Ghana - Apply for Interim Protection Order

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Procedure

Apply In-Person:

1. To Apply for Interim 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.6 can be downloaded from the link
4. Applicant must provide all necessary information in the application form.
5. Documents that are needed for this procedure are mentioned under “Required Documents” section of this page.
6. If there has been an interim 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.
7. Information related to the JUIDICIAL commission and licensing authority can be obtained from the “Office locations and contacts “section of this page.
8. The applicant will have to submit application either in Form no.7.
9. 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.
10. Please make sure you have all the documents that are the listed down the '’Required documents of this page.
11. Application form can be obtained from the appropriate JUIDICIAL office that should be completed and presented with appropriate feesand that can be found under the "Fees" section of this page.
12. Applicants have to sign an affidavit about what his/her abuser has done to the applicant. An affidavit is a form that the applicants swear is true and sign in front of a notary or a Judge.
13. If the court finds the applicant is in danger of harm, applicant will first get a Temporary Order of Protection.
14. Then a hearing will be set. You have to sign an affidavit about what your abuser has done to the applicant. An affidavit is a form that you swear is true and sign in front of a notary or a Judge.
15. If the court finds the applicant is in danger of harm, applicant will first get a Temporary Order of Protection. Then a hearing will be set.
16. The Processing time for this procedure is 1 month.

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Required Documents

• Application form link
• An affidavit is a form that the applicant swear is true and sign in front of a notary or a Judge
• Applicant identity card (if any)

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 applicant has to obtain a temporary Protection Order or interim protection order, it will last for three months.

Documents to Use

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Sample Documents

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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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Instructions

•  The Minister may, after considering a recommendation made under section 91A, make an interim protection order in respect of the area of land the subject of the recommendation.
• An interim protection order shall take effect on the date of its publication in the Gazette or on a later date specified in the order.
• An interim protection order may contain terms of a kind set out in the regulations, being terms relating to the preservation, protection and maintenance of the area of land, its fauna, plants, threatened species, populations and ecological communities and critical habitat of endangered species, populations and ecological communities and any Aboriginal object or place subject to the order.

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
• Interim protection order by the court
• 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

• The interim protection order is not a final order from the court, but a temporary order which grants immediate relief until the return date (the date on which the applicant and the respondent, after being given due notice, are to appear before court to have the protection order made a final order).

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

External Links

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Others

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