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                                              ARRANGEMENT&nbsp; OF REGULATIONS</span></p>
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                                              PART I—STRUCTURE OF THE SERVICE</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation</span></p>

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                                              1. Judges of Superior Courts.</span></p>
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                                              2. Circuit Judges and District 
                                              Magistrates.</span></p>
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                                              3. Creation of other judicial 
                                              service posts.</span></p>
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                                              4. Executive Officers.</span></p>
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                                              PART II—FILLING OF VACANCIES</span></p>

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                                              5. Appointing authorities.</span></p>
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                                              6. Reporting of vacancies.</span></p>
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                                              7. Persons to be qualified before 
                                              appointment.</span></p>
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                                              8. Advertisement of vacancies.</span></p>
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                                              9. Appointment of convicted 
                                              persons or persons dismissed from 
                                              any of the Public Services.</span></p>

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                                              10. Checks on candidates for 
                                              appointment to pensionable posts.</span></p>
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                                              11. Letters of appointment.</span></p>
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                                              12. Probationary periods.</span></p>
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                                              13. Limited engagement.</span></p>
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                                              14. Appointments by limited 
                                              engagement on a temporary basis.
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                                              15. Effective&nbsp; dates of 
                                              appointment on&nbsp; recruitment.</span></p>
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                                              16. Promotion.</span></p>

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                                              17. Effective dates of promotion.</span></p>
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                                              18. Trial periods.</span></p>
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                                              19. Confidential reports.</span></p>
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                                              20. Seniority.</span></p>
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                                              PART III—CONDITIONS OF SERVICE</span></p>

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                                              21. Judges of the Superior Courts.</span></p>
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                                              22. Salary scales.</span></p>
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                                              23. Hours of work.</span></p>
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                                              24. Medical facilities.</span></p>
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                                              25. Petition.</span></p>

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                                              26. Leave. </span></p>
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                                              PART IV—MISCONDUCT AND 
                                              UNSATISFACTORY SERVICE</span></p>
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                                              27. Disciplinary authorities.</span></p>
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                                              28. Misconduct.</span></p>
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                                              29. Grounds for criminal 
                                              prosecution.</span></p>

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                                              30. No disciplinary action where 
                                              criminal proceedings pending.</span></p>
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                                              31. Disciplinary action on 
                                              acquittal of criminal charge.</span></p>
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                                              32. Non-payment of salary on 
                                              conviction.</span></p>
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                                              33. Interdiction.</span></p>
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                                              34. Criminal proceedings against 
                                              holders of posts in Second and 
                                              Third Schedules.</span></p>

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                                              35. Absence from duty.</span></p>
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                                              36. Withholding of increment for 
                                              unsatisfactory service not 
                                              amounting to misconduct.</span></p>
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                                              37. Suspension of increment.</span></p>
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                                              38. Inquiry.</span></p>
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                                              39. Legal representation.</span></p>

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                                              40. Attendance of witnesses.</span></p>
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                                              41. Appeals.</span></p>
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                                              42. Criminal conviction.</span></p>
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                                              43. Loss of cash or stores.</span></p>
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                                              44. Removal on grounds of 
                                              unsatisfactory service.</span></p>

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                                              45. Effective date of removal.</span></p>
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                                              46. Premature termination of 
                                              limited engagement.</span></p>
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                                              47. Reduction or withholding of 
                                              gratuity of person appointed on 
                                              limited engagement.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART V—LEAVING THE SERVICE</span></p>
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                                              48. Retirement ages.</span></p>

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                                              49. Voluntary retirement 
                                              procedure.</span></p>
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                                              50. Grant of retiring awards under 
                                              Pensions Ordinance.</span></p>
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                                              51. Amendment of Pensions 
                                              Ordinance.</span></p>
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                                              52. Resignation.</span></p>
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                                              53. Retirement for medical 
                                              reasons.</span></p>

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                                              54. Transfer on approved 
                                              employment.</span></p>
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                                              55. Discharge of holders of posts 
                                              in Second and Third Schedules.</span></p>
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                                              PART VI—MISCELLANEOUS</span></p>
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                                              56. Commissioner for Oaths.</span></p>
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                                              57. Registrars.</span></p>

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                                              58. Interpretation.</span></p>
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                                              59. Rescission.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              IN exercise of the powers 
                                              conferred on the President, after 
                                              consulting the Chief Justice, by 
                                              section 31 of the Judicial Service 
                                              Act, 1960 (C.A. 10), these 
                                              Regulations are made this 12th day 
                                              of November, 1963.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART I—STRUCTURE OF THE SERVICE</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 1—Judges of Superior 
                                              Courts.</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The number of appointments to be 
                                              made to the posts of Judges of the 
                                              Superior Courts shall be as may 
                                              from time to time be determined by 
                                              the President acting in 
                                              consultation with the Chief 
                                              Justice.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 2—Circuit Judges and 
                                              District Magistrates.</span></p>
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                                              The number of appointments to be 
                                              made to the posts of Circuit 
                                              Judges and District Magistrates 
                                              shall be as may from time to time 
                                              be determined by the President 
                                              acting in consultation with the 
                                              Chief Justice</span></p>
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                                              Regulation 3—Creation of other 
                                              Judicial Service Posts.</span></p>
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                                              (1) The following posts are hereby 
                                              created judicial service posts:—
                                              </span></p>

