# Article 157 of the Constitution of Ghana

- Jurisdiction: Ghana (GH)
- Article: 157
- Chapter (as indexed): Chapter TWENTY: THREE
- Source document: The ghana constitution
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- Constitution: https://www.portablelaw.com/countries/5bb4aa04-bfb4-40e8-883e-d628fd15d66b

## Verbatim text

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practice and procedure of all commissions of inquir y and for appeals from commissions of
inquiry.
282. ASSISTANCE BY LAWYER OR OTHER EXPERT.
(1) Any person whose conduct is the subject of inqu iry by a commission of inquiry, or who
may, in any way be implicated or concerned in the m atter under inquiry, is entitled to be
represented by a lawyer at the inquiry; and any oth er person who may consider it desirable
that he should be represented by a lawyer shall be allowed to be so represented.
(2) A person referred to in clause (1) of this arti cle may also be assisted by such other expert
as may be reasonably necessary for the purpose of p rotecting his interests at the inquiry.
283. IMMUNITIES AND PRIVILEGES OF WITNESSES.
A witness before a commission of inquiry is entitle d to the same immunities and privileges as
if he were a witness before the High Court.
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## What this means (mechanical reading aid, not legal advice)

- The index files this text under article 157 of the Constitution of Ghana.
- The index files it under the chapter heading “Chapter TWENTY: THREE”.
- The passage runs to about 159 words.
- **Caveat:** The row’s stored title is a body fragment, not a heading (“of this Constitution shall, by constitu tional instrument, make rules regulating the”), so it is not used as the provision’s title here.
- **Caveat:** The index gives this passage an article number but stores a body fragment where a heading would be, so the number could not be cross-checked against the text. Check it against the official Constitution before relying on it in a citation.
- **Caveat:** No rights vocabulary from our fixed word list appears in this passage, so no plain-language reading is offered for it.

> This is a mechanical reading aid generated from the text above by matching words in it. It is not legal advice, not a lawyer’s interpretation, and not a substitute for the provision itself.

## How to cite this

Constitution of Ghana, article 157, Portable Lawyer, https://www.portablelaw.com/provision/bc234fab-460d-40b4-a69c-22f7a5bbf198 (accessed 27 September 2026).

## Related

- [Constitution of Ghana](https://www.portablelaw.com/countries/5bb4aa04-bfb4-40e8-883e-d628fd15d66b)
- [Ghana on Portable Lawyer](https://www.portablelaw.com/countries/5bb4aa04-bfb4-40e8-883e-d628fd15d66b)
- [HTML version of this provision](https://www.portablelaw.com/provision/bc234fab-460d-40b4-a69c-22f7a5bbf198)
- [Machine-readable corpus digest](https://www.portablelaw.com/llms-full.txt)

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Portable Lawyer · Article 157 of the Constitution of Ghana (chapter: “Chapter TWENTY: THREE”). practice and procedure of all commissions of inquir y and for appeals from commissions of inquiry. 282. ASSISTANCE BY LAWYER OR OTHER EXPERT. (1) Any person whose conduct is the…