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Ghana Independence Act 1957
Act of Parliament
Ghana Independence Act 1957
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to make provision for, and in connection with, the attainment by the Gold Coast of fully responsible status within the British Commonwealth of Nations.
Citation5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 6
Dates
Royal assent7 February 1957
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Ghana Independence Act 1957 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that granted the Gold Coast fully responsible government within the British Commonwealth of Nations under the name of Ghana.[1] The Act received royal assent on 7 February 1957 and Ghana came into being on 6 March 1957[2]

  1. ^ "THE GOLD COAST (GHANA): MINISTERS AND OFFICIALS III<subtitle>THE KEY TO RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT</subtitle>". Parliamentary Affairs. 1956. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.pa.a054448. ISSN 1460-2482.
  2. ^ de Smith, S. A. (July 1957). "The Independence of Ghana". The Modern Law Review. 20 (4): 347–363. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2230.1957.tb00448.x. JSTOR 1092185.

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