Supreme Court shall have exclusive jurisdic tion to determine whether an official document shall not be produced in court because its production or the disclosure of its contents will be prejudicial to the security of the State or will be injurious to the public interest. (2) Where any issue referred to in clause (1) of th is article arises as to the production or otherwise of an official document in any proceeding s before any court, other than the Supreme Court, the proceedings in that other court shall be suspended while the Supreme Court examines the document and determines whether the document should be produced or not; and the Supreme Court shall make the appropria te order. (3) The proceedings of the Supreme Court as to whet her an official document may be produced shall be held in camera . The Court of Appeal

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  • The index files this text under article 135 of the Constitution of Ghana.
  • The row is titled “Production of official Documents in Court”.
  • The passage runs to about 146 words.

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