<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">IN exercise of the powers                                               conferred on the Provisional                                               National Defence Council by                                               subsection (1) of section 6 of the                                               Provisional National Defence                                               Council (Establishment)                                               Proclamation (Supplementary and                                               Consequential Provisions) Law,                                               1982 (P.N.D.C.L.&nbsp; 42) Instrument                                               is made this 19th day of March,                                               1985.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              Section&nbsp; 1—Establishment.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              There is hereby established a                                               Committee of Inquiry to be known                                               as "the Committee of Inquiry into                                               Payment of Compensation from Volta                                               River Authority by Lands                                               Department to the People of                                               Kete-Krachi " hereafter referred                                               to as "the Committee”.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Section 2—Membership.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              The committee shall consist of the                                               persons specified in the&nbsp; Schedule                                               to this Instrument.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              Section 3—Terms of Reference.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              The terms of reference of the                                               Committee shall be as follows:—</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(a) to investigate all matters                                               relating to the payment and                                               disbursement of moneys as                                               compensation from the Volta River                                               Authority by the Lands Department                                               to the people of Kete-Krachi;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (b) to find out whether there has                                               been any impropriety in the                                               payment and disbursement of moneys                                               and if so the nature of the                                               impropriety, the persons involved                                               and the extent of their                                               involvement;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (c) to investigate any other                                               matters that are in the opinion of                                               the Committee incidental thereto;                                               and</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (d) to submit its findings and                                               recommendations to the Provisional                                               National Defence Council.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              Section 4—Secretary and Staff of                                               Committee.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (1) Mr. Osei Agyemang, Assistant                                               Director, Ministry of Lands and                                               Natural Resources shall act as                                               Secretary to the                                               Committee.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (2) The Provisional National                                               Defence Council may provide to the                                               Committee the services of such                                               officers as the Committee may                                               require for the discharge of its                                               functions.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              Section 5—Meetings of&nbsp; Committee.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (1) The Committee shall meet, at                                               such times and at such places as                                               it may determine.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (2) The Committee may at any time                                               engage the services of any person                                               to any of its meetings as its                                               adviser.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (3) Subject to the provisions of                                               this Instrument the Committee                                               shall regulate its own procedure.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              Section 6—Witnesses.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (1) The Committee may require any                                               person—</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(a)&nbsp; to attend at such time and                                               place as may be indicated by the                                               Committee to give evidence or                                               produce any document in his                                               possession or control which                                               relates to any matter indicated by                                               the Committee; or</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (b) to give to the Committee any                                               information or document that it                                               may require for the purpose of any                                               investigation before it.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (2) Any person who appears before                                               the Committee under sub-paragraph                                               (1) of this paragraph may be                                               examined on oath or affirmation                                               and the Committee may for that                                               purpose administer the oath or                                               affirmation.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              Section 7—Offences.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              Any person who—</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(a) refuses or wilfully neglects                                               to attend in obedience to a                                               requirement by the Committee under                                               sub-paragraph (1) (a) of paragraph                                               6 of this Instrument or give                                               evidence as required thereunder;                                               or</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (b) wilfully alters, suppresses,                                               conceals, destroys or refuses to                                               produce any document which he is                                               required to produce under                                               sub-paragraph (1) (b) of paragraph                                               6 of this Instrument; or</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (c)&nbsp; refuses or wilfully neglects                                               to furnish any information                                               required of him under                                               sub-paragraph (1) (b) of paragraph                                               6 of this Instrument,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              shall be guilty of an offence and                                               liable on summary conviction to a                                               fine not exceeding ¢5,000.00 or to                                               imprisonment not exceeding six                                               months or to both.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              SCHEDULE</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">                                              &nbsp;</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              1. Mr. Justice Kingsley Nyinah&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;                                               Chairman&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              2. Mr. Benjamin Kofi Nuamah Tabi,                                               Assistant Commissioner of Police&nbsp;                                               Member&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              3. Mr. Charles Abugri, National                                               Service Secretariat &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;                                               Member&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              FLT.-LT. JERRY JOHN RAWLINGS</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              Chairman of the Provisional                                               National Defence Council</span></p>