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                                              (a) the post of Judicial 
                                              Commissioner; and </span></p>
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                                              (b) the holders of posts specified 
                                              in the Second and Third Schedules 
                                              hereto.</span></p>
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                                              (2) The holder of the post 
                                              referred to in sub-paragraph (a) 
                                              of paragraph (1) of this 
                                              regulation is hereby created a 
                                              judicial officer.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 4—Executive Officers.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The executive officers of the 
                                              Service shall comprise the 
                                              Registrar and non-registrar grade 
                                              posts specified in the First 
                                              Schedule; and these posts shall 
                                              bear the names, salary scale or 
                                              scales and the number of posts 
                                              constituting the grade in question 
                                              as indicated in the said Schedule.</span></p>

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                                              (2) The judicial service posts 
                                              specified in the Second Schedule 
                                              hereto shall bear the names and 
                                              salary scales indicated in that 
                                              Schedule.</span></p>
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                                              (3) The appointing authority shall 
                                              in addition to the posts specified 
                                              in the preceding paragraph employ 
                                              such persons as may be necessary 
                                              to the unestablished posts 
                                              specified in the Third Schedule 
                                              and the wages attached to such 
                                              posts shall be those indicated in 
                                              that Schedule.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              PART II—FILLING OF VACANCIES</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 5— Appointing 
                                              Authorities.</span></p>
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                                              (1) The appointing authority for 
                                              the post of a judicial officer 
                                              shall be the Chief Justice who 
                                              shall before any appointment 
                                              consult the President.</span></p>

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                                              (2) The appointing authority for 
                                              the post of an executive officer 
                                              shall be the Board.</span></p>
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                                              (3) The appointing authority for 
                                              the posts specified in the Second 
                                              and Third Schedules shall be the 
                                              Judicial Secretary.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              Regulation 6—Reporting of 
                                              Vacancies.</span></p>
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                                              The Judicial Secretary shall 
                                              report any vacancy occurring in 
                                              the post of a judicial officer to 
                                              the Chief Justice.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 7— Persons to be 
                                              Qualified before Appointment.</span></p>

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                                              No person shall be appointed to a 
                                              Judicial Service post unless he 
                                              possesses the qualifications 
                                              approved for entry to that post.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 8—Advertisement of 
                                              Vacancies.</span></p>
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                                              (1) Where pensionable posts which 
                                              are vacant are not to be filled by 
                                              promotion as laid down in an 
                                              approved scheme of Service or as a 
                                              result of examinations or 
                                              scholarships or other courses of 
                                              study or training prescribed under 
                                              any approved scheme, the public 
                                              shall, unless the President 
                                              otherwise directs, be informed by 
                                              advertisement of the existence of 
                                              such vacancy in time to enable 
                                              candidates to make their 
                                              applications in accordance with 
                                              that advertisement.</span></p>
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                                              (2) Vacancies in the posts 
                                              specified in the Second and Third 
                                              Schedules need not be advertised, 
                                              but in all cases the appointing 
                                              authority is required to make use 
                                              of the facilities afforded by 
                                              Employment Bureaux, wherever these 
                                              are available.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 9—Appointment of 
                                              Convicted Persons or Persons 
                                              Dismissed from any of the Public 
                                              Services.</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) No person who has been 
                                              convicted of a criminal offence 
                                              involving fraud or dishonesty may 
                                              be employed in a pensionable post, 
                                              but, in the discretion of the 
                                              appointing authority, he may be 
                                              employed in a post specified in 
                                              the Second or Third Schedules.</span></p>
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                                              (2) Before a person who has served 
                                              a term of imprisonment following 
                                              conviction for a criminal offence 
                                              is appointed, the appointing 
                                              authority shall consult the Chief 
                                              After-Care Agent.</span></p>
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                                              (3) Subject Paragraph (1) of this 
                                              Regulation, the appropriate 
                                              appointing authority may appoint 
                                              persons who have been convicted of 
                                              a criminal offence or who have 
                                              been dismissed or removed from any 
                                              Public Service to any post of an 
                                              executive officer, or to any post 
                                              specified in the Second or Third 
                                              Schedules so, however, that the 
                                              authority of the Chief Justice 
                                              shall be obtained before an 
                                              appointment is made to a post 
                                              specified in the First Schedule.</span></p>
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                                              (4) All candidates for appointment 
                                              to Judicial Service posts, other 
                                              than those to which is attached a 
                                              wage calculated at a daily rate, 
                                              shall be required before 
                                              appointment to declare whether or 
                                              not they have ever been convicted 
                                              of a criminal offence or whether 
                                              they have been dismissed or 
                                              removed from any Public Service.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 10—Checks on Candidates 
                                              for Appointment to Pensionable 
                                              Posts.</span></p>

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                                              Before a person is appointed to a 
                                              pensionable post, the appointing 
                                              authority shall ascertain from the 
                                              Ghana Police Service whether or 
                                              not that person has sustained a 
                                              criminal conviction. In addition, 
                                              at least one satisfactory personal 
                                              reference is required, and also, 
                                              in the discretion of the 
                                              appointing authority, a 
                                              satisfactory reference from the 
                                              person's previous employer.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 11—Letters of 
                                              Appointment.</span></p>
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                                              (1) Where a person is to be 
                                              appointed by recruitment to a 
                                              penionable post, he shall first be 
                                              offered the appointment in a 
                                              letter setting out the terms of 
                                              the appointment, and that person 
                                              may not assume duty until he has 
                                              indicated his willingness to 
                                              accept the offer on the terms 
                                              stated.</span></p>
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                                              (2) As soon as practicable after 
                                              the person has assumed duty, he 
                                              shall be given a formal letter of 
                                              appointment showing the effective 
                                              date of his appointment.</span></p>
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                                              (3) Formal letters of appointment 
                                              shall also be given to persons 
                                              appointed to non-pensionable posts 
                                              other than those to which a wage 
                                              calculated at a daily rate is 
                                              attached.</span></p>

