Constitution of Ghana

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legal document national constitution

The Constitution of Ghana is the supreme legal document that establishes the structure, powers, and fundamental principles of governance and rights in the Republic of Ghana.

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Label Occurrences
Constitution of Ghana canonical 13
1992 Constitution of Ghana 4
1957 Constitution of Ghana 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legal document ⓘ
national constitution ⓘ
adoptedOn 1992-04-28 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
surface form: 1992 Constitution of Ghana
amendmentProcedure may require national referendum for entrenched provisions ⓘ
requires parliamentary approval ⓘ
basedOn constitutional referendum of 1992 ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn 1993-01-07 ⓘ
contains Bill of Rights ⓘ
Directive Principles of State Policy ⓘ
Preamble ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
definesGovernmentSystem presidential system ⓘ
definesGovernmentType unitary state ⓘ
definesHeadOfGovernmentAs President of Ghana ⓘ
definesHeadOfStateAs President of Ghana ⓘ
definesLegislatureAs unicameral Parliament ⓘ
establishes Fourth Republic of Ghana ⓘ
establishesBody Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice ⓘ
Council of State ⓘ
Electoral Commission of Ghana ⓘ
National Commission for Civic Education ⓘ
Parliament of Ghana ⓘ
Supreme Court of Ghana ⓘ
establishesOffice President of Ghana ⓘ
Vice-President of Ghana ⓘ
guaranteesRight freedom of assembly ⓘ
freedom of association ⓘ
freedom of religion ⓘ
freedom of speech ⓘ
right to fair trial ⓘ
right to vote ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus supreme law of Ghana ⓘ
prohibits discrimination on grounds of ethnic origin ⓘ
discrimination on grounds of gender ⓘ
discrimination on grounds of race ⓘ
discrimination on grounds of religion ⓘ
promulgatedBy Provisional National Defence Council ⓘ
providesFor decentralization ⓘ
independent judiciary ⓘ
local government system ⓘ
multi-party democracy ⓘ
regulates appointment of public officers ⓘ
elections in Ghana ⓘ
impeachment of the President ⓘ
replaced Constitution of Ghana self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of the Third Republic of Ghana
separatesPowersAmong executive branch ⓘ
judicial branch ⓘ
legislative branch ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Government of Ghana → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
Parliament of Ghana → exercisesPowerUnder → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
Parliament of Ghana → establishedUnder → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1992 Constitution of Ghana
judicial branch of Ghana → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
President of Ghana → constitutingInstrument → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
President of Ghana → constitutingInstrument → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1992 Constitution of Ghana
Judiciary of Ghana → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
Judiciary of Ghana → guaranteedBy → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
Supreme Court of Ghana → establishedBy → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
Supreme Court of Ghana → appliesLaw → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
Constitution of Ghana → alsoKnownAs → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1992 Constitution of Ghana
Constitution of Ghana → replaced → Constitution of Ghana self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of the Third Republic of Ghana
Ghana Armed Forces → allegiance → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
Ghana Armed Forces → legalBasis → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
Ghana Police Service → legalBasis → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
1946 Burns Constitution → alsoKnownAs → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1946 Gold Coast Constitution
Vice-President of Ghana → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
Cabinet of Ghana → legalBasis → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
1954 Constitution → precedes → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1957 Constitution of Ghana
1954 Constitution → followedBy → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1957 Constitution of Ghana
Omanhene → recognizedBy → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Ghana (as part of chieftaincy institution)
Jerry John Rawlings → termLimitedBy → Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1992 Constitution of Ghana