Ghana Independence Act 1957

  1. Introductory Text

  2. 1.Provision for the fully responsible status of the Gold Coast under the name of Ghana

  3. 2.Consequential modification of British Nationality Act

  4. 3.Consequential modifications with respect to development schemes, etc.

  5. 4.Consequential modification of other enactments

  6. 5.Short title and appointed day

  7. SCHEDULES

    1. FIRST SCHEDULE

      Legislative Powers of Ghana

      1. 1.The Colonial Laws Validity Act, 1865, shall not apply to...

      2. 2.No law and no provision of any law made on...

      3. 3.The Parliament of Ghana shall have full power to make...

      4. 4.Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions of...

      5. 5.Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions of...

      6. 6.Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this Schedule, the...

    2. SECOND SCHEDULE

      Amendments not affecting law of Ghana

      1. Diplomatic immunities

        1. 1.In section four hundred and sixty-one of the Income Tax...

        2. 2.In subsection (6) of section one of the Diplomatic Immunities...

      2. Financial

        1. 3.As respects goods imported after such date as Her Majesty...

        2. 4.In the Colonial Stock Act, 1934 (which extends the stocks...

      3. Visiting forces

        1. 5.In the Visiting Forces (British Commonwealth) Act, 1933, section four...

        2. 6.In the Visiting Forces Act, 1952— (a) in subsection (1)...

      4. Ships and aircraft

        1. 7.In subsection (2) of section four hundred and twenty-seven of...

        2. 8.In the proviso to subsection (2) of section six of...

        3. 9.In the definitions of " Dominion ship or aircraft" contained...

        4. 10.The Ships and Aircraft (Transfer Restriction) Act, 1939, shall not...

        5. 11.In the Whaling Industry (Regulation) Act, 1934, the expression "...

      5. Copyright

        1. 12.(1) If on or after the appointed day the Parliament...