Constitution of the Republic of Ghana 1992

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(1) All persons shall be equal before the law. (2) A person shall not be discriminated against on grounds of gender, race, colour, ethnic origin, religion, creed or social or economic status. (3) For the purposes of this article, "discriminate" means to give different treatment to different persons attributable only or mainly to their respective descriptions by race, place of origin, political opinions, colour, gender, occupation, religion or creed, whereby persons of one description are subjected to disabilities or restrictions to which persons of another description are not made subject or are granted privileges or advantages which are not granted to persons of another description. (4) Nothing in this article shall prevent Parliament from enacting laws that are reasonably necessary to provide - (a) for the implementation of policies and programmes aimed at redressing social, economic or educational imbalance in the Ghanaian society; (b) for matters relating to adoption, marriage, divorce, burial, and devolution of property on death or other matters of personal law; (c) for the imposition of restrictions on the acquisition of land by persons who are not citizens of Ghana or on the political and economic activities of such persons and for other matters relating to such persons; or (d) for making different provision for different communities having regard to their special circumstances not being provision which is inconsistent with the spirit of this Constitution. (5) Nothing shall be taken to be inconsistent with this article which is allowed to be done under any provision of this Chapter.

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