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Section 1, subsection 2 states:
A person is not qualified to be a candidate for the office of President of Ghana if he:…
- (b) has been adjudged or otherwise declared:…
- (ii) to be of unsound mind or is detained as a criminal lunatic under any law in force in Ghana…
- (f) is not qualified to be registered as a voter under any law relating to public elections…
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Section 9 states:
A referendum officer, clerk, interpreter or other person who has a duty whether under this Law or otherwise, in relation to the referendum who -…
- (c) refuses to permit any person whom he knows or has reasonable cause to believe to be a person who is blind or incapacitated from voting by other physical cause or incapacitated from voting by other physical cause to vote in the manner provided for such person…commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a minimum fine of ¢50,000.00 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or both.
Section 10, subsection 4 states:
No person who has undertaken to assist –
- (a) a blind voter to vote, or
- (b) a voter who is incapacitated from voting by any other physical cause to vote, shall communicate to any person information as to how that voter intends to vote or has voted, or as to the number on the ballot paper for the use of that voter.
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Section 1, subsection 2 states:
A person is not qualified to be a candidate for the office of President of Ghana if he:…
- (b) has been adjudged or otherwise declared:…
- (ii) to be of unsound mind or is detained as a criminal lunatic under any law in force in Ghana…
- (f) is not qualified to be registered as a voter under any law relating to public elections…
