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The Legislation Providing for the Grant of Independence to Ghana
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 July 2009
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The legislative provisions necessary to grant independence to the Gold Coast under the name of Ghana with effect from the 6th March, 1957, followed in many respects the precedents established when independence was granted to Ceylon in 1948. As in that instance, the grant of independence to the Gold Coast was achieved by two separate legislative operations, namely, the passing of an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament followed by the making of an Order in Council, but there were some circumstances in the case of the Gold Coast that called for certain special provisions of interest. The purpose of this article is to mention briefly a few of these.
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1 Treaty Series No. 21 of 1947, Cmd. 7083.
page 100 note 1 “Constitutional Proposals for Gold Coast Independence”—April, 1956— published by the Gold Coast Government.
page 101 note 1 5 & 6 Eliz. 2, c. 6.
page 101 note 2 11 & 12 Geo. 6, c. 7.
page 102 note 1 22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. 4.
page 103 note 1 In this connection, see K. C. Wheare, The Statute of Westminster and Dominion Status, 5th ed., App. VIII.
page 103 note 2 Harris, and Others v. Minister of the Interior and Another (1952), 2 A.D. 428, and (1952), 1 T.L.R. 1245.Google Scholar
page 104 note 1 11 & 12 Geo. 6, c. 56.
page 105 note 1 S.I. 1949, No. 140.
page 107 note 1 15 & 16 Geo. 6, & 1 Eliz. 2, c. 18.
page 107 note 2 24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 47.
page 107 note 3 S.I. Rev. 1948, IV, p. 721; these are the conditions which have to be fulfilled if colonial government stock is to be included in the list of trustee securities.
page 108 note 1 4 & 5 Eliz. 2, c. 74.
page 108 note 2 1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 46.
page 109 note 1 See the Government White Paper on the Proposed Constitution of Ghana —February, 1957—Cmd. 71.
page 109 note 2 S.I. 1957, No. 277.