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105 UNQUALIFIED PERSON SITTING OR VOTING
A person who sits or votes in Parliament knowing or having reasonable grounds for knowing that he
is not entitled so to do commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction, to such penalty as shall be
prescribed by or under an Act of Parliament.
106 MODE OF EXERCISING LEGISLATIVE POWER
(1)
The power of Parliament to make laws shall be exercised by bills passed by Parliament and assented
to by the President.
(2)
No bill, other than such a bill as is referred to in paragraph (a) of article 108 of this Constitution, shall
be introduced in Parliament unless (a) it is accompanied by an explanatory memorandum setting out in detail the policy and principles
of the bill, the defects of the existing law, the remedies proposed to deal with those defects and
the necessity for its introduction; and
(b) it has been published in the Gazette at least fourteen days before the date of its introduction in
Parliament.
(3)
A bill affecting the institution of chieftaincy shall not be introduced in Parliament without prior
reference to the National House of Chiefs.
(4)
Whenever a bill is read the first time in Parliament, it shall be referred to the appropriate committee
appointed under article 103 of this Constitution which shall examine the bill in detail and make all
such inquiries in relation to it as the committee considers expedient or necessary.
(5)
Where a bill has been deliberated upon by the appropriate committee, it shall be reported to
Parliament.
(6)
The report of the committee, together with the explanatory memorandum to the bill, shall form the
basis for a full debate on the bill for its passage, with or without amendments, or its rejection, by
Parliament.
(7)
Where a bill passed by Parliament is presented to the President for assent lie shall signify, within
seven days after the presentation, to the Speaker that he assents to the bill or that he refuses to
assent to the bill, unless the bill has been referred by the President to the Council of State under
article 90 of this Constitution.
(8)
Where the President refuses to assent to a bill, he shall, within fourteen days after the refusal—
(a) state in a memorandum to the Speaker any specific provisions of the bill which in his opinion
should be reconsidered by Parliament, including his recommendations for amendments if any; or
(b) inform the Speaker that he has referred the bill to the Council of State for consideration and
comment under article 90 of this Constitution.
Ghana 1992 (rev. 1996)
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