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(9)
Parliament shall reconsider a bill taking into account the comments made by the President or the
Council of State, as the case may be, under clause (8) of this article.
(10)
Where a bill reconsidered under clause (9) of this article is passed by Parliament by a resolution
supported by the votes of not less than two-thirds of all the members of Parliament, the President
shall assent to it within thirty days after the passing of the resolution.
(11)
Without prejudice to the power of Parliament to postpone the operation of a law, a bill shall not
become law until it has been duly passed and assented to in accordance with the provisions of this
Constitution and shall not come into force unless it has been published in the Gazette.
(12)
The provisions of clauses (7) to (10) of this article shall not apply to a bill certified by the Speaker as a
bill to which the provisions of article 108 of this Constitution apply; and accordingly, the President
shall give his assent to any such bill when presented for assent.
(13)
Where it is determined by a committee of Parliament appointed for the purpose that a particular bill
is of an urgent nature, the provisions of the preceding clauses of this article, other than clause (1) and
paragraph (a) of clause (2) shall not apply, and accordingly, the President shall give his assent to the
bill on its presentation for assent.
(14)
A bill introduced in Parliament by or on behalf of the President shall not be delayed for more than
three months in any committee of Parliament.
107 RETROACTIVE LEGISLATION
Parliament shall have no power to pass any law—
(a) to alter the decision or judgment of any court as between the parties subject to that decision or
judgment; or
(b) which operates retrospectively to impose any limitations on, or to adversely affect the personal
rights and liberties of any person or to impose a burden, obligation or liability on any person
except in the case of a law enacted under articles 178 to 182 of this Constitution.
108 SETTLEMENT OF FINANCIAL MATTERS
Parliament shall not, unless the bill is introduced or the motion is introduced by, or on behalf of, the
President—
(a) proceed upon a bill including an amendment to a bill, that, in the opinion of the person presiding,
makes provision for any of the following—
(i) the imposition of taxation or the alteration of taxation otherwise than by reduction; or
(ii) the imposition of a charge on the Consolidated Fund or other public funds of Ghana or the
alteration of any such charge otherwise than by reduction; or
(iii) the payment, issue or withdrawal from the Consolidated Fund or other public funds of Ghana of
any moneys not charged on the Consolidated Fund or any increase in the amount of that
payment, issue or withdrawal; or
(iv) the composition or remission of any debt due to the Government of Ghana; or
(b) proceed upon a motion, including an amendment to a motion, the effect of which, in the opinion
of the person presiding, would be to make provision for any of the purposes specified in
paragraph (a) of this article.
Ghana 1992 (rev. 1996)
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