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Ghana Independence Act 1957 (c. 6)

Ghana Independence Act 1957 1957 CHAPTER 6 5 and 6 Eliz 2 An Act to make provision for, and in connection with, the attainment by the Gold Coast of fully responsible status within the British Commonwealth of Nations. [7th February 1957]

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1. Provision for the fully responsible status of the Gold Coast under the name of Ghana. U.K.

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4. Consequential modification of other enactments. U.K.

5. Copyright U.K.

1. Provision for the fully responsible status of the Gold Coast under the name of Ghana. U.K.

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4. Consequential modification of other enactments. U.K.

5. Copyright U.K.

Section 1

1. Provision for the fully responsible status of the Gold Coast under the name of Ghana. U.K.

The territories included immediately before the appointed day in the Gold Coast as defined in and for the purposes of the M1 Gold Coast (Constitution) Order in Council 1954, shall as from that day together form part of Her Majesty’s dominions under the name of Ghana, and— (a) no Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed on or after the appointed day shall extend, or be deemed to extend, to Ghana as part of the law of Ghana, unless it is expressly declared in that Act that the Parliament of Ghana has requested, and consented to, the enactment thereof; (b) as from the appointed day, Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom shall have no responsibility for the government of Ghana or any part thereof; (c) as from the appointed day, the provisions of the First Schedule to this Act shall have effect with respect to the legislative powers of Ghana: Provided that nothing in this section other than paragraphs (a) to (c) thereof shall affect the operation in any of the territories aforesaid of any enactment, or any other instrument having the effect of law, passed or made with respect thereto before the appointed day. Marginal Citations M1 S. I . 1954 No. 551 .

Section 2

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Textual Amendments F1 S. 2 repealed by British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61, SIF 87) , s. 52(8) , Sch. 9

Ghana Independence Act 1957 (c. 6)

Legislation

Table of Content

1. Provision for the fully responsible status of the Gold Coast under the name of Ghana. U.K.

2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1 U.K.

3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2 U.K.

4. Consequential modification of other enactments. U.K.

5. Copyright U.K.

1. Provision for the fully responsible status of the Gold Coast under the name of Ghana. U.K.

2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1 U.K.

3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2 U.K.

4. Consequential modification of other enactments. U.K.

5. Copyright U.K.

Section 1

1. Provision for the fully responsible status of the Gold Coast under the name of Ghana. U.K.

Section 2

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Textual Amendments F1 S. 2 repealed by British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61, SIF 87) , s. 52(8) , Sch. 9

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Ghana Independence Act 1957 (c. 6)

1. Provision for the fully responsible status of the Gold Coast under the name of Ghana. U.K.

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Ghana Independence Act 1957 (c. 6)

1. Provision for the fully responsible status of the Gold Coast under the name of Ghana. U.K.

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