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The Attorney – General

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Under the Constitution of Ghana, there is an Attorney-General of Ghana who is a Minister of State and the principal legal adviser to the Government.


(1) The Attorney-General discharges such other duties of a legal nature as may be referred or assigned to him by the President, or imposed on him by the Constitution or any other law.


(2) The Attorney-General is responsible for the initiation and conduct of all prosecutions of criminal offences.


(3) All offences prosecuted in the name of the Republic of Ghana is at the suit of the Attorney-General or any other person authorised by him in accordance with any law.


(4) The Attorney-General is responsible for the institution and conduct of all civil cases on behalf of the State; and all civil proceedings against the State shall be instituted against the Attorney-General as defendant.


(5) The Attorney-General has audience in all courts in Ghana.

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