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                                              Regulation 12—Probationary 
                                              Periods.</span></p>
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                                              (1) On his first appointment by 
                                              recruitment on pensionable terms 
                                              to a pensionable post, every 
                                              holder of a judicial service post 
                                              shall hold his appointing on 
                                              probation for three years.</span></p>
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                                              (2) Where a holder of judicial 
                                              service post holds an appointment 
                                              on probation, the appointing 
                                              authority shall, three months 
                                              before the expiration of the 
                                              probationary period, consider 
                                              whether such officer should on the 
                                              expiration thereof be confirmed in 
                                              his appointment, whether a further 
                                              probationary period is necessary 
                                              for the purpose of determining 
                                              whether such holder should be 
                                              confirmed or whether such holder 
                                              should not remain in the service:</span></p>
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                                              Provided that before reaching any 
                                              conclusion that a further 
                                              probationary period is necessary 
                                              or that such holder should not 
                                              remain in the Service the 
                                              appointing authority shall, if it 
                                              appears prima facie that such a 
                                              conclusion may be reached, in 
                                              writing call upon such holder 
                                              concerned to submit his 
                                              representations on the matter.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The appointing authority may 
                                              confirm a holder of a judicial 
                                              service post (other than a Circuit 
                                              Judge) at the expiry of his 
                                              probationary period, if his 
                                              service has been satisfactory and 
                                              he has fulfilled any requirements 
                                              declared to be a condition of 
                                              confirmation in the appropriate 
                                              scheme of Service.</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) The authority for the 
                                              extension, reduction or 
                                              termination of a probationary 
                                              period is the appointing 
                                              authority.</span></p>
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                                              (5) Where a holder of a judicial 
                                              service post (other than a Circuit 
                                              Judge) appointed on pensionable 
                                              terms to a pensionable posts, has 
                                              already served in the same grade 
                                              on non-pensionable terms, the 
                                              probationary period may be reduced 
                                              by a period of two years or the 
                                              period he has already served in 
                                              that grade (whichever is the 
                                              less), if his service has been 
                                              satisfactory.</span></p>
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                                              (6) The probationary period of a 
                                              holder of a judicial service post 
                                              (other than a Circuit Judge) 
                                              without previous non-pensionable 
                                              service in the same grade may be 
                                              reduced if a pressing 
                                              administrative need exists to 
                                              promote him and he has fulfilled 
                                              any requirements declared to be a 
                                              condition of confirmation in the 
                                              appropriate scheme of Service.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 13—Limited Engagement.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The duration of the limited 
                                              engagement of a Ghanaian or a 
                                              person recruited from within the 
                                              African continent shall be 
                                              expressed in terms of years or 
                                              months of service.</span></p>

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                                              (2) The duration of a limited 
                                              engagement for a person recruited 
                                              from outside the continent of 
                                              Africa shall be expressed in terms 
                                              of tours of duty.</span></p>
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                                              (3) Three months before the 
                                              expiration of a limited engagement 
                                              or, in the case of a person 
                                              recruited from outside the 
                                              continent of Africa, three months 
                                              before the person is due to 
                                              proceed on leave prior to the 
                                              expiration of the limited 
                                              engagement, the appointing 
                                              authority shall consider whether 
                                              it is necessary to recommend his 
                                              re-engagement for a further period 
                                              or whether his services will no 
                                              longer be required after the 
                                              expiration of the period of his 
                                              present limited engagement</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              Regulation 14—Appointments by 
                                              Limited Engagement on a Temporary 
                                              Basis.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Where a vacancy exists other 
                                              than in a post to which is 
                                              attached a wage calculated at a 
                                              daily rate and it is not possible 
                                              to fill it immediately by any of 
                                              the normal methods of appointment 
                                              the appointing authority may make 
                                              an appointment on a temporary 
                                              monthly basis pending the outcome 
                                              of normal methods of appointment.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) An appointment on a temporary 
                                              monthly basis differs from other 
                                              methods of recruitment in that no 
                                              element of selection is necessary, 
                                              although the person appointed must 
                                              be qualified in terms of the 
                                              prescribed qualifications for the 
                                              grade in question.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The authority for a temporary 
                                              monthly appointment ceases 
                                              immediately the vacancy is filled 
                                              substantively.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) A temporary monthly 
                                              appointment may be renewed monthly 
                                              by mutual consent by the 
                                              appointing authority and the 
                                              person appointed up to a maximum 
                                              period of six months.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (5) Temporary monthly appointments 
                                              are determinable by either side on 
                                              two weeks' notice or on payment of 
                                              two weeks' salary in lieu of 
                                              notice.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 15—Effective Dates of 
                                              Appointment on Recruitment.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Unless the President otherwise 
                                              directs, the effective date of 
                                              appointment of a member of the 
                                              Service on recruitment shall be 
                                              determined as follows:—</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) for a person, whether Ghanaian 
                                              or non-Ghanaian, recruited in 
                                              Ghana, the date of his assumption 
                                              of duty so, however, that in the 
                                              case of a pensionable appointment 
                                              it does not take effect before the 
                                              date on which he is declared to be 
                                              medically fit;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b)&nbsp; for a non-Ghanaian recruited 
                                              outside Ghana, the date of his 
                                              embarkation to assume duty, if he 
                                              travels as directed; and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">

