Ghana: Polity Style: 1957-1960

6 Mar 1957	the territories constituting the Gold Coast—colony of Gold Coast, colony of Ashanti, the Northern Territories, and Northern Togoland—became an independent state under the name of Ghana in accordance with an act passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom (House of Commons on 18 Dec 1956, House of Lords on 5 Feb 1957, received Royal Assent on 7 Feb 1957), effective on 6 Mar 1957 (Public General Acts, 1957, pp. 1-13) [1]
6 Mar 1957	The Ghana (Constitution) Order in Council, 1957, made on 22 Feb 1957, came into operation on 6 Mar 1957, the date appointed by the Ghana Independence Act, 1957 (Statutory Instruments, 1957, Part I, pp. 1036-1079; Gold Coast Gazette, No. 13, Extra, 25 Feb 1957, Supplement, Subsidiary Legislation)
6 Mar 1957 - 30 Jun 1960	Ghana
1 Jul 1960	the Constitution of the Republic of Ghana, approved by the Constituent Assembly on 29 Jun 1960, came into operation on 1 Jul 1960, the date appointed in the Constitution's Preamble (Ghana Gazette, No. 4, 22 Jul 1960, Supplement, Acts)

Full title: An Act to make provision for, and in connection with, the attainment by the Gold Coast of fully responsible status within the British Commonwealth of Nations (may be cited as the Ghana Independence Act, 1957).