Section 1 - Questions of law

(1) A question of law including but not limited to the admissibility of evidence and the construction of this Act, shall be decided by the Court.

(2) The determination of the law of an organisation of states to the extent that the law is not part of the law of Ghana, or of the law of a foreign state or sub-division of a foreign State, is a question of fact which shall be determined by the Court.

(3) The determination whether a party has met the burden of producing evidence on a particular issue is a question of law which shall be determined by the Court.

(4) Where the Court determines that a party has not met the burden of producing evidence on a particular issue the Court shall, as a matter of law determine the issue against that party.