                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              sic</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) if no trial period is 
                                              specified, a trial period of one 
                                              year shall be deemed to apply.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) In the case of such holder the 
                                              appointing authority shall, three 
                                              months before the expiration of 
                                              the trial period, consider whether 
                                              he should, on the expiration 
                                              thereof, be confirmed in his 
                                              promotion, whether a further 
                                              period of trial is necessary for 
                                              purposes of determining whether he 
                                              should be confirmed, or whether he 
                                              should revert to his previous 
                                              grade:</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Provided that before reaching any 
                                              conclusion that a further trial 
                                              period is necessary or that he 
                                              should revert to his former grade, 
                                              such authority shall, if it 
                                              appears prima facie that such a 
                                              conclusion may be reached, in 
                                              writing call upon such officer to 
                                              submit his representations on the 
                                              matter.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) The appointing authority may 
                                              confirm such holder at the expiry 
                                              of his trial period if his service 
                                              has been satisfactory and he has 
                                              fulfilled any requirements 
                                              declared to be a condition of 
                                              confirmation in the appropriate 
                                              scheme of Service.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">

                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) The appointing authority may 
                                              also order the extension of a 
                                              holder's trial period or his 
                                              reversion to his former grade.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (6) The appointing authority may 
                                              reduce the trial period of any 
                                              such holder if a pressing 
                                              administrative need exists to 
                                              promote him and he has fulfilled 
                                              any requirements declared to be a 
                                              condition of confirmation in the 
                                              appropriate scheme of Service.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (7) Such holder on trial is not 
                                              eligible for consideration for 
                                              further promotion until he has 
                                              been confirmed.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 19—Confidential 
                                              Reports. </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Confidential reports shall be 
                                              submitted to the appointing 
                                              authority annually on all holders 
                                              of judicial service pensionable 
                                              posts whether or not they are 
                                              confirmed in their present 
                                              appointments.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (2) The appointing authority may 
                                              issue directions as to the 
                                              submission and custody of such 
                                              reports.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 20—Seniority.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Seniority between members of 
                                              the Service holding posts with the 
                                              same salary conditions shall be 
                                              determined according to their 
                                              respective seniority dates or, if 
                                              those dates are the same, 
                                              according to their previous 
                                              seniority.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Seniority between members of 
                                              the Service holding posts with 
                                              different salary conditions shall 
                                              be determined according to the 
                                              salary conditions of the 
                                              respective posts.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) If any question arises as to 
                                              the seniority of a member of the 
                                              Service or the relative seniority 
                                              of a number of such members it 
                                              shall be determined by the 
                                              appointing authority.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (4) In this Regulation—</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;previous seniority&quot;, in relation 
                                              to a member of the Service, means 
                                              his seniority immediately before 
                                              he entered his current post, 
                                              persons who entered their current 
                                              posts by recruitment being treated 
                                              as having no previous seniority 
                                              except that, as between two or 
                                              more such persons, previous 
                                              seniority shall be assessed 
                                              according to age; and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;salary conditions&quot;, in relation 
                                              to a post, means the salary 
                                              attached to the post or, where a 
                                              salary scale is attached to the 
                                              post, means the highest point on 
                                              the scale.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART III—CONDITIONS OF SERVICE</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 21—Judges of the 
                                              Superior Courts.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              The conditions of service of 
                                              Judges of the Superior Courts 
                                              shall be determined by the 
                                              President in consultation with the 
                                              Chief&nbsp; Justice.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 22—Salary Scales.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The salary of a judicial 
                                              officer shall be the salary 
                                              authorised for the post. </span>

                                              </p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) When a salary scale is 
                                              attached to a post the point of 
                                              entry into the scale shall be 
                                              determined by reference, in the 
                                              case of a post requiring legal 
                                              qualifications, to the number of 
                                              years standing as a legal 
                                              practitioner above the minimum 
                                              qualifying period for entry.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) In the computation of years of 
                                              standing no account shall be taken 
                                              of any period that is less than 
                                              twelve calendar months.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">

                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) A person who holds or is 
                                              appointed or promoted to a post 
                                              specified in the First or Second 
                                              Schedules shall, at the 
                                              commencement of these Regulations, 
                                              be or enter upon first 
                                              appointment, as the case may be, 
                                              at the minimum point of the scale 
                                              attached to the post.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) Upon appointment to the 
                                              Service of a holder of a judicial 
                                              service post from any other Public 
                                              Service the point of entry in the 
                                              salary scale attached to the post 
                                              to which he is being appointed 
                                              shall be determined by reference 
                                              to his number of years' service in 
                                              any post in which he previously 
                                              served, the same being a post at 
                                              an equivalent salary scale as the 
                                              post to which he is being 
                                              appointed. </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (6) Where appointment is made of a 
                                              holder who had previously served 
                                              in a post with a lower salary 
                                              scale, the holder appointed shall 
                                              enter the scale of his new post in 
                                              the Service at the minimum point 
                                              of entry.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 23—Hours of Work.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Subject&nbsp; to the provisions of 
                                              paragraph (2), hours of work for 
                                              the Courts shall be as specified 
                                              in Rules of Court from time to 
                                              time.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">

