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RULING
ATUGUBA, J.S.C.:
This is an application for committal, for contempt of this court, allegedly committed by the respondent, Dr. Kwame Duffour. The grounds for the application are mainly contained in paragraphs 2, 4 and 5 of the applicant’s supporting affidavit. They are as follows:
“2. That on 7th June 2006, this Honourable Court gave a unanimous judgment in Civil Appeal, No. J4/25/2005 entitled:
Nicholas Bernard Asare - Plaintiff/Applicant/Respondent
Vrs
1. Dupaul Wood Treatment Co. (Ghana) Ltd
2. Dr. Kwame Duffour - Defendants/Respondents/Applicants
3. X X X
4. That in its said judgment (page 26) this Court, after a very careful and exhaustive examination of the evidence made 3 declarations, namely:
1. a declaration that the respondent is a shareholder and a member of the first appellant and holds 50% of its issued share capital;
2. a declaration that the new regulations adopted on 1st May 1980 were never registered with the Registrar General’s Department and are therefore void and of no effect;
3. a declaration that the purported removal of the respondent as a director was unlawful and so void.
5. That this Honourable Court further confirmed two (2) other orders made by the Court of Appeal i.e.
1. “That the applicant’s name be entered in the Register of Members of the first Respondent Company (ie. The Appellant company before this court) pursuant to section 35 of the Companies Code 1963 (Act 179).
2. That the Applicant be paid all the directors’ fees and allowances which were discontinued as a result of his purported removal as a director of the company”.
There is no doubt that this court has power to commit for contempt to itself. That is a power possessed at common law by a superior court, see Asumadu-Sakyi II v. Owusu (1981) GLR 398 C.A. That power ahs been retained by article 126(2) of the 1992 Constitution which provides as follows:-
“The Superior Courts shall be superior courts of record and shall have the power to commit for contempt to themselves and all such powers as were vested in a court of record immediately before the coming into force of this Constitution”.
The question that arises on this application is whether this court has jurisdiction to entertain the same.
The Declaratory Reliefs.
First the declaratory reliefs. Declaratory orders declare the rights of the parties but do not order anything to be done by them. They are therefore not enforceable. It has been held by this court that where the declarations are