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The legislature (Parliament) and law making in Ghana

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                                      The Legislature Arm Of Government.

The legislature arm of government is an arm government responsible for making laws. It consists of the speaker of parliament, two deputy speakers and 275 parliamentarians( in Ghana)

                                        Stages of law making in Ghana

The stages of law making in Ghana are as follows;

1. A bill or a proposal is read to Parliament by the clark of Parliament.

2. The speaker refers the bill to an appropriate committee to study and make recommendations.

3. The committee presents the bill to Parliament to study

4. A motion is tabled in the house(Parliament) for the bill to be read for the second time

5. The bill is the debated and voted on

6. Changes are made at the consideration stage through a thorough discussion

7. The bill is then approved or rejected by a simple majority

8. The bill is then written in a legal language by the Attorney General's Department

9. The bill is sent to the president of the country to sign
Then it becomes a law

10. The law is then gazetted or documentededucationghblog.blogspot.com

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