                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Hours of work for the persons 
                                              specified in the Schedules hereto 
                                              shall be as from time to time 
                                              prescribed in Rules of Court or as 
                                              the Chief Justice may at any time 
                                              direct.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Payments may be made for work 
                                              done outside normal working hours 
                                              to those classes of holders 
                                              entitled thereto under the 
                                              appropriate rules in force prior 
                                              to the coming into operation of 
                                              these Regulations or such rules as 
                                              may from time to time be made by 
                                              the Chief Justice.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 24—Medical Facilities.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Every holder of a judicial service 
                                              post shall be entitled to free 
                                              medical treatment, subject to 
                                              enactments for the time being in 
                                              force governing medical treatment 
                                              for members of the Public 
                                              Services.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 25—Petition.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (1) A petition on any personal 
                                              matter may be addressed by any 
                                              judicial officer to the Chief 
                                              Justice through the Judicial 
                                              Secretary.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) A petition of any holder of a 
                                              judicial service post (other than 
                                              a judicial officer) shall be 
                                              addressed to the Judicial 
                                              Secretary who may examine the same 
                                              and make his decision upon the 
                                              subject matter of the petition.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) A petitioner dissatisfied by 
                                              the decision of the Judicial 
                                              Secretary, may request the 
                                              Judicial Secretary to refer the 
                                              same to the Chief Justice for his 
                                              decision and the Judicial 
                                              Secretary shall, upon such request 
                                              refer the petition to the Chief 
                                              Justice for his decision thereon.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 26—Leave.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The conditions of leave for 
                                              judicial officers who are citizens 
                                              of Ghana shall be the same as for 
                                              other citizens of Ghana of 
                                              comparative rank in the Civil 
                                              Service.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (2) The conditions of leave for a 
                                              judicial officer who is not a 
                                              citizen of Ghana and who may now 
                                              be serving or be later appointed 
                                              shall be as may be determined and 
                                              communicated to such person at the 
                                              time of his appointment or some 
                                              time thereafter and shall be 
                                              subject to alterations from time 
                                              to time.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The rules governing the grant 
                                              of leave to a holder of a judicial 
                                              service post other than a judicial 
                                              officer shall be the rules 
                                              applicable to a similar class and 
                                              in force immediately prior to the 
                                              commencement of these regulations 
                                              and any alteration in such rules 
                                              shall apply to such holder.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART IV—MISCONDUCT AND 
                                              UNSATISFACTORY SERVICE</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 27—Disciplinary 
                                              Authorities.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The disciplinary authority for 
                                              judicial officers shall be the 
                                              Chief Justice and any punishment 
                                              awarded by the Chief Justice shall 
                                              be subject to confirmation by the 
                                              President.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (2) The disciplinary authority for 
                                              a holder of a judicial service 
                                              post (other than a judicial 
                                              officer) shall be the Judicial 
                                              Secretary:</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Provided that where any major 
                                              penalty is imposed on an executive 
                                              officer of the rank of District 
                                              Registrar or above the penalty 
                                              shall be subject to confirmation 
                                              by the Chief Justice. </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 28—Misconduct. </span>

                                              </p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) All acts of alleged misconduct 
                                              by a holder of a judicial service 
                                              post shall, as soon as possible 
                                              after their occurrence, be dealt 
                                              with under this Part of these 
                                              Regulations and subject to the 
                                              Judicial Service Act, 1960 (C.A. 
                                              10).</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Where an allegation is made 
                                              against a judicial officer, other 
                                              than a District Magistrate, the 
                                              Chief Justice may cause the case 
                                              to be reported to the President 
                                              for such direction as he may 
                                              desire to give and upon the 
                                              directions of the President an 
                                              inquiry, formal or summary, as the 
                                              case may be, shall be instituted 
                                              by the Chief Justice.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">

                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Where an allegation is made 
                                              against a District Magistrate the 
                                              Judicial Secretary shall inform 
                                              the Chief Judicial of the 
                                              allegation.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 29—Grounds for Criminal 
                                              Prosecution.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Where a preliminary investigation 
                                              or an inquiry discloses that a 
                                              criminal offence may have been 
                                              committed by a holder of a 
                                              judicial service post, the 
                                              disciplinary authority, unless 
                                              action has been or is about to be 
                                              taken by the Police, shall consult 
                                              the Attorney-General as to whether 
                                              a prosecution should be instituted 
                                              and, if he does not advice a 
                                              prosecution, as to whether 
                                              disciplinary action should be 
                                              taken or continued under these 
                                              Regulations. In the latter case 
                                              the charges framed against such 
                                              holder shall be approved by the 
                                              Attorney-General before he is 
                                              required to answer them or before 
                                              the inquiry proceeds.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 30—No Disciplinary 
                                              Action where Criminal Proceedings 
                                              Pending.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              If criminal proceedings are 
                                              instituted against a holder of a 
                                              judicial service post in any 
                                              Court, disciplinary proceedings 
                                              upon any grounds involved in the 
                                              criminal charge shall not be taken 
                                              until the conclusion of the 
                                              criminal proceedings and the 
                                              determination of any appeal 
                                              therefrom.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              Regulation 31—Disciplinary Action 
                                              on Acquittal of Criminal Charge.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) A holder of a judicial service 
                                              post acquitted of a criminal 
                                              charge in any Court shall not be 
                                              dismissed or otherwise punished on 
                                              any charge upon which he has been 
                                              acquitted, but nothing in this 
                                              regulation shall prevent his being 
                                              dismissed or otherwise punished on 
                                              any other charges arising out of 
                                              his conduct in the matter, unless 
                                              the charges in substance raise an 
                                              issue upon which he has been 
                                              acquitted.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Where it is proposed to 
                                              commence proceedings but the 
                                              holder of a judicial service post 
                                              has been acquitted of a criminal 
                                              charge arising out of his conduct 
                                              in the matter which it is proposed 
                                              shall be the subject of the 
                                              disciplinary charges, the draft 
                                              disciplinary charges shall be sent 
                                              to the Attorney-General for his 
                                              advice as to whether the charges 
                                              can properly be made.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 32—Non-Payment of 
                                              Salary on Conviction.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">A 
                                              holder of a judicial service post 
                                              convicted of an offence involving 
                                              fraud or dishonesty or sentenced 
                                              to imprisonment shall not receive 
                                              any emoluments from the date of 
                                              the conviction pending the 
                                              decision of the disciplinary 
                                              authority empowered to dismiss 
                                              him. </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 33—Interdiction.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) In&nbsp; any case where the 
                                              disciplinary authority empowered 
                                              to dismiss a holder of a judicial 
                                              service post considers that the 
                                              interest of the Public Service 
                                              requires that such holder should 
                                              cease forthwith to exercise the 
                                              powers and functions of his 
                                              office, the disciplinary authority 
                                              may interdict him from the 
                                              exercise of those powers and 
                                              functions if proceedings which may 
                                              result in his dismissal are being 
                                              taken or are about to be taken or 
                                              if criminal proceedings are being 
                                              instituted against him.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) A holder of a judicial service 
                                              post who is interdicted shall, 
                                              subject to the provisions of 
                                              regulation 32 receive a salary 
                                              calculated in accordance with the 
                                              following rules:—</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">

