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64 CHALLENGING ELECTION OF PRESIDENT
(1)
The validity of the election of the President may be challenged only by a citizen of Ghana who may
present a petition for the purpose to the Supreme Court within twenty-one days after the declaration
of the result of the election in respect of which the petition is presented.
(2)
A declaration by the Supreme Court that the election of the President is not valid shall be without
prejudice to anything done by the President before the declaration.
(3)
The Rules of Court Committee shall, by constitutional instrument, make rules of court for the practice
and procedure for petitions to the Supreme Court challenging the election of a President.
65 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION REGULATIONS
The Electoral Commission shall, by constitutional instrument, make regulations for the purpose of
giving effect to article 63 of this Constitution.
66 TERM OF OFFICE OF PRESIDENT
(1)
A person elected as President shall, subject to clause (3) of this article, hold office for a term of four
years beginning from the date on which he is sworn in as President.
(2)
A person shall not be elected to hold office as President of Ghana for more than two terms.
(3)
The office of President shall become vacant—
(a) on the expiration of the period specified in clause (1) of this article; or
(b) if the incumbent dies or resigns from office or ceases to hold office under article 69 of this
Constitution.
(4)
The President may, by writing signed by him, and addressed to the Speaker of Parliament, resign from
his office as President.
67 PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGES
The President shall, at the beginning of each session of Parliament and before a dissolution of
Parliament, deliver to Parliament a message on the state of the nation.
Ghana 1992 (rev. 1996)
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