Skip to main content
Home Case law Statutes Constitutions
Esheria Esheria Ghana Constitution
Share

Share this page

Send a link to this legal source.

Share to X Share to LinkedIn

Sign in
  1. Constitutions
  2. Ghana
  3. 71

🇬🇭 GhanaConstitution

Constitution of the Republic of Ghana 1992

71

Jurisdiction
Ghana
Provision
71
Source language
English
Recorded status
in force
More details
Recorded status
in force

Provision text

Official source
(1) The salaries and allowances payable, and the facilities and privileges available, to- (a) the Speaker and Deputy Speakers and members of Parliament; (b) the Chief Justice and the other Justices of the Superior Court of Judicature; (c) the Auditor-General, the Chairman and Deputy Chairmen of the Electoral Commission, the commissioner for Human Rights and Administrative Justice and his Deputies and the District Assemblies Common Fund Administrator; (d) the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and the other members of- (i) a National Council for Higher Education howsoever described; (ii) the Public Services Commission; (iii) the National Media Commission; (iv) the Lands Commission; and (v) the National Commission for civic Education; being expenditure charged on the Consolidated Fund, shall be determined by the President on the recommendations of a committee of not more than five persons appointed by the President, acting in accordance with the advice of the Council of State. (2) The salaries and allowances payable, and the facilities available, to the President, the Vice-President, the chairman and the other members of the Council of State; Ministers of State and Deputy Ministers, being expenditure charged on the Consolidated Fund, shall be determined by Parliament on the recommendations of the committee referred to in clause (1) of this article. (3) For the purposes of this article, and except as otherwise provided in this Constitution, "salaries" includes allowances, facilities and privileges and retiring benefits or awards.

Source record

Source and verification

Constitution of the Republic of Ghana 1992 · nccegh.org · Retrieved 18 August 2026.

Check the upstream source for currency, amendments, and official formatting. The recorded status describes this source version.

Open upstream source

On this page

Provision textSource and verificationAll Ghana provisions

Continue researching

Search this constitutionBrowse global constitutions

About this LexChat collection

Public constitutional materials with source attribution and rights-aware access. Verify the official wording before relying on a provision. Report corrections to hello@esheria.ai.

Back to Ghana Constitution