67. Are there provisions for conflict of interests for candidates and/or elected officials?

9. (3) A person shall not be eligible to be a member of Parliament if he [...]

(b) is a member of the Police Service, the Prison Service, the Armed Forces, the Judicial Service, the Parliamentary Service, the Statistical Service, the National Fire Service, the Customs, Excise and Preventive Service, the Immigration Service or the Internal Revenue Service; or [...]

(d) has not declared his assets in accordance with the provisions of the Public and Political Office Holders (Declaration of Assets and Eligibility) Law, 1992, [...]

Source: Article 9 (3), Representation of the People Law, 1992

1(5) A person shall not be eligible to be elected as the President of Ghana if he –

(a) is prohibited from standing for election by a law in force in Ghana, by reason of his holding, or acting in an office the functions of which involve a responsibility for, or are connected with the conduct of an election, or responsibility for the compilation, or revision of an electoral register; or

(b) is a member of the Police Service, the Prison Service, the Armed Forces, the Judicial Service, the Legal Service, the Civil Service, the Audit Service, the Parliamentary Service, the Statistical Service, the Fire Service, the Customs, Excise and Preventive Service, the Immigration Service, or the Internal Revenue Service, or

(c) is a chief; or 182

(d) has not declared his assets in accordance with the provisions of the Public and Political Office Holders (Declaration of Assets and Eligibility) Law, 1992,

Source: Article 1 (5), Presidential Elections Law , 1992

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