January 8, 2008 (Second Lead Story)
THE Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mr Joe Ghartey, has said it is discriminatory for women to be prevented from standing as sureties in the execution of bail bonds, saying that there was no law which said women could not stand surety.
“There is no legal basis for such a practice and it must cease forthwith,” Mr Ghartey warned.
In an interview with the Daily Graphic, Mr Ghartey noted that the practice whereby women were not allowed to stand as sureties in bail executions was recurrent in police stations throughout the country.
The minister noted that the Constitution prohibited discrimination against all persons, including women.
Article 17 (2) of the 1992 Constitution states that “A person shall not be discriminated against on grounds of gender, race, colour, ethnic origin, religion, creed or social or economic status.”
He also urged the police to make efforts to inform the people they arrested of their (arrested persons) right to lawyers, as well as explain the offence and reason for arrest in the language they (arrested persons) understood.
Mr Ghartey explained that in cases such as murder, robbery, treason, subversion, rape, defilement, piracy, extradition to a foreign country, hijacking, narcotic offences and escape from lawful custody, offenders might not be granted bail.
The Attorney-General further stated that it was illegal for people to be made to pay for bail, adding that bails were for free and it was, therefore, illegal for any police officer or court official to request payment before bail bonds would be executed.
He stated it had come to the attention of the Attorney-General’s Department that some unscrupulous persons demanded money from the public before bail bonds were executed and warned that “persons found to be culpable will be prosecuted”.
Mr Ghartey, therefore, urged anyone who was asked to pay for a bail bond to call the following telephone numbers: 021 - 682530, 024 - 5623434 and 027 - 3448788 for immediate action.
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