Court: Supreme Court

Year: 2011

Principle(s): Constitutional and statutory limits on the institution of chieftaincy; Section 63(d) of the Chieftaincy Act, 2008 (Act 759), which gives power to the chief to call a person to attend to an issue, void for being contrary to Article 21(1)(g) (freedom of movement). Rule of law: the chieftaincy institution is not above the laws of Ghana; Chiefs do not have an adjudicating function, only the function of customary arbitrator