Succession to property 12. As regards any property, assets or obligations(a) (b) The President shall be the universal successor as respects the office of a former President of The Gambia as established under any previous Constitution; and The government shall be the universal successor to a former Government of The Gambia as so established and to the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling council. Legal Proceedings 6 of 2001 13. (1)No member of the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council, any person appointed minister by the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling council or other appointees of the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council shall be held liable or answerable before a Court or authority or under this Constitution or any other law, either jointly or severally, for an act or omission in the performance of his or her official duties. (2) After the coming into force of this Constitution, it shall not be lawful for any court or tribunal to entertain any action or take any decision or make any order or grant any remedy or relief in any proceedings instituted against the Government of The Gambia or any person acting under the authority of the Government of The Gambia, or against any person or persons acting in concert or individually to assist or bring about the change in Government which took place on the twenty second day of July 1994, in respect of any act or omission relating to, or consequent upon: (a) the overthrow of the government in power before the formation of the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council ; or (b) the suspension or abrogation of the Constitution of The Gambia 1970; or (c) the establishment of the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council; or (d) the establishment of this Constitution.

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