Section 161 - Foreign official signatures

(1) A signature is presumed to be genuine and authorised if it purports to be the signature, affixed in an official capacity, of an official of an international public entity or a State or a public entity in a State recognised by Ghana and the writing to which the signature is affixed is accompanied by a certification of the genuineness of the signature and official position of the person who executed the writing.

(2) The certification must be signed and sealed by a diplomatic agent of Ghana or of a Commonwealth country who is assigned or accredited to that country.

(3) If reasonable opportunity is given to the parties to investigate the authenticity of a foreign official signature, the Court may, for good cause shown, order that it be treated as presumptively authentic without a certification.