Succession to property
12.
As regards any property, assets or obligations(a)
(b)
The President shall be the universal successor as
respects the office of a former President of The
Gambia as established under any previous
Constitution; and
The government shall be the universal successor to
a former Government of The Gambia as so
established and to the Armed Forces Provisional
Ruling council.
Legal Proceedings
6 of 2001
13.
(1)No member of the Armed Forces Provisional
Ruling Council, any person appointed minister by
the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling council or
other appointees of the Armed Forces Provisional
Ruling Council shall be held liable or answerable
before a Court or authority or under this
Constitution or any other law, either jointly or
severally, for an act or omission in the performance
of his or her official duties.
(2)
After the coming into force of this
Constitution, it shall not be lawful for any court or
tribunal to entertain any action or take any decision
or make any order or grant any remedy or relief in
any proceedings instituted against the Government
of The Gambia or any person acting under the
authority of the Government of The Gambia, or
against any person or persons acting in concert or
individually to assist or bring about the change in
Government which took place on the twenty
second day of July 1994, in respect of any act or
omission relating to, or consequent upon:
(a) the overthrow of the government in power
before the formation of the Armed Forces
Provisional Ruling Council ; or
(b) the suspension or abrogation of the Constitution
of The Gambia 1970; or
(c) the establishment of the Armed Forces
Provisional Ruling Council; or
(d) the establishment of this Constitution.