                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a)&nbsp; If his gross salary is £G250 
                                              per annum or less, he shall 
                                              receive full salary;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b)&nbsp; If his gross salary exceeds 
                                              £G250 per annum, he shall receive 
                                              an amount equivalent to two-thirds 
                                              of his gross salary plus the sum 
                                              of any deductions made from his 
                                              salary on Government account, or 
                                              £G250 per annum, whichever is the 
                                              greater.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">

                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              No interdicted holder of a 
                                              judicial service post shall 
                                              receive more than his full salary.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) If the disciplinary 
                                              proceedings do not result in the 
                                              dismissal of the holder concerned, 
                                              the whole of the salary withheld 
                                              from him shall be restored to him 
                                              when the final decision is made.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) A holder of a judicial service 
                                              post who is convicted of a 
                                              criminal offence involving fraud 
                                              or theft or who is sentenced to 
                                              imprisonment shall be 
                                              automatically interdicted from 
                                              duty without salary as from the 
                                              date of his conviction.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) A holder of a judicial service 
                                              post interdicted from duty shall 
                                              not leave Ghana without the 
                                              permission of the disciplinary 
                                              authority who interdicted him.</span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 34—Criminal Proceedings 
                                              Against Holders of Posts in Second 
                                              and Third Schedules.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              Where criminal proceedings are 
                                              being instituted or about to be 
                                              instituted against the holder of a 
                                              post specified in the Second or 
                                              Third Schedules and the Judicial 
                                              Secretary considers that the 
                                              interest of the public service 
                                              requires that such holder should 
                                              cease forthwith to perform the 
                                              duties of his post, the Judicial 
                                              Secretary may order him to proceed 
                                              on leave without pay until further 
                                              notice. </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 35—Absence from Duty.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Without prejudice to the 
                                              taking of disciplinary proceedings 
                                              in respect of any absence from 
                                              duty without leave or reasonable 
                                              cause, where a holder of a 
                                              judicial service post (other than 
                                              a holder specified in the Second 
                                              or Third Schedules) is absent from 
                                              duty without leave or reasonable 
                                              cause for a period exceeding ten 
                                              days, and such holder cannot be 
                                              traced within a period of twenty 
                                              days after the commencement of 
                                              such absence, or, if traced, no 
                                              reply to a charge of absence from 
                                              duty without leave is received 
                                              from him within ten days after the 
                                              despatch of the charge to him, 
                                              then the disciplinary authority 
                                              empowered to dismiss him may 
                                              summarily dismiss him.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) If the holder of a judicial 
                                              service post returns to duty 
                                              before the decision to dismiss him 
                                              is taken then disciplinary 
                                              proceedings in the appropriate 
                                              form shall be instituted.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Without prejudice to the 
                                              taking of disciplinary proceedings 
                                              in respect of any absence from 
                                              duty without leave or reasonable 
                                              cause, where the holder of a post 
                                              specified in the Second or Third 
                                              Schedules is absent from duty 
                                              without leave or reasonable cause 
                                              for more than ten consecutive 
                                              working days, he may be regarded 
                                              as having resigned from his 
                                              employment without notice and 
                                              steps may be taken to fill his 
                                              post. If his whereabouts are 
                                              known, he must be informed in 
                                              writing that his absence from duty 
                                              has been thus regarded.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (4) A holder of a judicial service 
                                              post who is absent from duty 
                                              without leave or reasonable cause 
                                              shall receive no salary for the 
                                              days which he is absent.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 36—Withholding of 
                                              Increment for Unsatisfactory 
                                              Service not Amounting to 
                                              Misconduct.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Where a disciplinary authority 
                                              is satisfied that a holder of a 
                                              judicial service post has not 
                                              earned his annual increment and 
                                              that it should be withheld on 
                                              grounds of unsatisfactory service 
                                              not amounting to misconduct, or, 
                                              in the case of a holder of a 
                                              judicial service post (other than 
                                              a judicial officer) on the grounds 
                                              that he has failed to pass an 
                                              examination prescribed by a scheme 
                                              of Service as a prerequisite for 
                                              the grant of the increment, he 
                                              shall—</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a)&nbsp; inform the holder concerned, 
                                              with a brief statement of his 
                                              reasons, that the increment has 
                                              been withheld until such time as 
                                              he has earned its restoration by 
                                              an improvement in the standard of 
                                              his work and conduct; and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b)&nbsp; inform the accounting 
                                              authority that the increment has 
                                              been withheld.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) When the disciplinary 
                                              authority is satisfied that the 
                                              holder has earned the restoration 
                                              of his increment he shall—</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) inform him that the increment 
                                              is restored and treated as 
                                              stopped; and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (b) inform the accounting 
                                              authority accordingly.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              In no case will an increment 
                                              withheld in these circumstances be 
                                              treated as deferred on 
                                              restoration.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 37—Suspension of 
                                              Increment.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) A disciplinary authority may 
                                              suspend the increment of a holder 
                                              of a judicial service post in any 
                                              of the following circumstances:—
                                              </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) where disciplinary proceedings 
                                              or criminal proceedings have been 
                                              or are about to be instituted 
                                              against such holder;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (b) where the disciplinary 
                                              authority has reason to believe 
                                              that there may be grounds for 
                                              withholding the increment but 
                                              further investigation is required 
                                              before a decision can be reached; 
                                              and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) where the disciplinary 
                                              authority has insufficient 
                                              knowledge of his work and conduct 
                                              to enable him yet to judge whether 
                                              he has earned the increment.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              In every case the disciplinary 
                                              authority shall inform him and the 
                                              accounting authority that the 
                                              increment has been suspended. If 
                                              no action is finally taken to 
                                              withhold the increment, then, it 
                                              will be restored from the day it 
                                              was due.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 38—Inquiry.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Upon being informed of any 
                                              alleged misconduct of a judicial 
                                              officer the Chief Justice shall 
                                              indicate to the Judicial Secretary 
                                              whether proceedings to inquire 
                                              into the allegation shall be 
                                              summary or formal.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (2) An inquiry instituted under 
                                              this regulation shall be conducted 
                                              by a Judge of the High Court or 
                                              some other judicial officer 
                                              appointed for the purpose by the 
                                              Chief Justice.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) In the case of an inquiry in 
                                              respect of a judicial officer, 
                                              other than a District Magistrate, 
                                              the Chief Justice shall cause to 
                                              be forwarded to the officer 
                                              concerned the charges which have 
                                              been established and the penalty 
                                              which he intends to recommend and 
                                              the officer concerned shall be 
                                              invited to submit any 
                                              representations which he may wish 
                                              to make for the consideration of 
                                              the President.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) On the receipt of the 
                                              officer's representations under 
                                              paragraph (3) the Chief Justice 
                                              shall forward to the President—</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) the officer's representations 
                                              together with a copy of the 
                                              charges;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) the officer's reply to the 
                                              charges;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (c) the proceedings of the 
                                              inquiry;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) the findings of the officer 
                                              conducting the inquiry; and </span>
                                              </p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (e) his own recommendations as to 
                                              the punishment to be awarded by 
                                              the President.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) In the case of a formal 
                                              inquiry in respect of a District 
                                              Magistrate the Chief Justice may 
                                              direct the Judicial Secretary to 
                                              arrange accordingly indicating the 
                                              Judge of the High Court or the 
                                              judicial officer who shall conduct 
                                              the inquiry.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (6) On the completion of the 
                                              inquiry the Judge or Judicial 
                                              officer conducting the inquiry 
                                              shall forward the proceedings to 
                                              the Judicial Secretary for the 
                                              information and further action by 
                                              the Chief Justice, who may call 
                                              for such representations as he 
                                              deems necessary from the District 
                                              Magistrate.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (7) The Chief Justice having 
                                              considered the representations (if 
                                              any) made by the District 
                                              Magistrate, shall impose such 
                                              penalty as he may deem fit subject 
                                              to confirmation by the President.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (8) Upon being informed of any 
                                              alleged misconduct of a holder of 
                                              a judicial service post (other 
                                              than a judicial officer), the 
                                              Judicial Secretary shall decide 
                                              whether proceedings to inquire 
                                              into the allegation shall be 
                                              summary or formal.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (9) In the case of a formal 
                                              inquiry against a holder of a 
                                              judicial service post (other than 
                                              a judicial officer), the Judicial 
                                              Secretary or any person authorised 
                                              in that behalf by him shall hold 
                                              such inquiry.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (10) Where a person authorised by 
                                              the Judicial Secretary holds an 
                                              inquiry under paragraph (9) he 
                                              shall transmit a copy of the 
                                              proceedings to the Judicial 
                                              Secretary with his recommendations 
                                              as to punishment; and the Judicial 
                                              Secretary may call for 
                                              representations from the holder in 
                                              respect of whom such inquiry is 
                                              held.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 39—Legal 
                                              Representation.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">

