Regional Tribunals

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Regional Tribunals are specialized courts in Ghana’s judicial system that handle serious criminal and other designated cases at the regional level.

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Regional Tribunals canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf court
criminal court
specialized court
appliesLaw criminal law of Ghana
procedural law of Ghana
belongsToBranch judicial branch of government in Ghana
canImpose criminal sanctions
custodial sentences
fines
country Ghana
decisionsReviewableBy higher appellate courts in Ghana
decisionType binding judgments
establishedFor decentralization of serious criminal adjudication
handles designated criminal cases
other designated cases
serious criminal cases
hasAuthorityOver persons accused of serious offences within the region
hasFunction ensure regional access to justice for serious crimes
hasRole interpretation and application of Ghanaian criminal statutes
protection of due process rights in serious criminal trials
hasScope regional jurisdiction within Ghana
hears trials at first instance for designated serious offences
hearsAppealsFrom lower criminal courts in the region
jurisdictionLevel regional
languageOfProceedings English
legalBasis Constitution of Ghana NERFINISHED
laws of Ghana
legalSystem common law
locatedIn regions of Ghana
mustComplyWith criminal procedure rules of Ghana
rules of evidence of Ghana
operatesUnder Chief Justice of Ghana NERFINISHED
Judicial Council of Ghana NERFINISHED
partOf Judiciary of Ghana NERFINISHED
judicial system of Ghana
purpose adjudication of serious offences at regional level
subjectTo Constitutional supremacy of Ghana
oversight of higher courts in Ghana
typeOfCases offences designated by statute
serious felonies
usesProcedure adversarial procedure

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judicial branch of Ghana includesCourt Regional Tribunals