Journal of African Law

Table of Contents - June 1957 - Volume 1, Issue 02  

Articles

The Legislation Providing for the Grant of Independence to Ghana

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.