                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              An accused holder of a judicial 
                                              service post may be represented at 
                                              an inquiry or an investigation by 
                                              a lawyer only if the prosecuting 
                                              party is similarly represented.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation&nbsp; 40—Attendance of 
                                              Witnesses.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (1) In a formal inquiry the holder 
                                              against whom charges have been 
                                              preferred shall be given the 
                                              opportunity to call such witnesses 
                                              as he may desire to call.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The officer conducting any 
                                              formal inquiry shall have power to 
                                              summon any witness to give 
                                              evidence at the inquiry and to 
                                              produce if required for the 
                                              purpose of the inquiry such 
                                              exhibits as may be required.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) A witness duly summoned and 
                                              who fails to attend the inquiry 
                                              shall be liable to arrest upon 
                                              warrant and be brought before a 
                                              District Court and upon failure to 
                                              satisfy the Court as to the reason 
                                              for his absence, shall be liable 
                                              on summary conviction to a fine of 
                                              five pounds or in default to a 
                                              term of imprisonment of one month.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) Public officers required to 
                                              attend disciplinary inquiries to 
                                              give evidence or to produce 
                                              exhibits shall be treated as being 
                                              on duty and shall be eligible to 
                                              receive travelling and transport 
                                              allowances at the appropriate 
                                              rates.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) Persons who are not public 
                                              officers who are required to 
                                              attend disciplinary inquiries to 
                                              give evidence or to produce 
                                              exhibits shall be eligible to 
                                              receive such allowances as the 
                                              Judicial Secretary may determine 
                                              with the approval of the Chief 
                                              Justice.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              Regulation 41—Appeals.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Where a summary inquiry is 
                                              conducted by the Chief Justice or 
                                              where the decision of a formal 
                                              inquiry is confirmed by the Chief 
                                              Justice, appeal shall lie to the 
                                              President.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Where a District Magistrate is 
                                              found guilty of any alleged 
                                              misconduct, there shall be a right 
                                              of appeal to the President.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Where an allegation is dealt 
                                              with summarily or by formal 
                                              inquiry by the Judicial Secretary, 
                                              appeal shall lie to the Chief 
                                              Justice whose decision shall be 
                                              final:</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Provided that in case where the 
                                              imposition of a major penalty in 
                                              formal proceedings has been 
                                              confirmed by the President, no 
                                              appeal shall lie.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (4) All appeals shall be 
                                              instituted by the holder concerned 
                                              filing within ten days of the date 
                                              of the decision, a notice of 
                                              appeal in writing addressed to the 
                                              Judicial Secretary who shall 
                                              thereupon cause the record to be 
                                              prepared and forwarded to the 
                                              appropriate authority for hearing 
                                              and decision.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 42—Criminal Conviction.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) If any holder of a judicial 
                                              service post is adjudged by a 
                                              Court to be guilty of any criminal 
                                              offence, the Registrar of that 
                                              Court shall report the facts at 
                                              once to the Judicial Secretary and 
                                              shall forward to him a copy of the 
                                              charges and the judgment.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">&nbsp;</p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Chief Justice or the 
                                              Judicial Secretary may, as he 
                                              considers necessary, request the 
                                              Registrar of the Court to provide 
                                              a copy of the entire proceedings.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) If an appeal against a 
                                              conviction is entered by a holder 
                                              of a judicial service post, a 
                                              report shall be made as soon as 
                                              possible to the Judicial Secretary 
                                              for the information of the Chief 
                                              Justice by the Court in which it 
                                              is entered and the results of the 
                                              appeal shall be reported by the 
                                              Court without undue delay.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">

