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ATTA AND ANOTHER v. MOHAMADU

1990

HIGH COURT

GHANA

CORAM

  • ROGER KORSAH J

Areas of Law

  • Civil Procedure
  • Contempt of Court

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The defendant, who disobeyed a circuit court injunction and was subsequently committed to prison for six months for contempt, applied to be allowed to purge his contempt. He proposed paying all accrued and future rents into court and undertaking conditional arrangements regarding the building. The High Court ruled that the application was a valid request to purge contempt, not a review of the original committal. The court ordered his release subject to the conditions proposed by him, asserting that a commitment for a definite term lacks the finality of a conviction and thus allows for purging of contempt.

JUDGMENT