Ghana - Apply for Protection Order

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Procedure

Apply In-Person:

1. To Apply for Protection Order in person, the applicant has to approach the JUIDICIAL department in Ghana Contact link
2. An application form for a protection order has been made against the respondent.
3. Application Form no.7 can be downloaded from the Link or
4. Application Form no.5 can be downloaded from the link
5. Documents that are needed for this procedure are mentioned under “Required Documents” section of this page.
6. If the respondent does not already have particulars of the application the respondent may apply for them to the clerk of court.
7. The application has been considered by the court and the following order has been made.
8. If there has been a protection order make between the complainant and respondent in the past, and the presiding judge or magistrate has decided not to vary any of the terms of the interim protection order in finalizing the protection order, please mark the box and attach a copy of the previous interim production order.
9. Information related to the JUIDICIAL commission and licensing authority can be obtained from the “Office locations and contacts “section of this page.
10. Applicant will have to submit application either in Form no.7.
11. The applicant should make sure are eligible for applying for Protection order by reading through the eligibility criteria that has been listed out under the “Eligibility “of this page.
12. Please make sure that the applicant has all the documents that are the listed down the '’Required documents of this page.
13. Application form can be obtained from the appropriate JUIDICIAL office that should be completed and presented with appropriate fees.
14. Applicant has to sign an affidavit about what your abuser has done to applicant. An affidavit is a form those applicants swear is true and sign in front of a notary or a Judge.
15. If the court finds applicant is in danger of harm, applicant will first get a Temporary Order of Protection.
16. Then a hearing will be set. Applicants have to sign an affidavit about what your abuser has done to applicant. An affidavit is a form that the applicants swear is true and sign in front of a notary or a Judge.
17. If the court finds applicant is in danger of harm, applicant will first get a Temporary Order of Protection. Then a hearing will be set.
18. Payment of appropriate fees should be made and that can be found under the "Fees" section of this page.
19. The Processing time for this procedure is 1 month.

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Required Documents

• An affidavit is a form that you swear is true and sign in front of a notary or a Judge.
• Applicant identity card (if any)
• Application form no. 4 Link
• Application form no. 5 link

Office Locations & Contacts

Judicial Service, Ghana
John Evans Atta Mills High St, Accra, Ghana
GQWW+74 Accra, Ghana
Location link
Contact link

Eligibility

• Anyone who has been either physically, emotionally or mentally abused or harassed can get a restraining order.
• But a child below the age of 18 years can apply through an adult who acts as his representative.

Fees

• Protection orders are free, but the legal advice, particularly for writing an affidavit to file in court to get a protection order, is expensive. One lawyer said the basic legal advice to seek protection cost $1000. But the cost could be much greater if a partner challenged the order.

Validity

•  If you've obtained a temporary Protection Order, it will last for three months. If the respondent doesn't challenge it, or is unsuccessful in challenging it, it becomes final and permanent after three months. A final Protection Order lasts forever.

Documents to Use

• Application form no. 4 Link
• Application form no. 5 link

Sample Documents

Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

Processing Time

• The Processing time for this procedure is 1 month.

Related Videos

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
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Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
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sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
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Instructions

• A protection order can stop the person responsible from doing things like: sharing or threatening to share your intimate images or videos. Approaching you. Contacting you. Monitoring where you go and what you do.

Required Information

• Sure name
• Other name
• Contact number
• Postal address
• Residential address of respondent
• Statement
• Complainant representative4 details
• Complaint address
• Contact telephone no
• Respondent’s work address
• Work telephone
• Work address
• Occupation
• Age
• Hometown
• Language spoken
• Religion
• Level of education
• Physical description
• Complaint details
• Information detailing domestic violence
• Other affected by violence
• Details of requested protection order
• Which police stations should be given a copy of the order
• Signature
• Registrar address

Need for the Document

• Protection orders are widely used in an attempt to reduce harm to those who are at risk. Although there is controversy about their effectiveness, available research supports the conclusion that they are associated with reduced risk of violence toward the victim.

Information which might help

• This is a Final Protection Order. This means these rules are in place forever or until a Judge decides to remove them. If you believe that the Court has made a mistake, or you believe that you have made the positive changes needed to live without violence, you can apply to have the Order removed or changed.
• A person cannot stop following the rules of the protection order and think it is dismissed. The court makes the order, and only the court can remove the protections afforded, so a person must ask or file to drop the order.

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

• If you are the victim of domestic or sexual violence, or if you believe you or your children are in danger of being harmed by someone in your life, there is help for you. Throughout the city of Ghana, hundreds of trained advocates work every day to help victims find safety, and in many situations a protection order can be a useful tool.

External Links

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Others

More information which might help people.