GHANA LEGION ACT, 1974

(1) The organisation known immediately before the commencement of this Act as the Ghana Legion shall continue in existence and shall be the sole body recognised as representing all ex-servicemen in Ghana and charged with responsibility for the welfare of ex-servicemen. (2) The Legion is a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue and be sued in its own name. (3) The Legion may for the purposes of carrying out its objects acquire and hold movable and immovable property, dispose of that property and enter into a contract or any other transaction.

The Legion is a non-political organisation and shall not associate itself with a political party or any similar organisation.