                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) If the disciplinary authority 
                                              considers that the degree of 
                                              disrepute brought upon the Service 
                                              by the conviction of a holder of a 
                                              judicial service post is such as 
                                              to warrant the institution of a 
                                              departmental inquiry he shall, 
                                              unless an appeal against 
                                              conviction is pending, notify the 
                                              holder in writing to show cause 
                                              before a day specified therein why 
                                              he should not be dismissed or 
                                              otherwise dealt with for having 
                                              brought the Service into 
                                              disrepute.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) If the holder concerned does 
                                              not reply by the day specified, 
                                              the disciplinary authority may 
                                              assume that he has no 
                                              representations to make.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (6) On the receipt of the reply of 
                                              the holder concerned, the 
                                              disciplinary authority may impose 
                                              such penalty as he may think fit.
                                              </span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (7) Where a holder of a judicial 
                                              service post is dismissed under 
                                              this Regulation, his dismissal 
                                              shall take effect from the date of 
                                              the judgment of the Court.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 43—Loss of Cash or 
                                              Stores. </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (1) All losses of cash or stores 
                                              over five pounds in value shall be 
                                              reported immediately to the 
                                              Principal Secretary, Ministry of 
                                              Finance, and to the 
                                              Auditor-General. Such reports are 
                                              to be followed immediately by an 
                                              investigation into the cause of 
                                              the loss in such manner as may be 
                                              provided.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Minister responsible for 
                                              Finance may issue directions for 
                                              the amendment of any faulty 
                                              procedures which may be disclosed 
                                              by such investigation.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The said Minister may request 
                                              the appropriate disciplinary 
                                              authority to institute 
                                              disciplinary proceedings against 
                                              the holder concerned where he 
                                              considers this necessary.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 44— Removal on Grounds 
                                              of Unsatisfactory Service.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Where a disciplinary authority 
                                              is of opinion that a pensionable 
                                              holder of a judicial service post 
                                              who has held such post during the 
                                              whole of the preceding twelve 
                                              months should be removed from the 
                                              Service or reduced in rank on 
                                              grounds of unsatisfactory service, 
                                              he shall call on him in writing to 
                                              show cause why he should not be so 
                                              removed or reduced in rank, at the 
                                              same time setting out a brief 
                                              statement of his reasons for 
                                              reaching this opinion, and 
                                              specifying a day (which shall 
                                              allow a reasonable interval for 
                                              the purpose) by which such holder 
                                              shall submit his reply.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (2) If holder does not reply by 
                                              the date specified, the 
                                              disciplinary authority may assume 
                                              that he has no representations to 
                                              make.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) On receipt of the holder's 
                                              reply, if any, the disciplinary 
                                              authority, after taking into 
                                              account the holder's whole record 
                                              of service, may order his removal 
                                              or reduction in rank.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 45— Effective Date of 
                                              Removal.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Where a holder of a judicial 
                                              service post is removed under 
                                              these Regulations, the removal 
                                              shall take effect from the date of 
                                              expiry of any earned leave for 
                                              which he may be eligible. </span>
                                              </p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 46—Premature 
                                              Termination of Limited Engagement.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">

                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Where a holder of a judicial 
                                              service post is appointed on a 
                                              limited engagement which provides 
                                              for the termination of that 
                                              engagement by notice before the 
                                              expiration of the period 
                                              stipulated, and the disciplinary 
                                              authority is of opinion that the 
                                              engagement should be terminated, 
                                              he shall call on the holder in 
                                              writing to show cause why his 
                                              engagement should not be 
                                              terminated, at the same time 
                                              specifying a day (which shall 
                                              allow a reasonable interval for 
                                              the purpose) by which the holder 
                                              shall submit his reply.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) If the holder does not reply 
                                              by the day specified, the 
                                              disciplinary authority may assume 
                                              that he has no representations to 
                                              make.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) On receipt of the holder's 
                                              reply, if any, the disciplinary 
                                              authority may terminate the 
                                              engagement.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 47—Reduction or 
                                              Withholding of Gratuity of Person 
                                              Appointed on Limited Engagement.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Where a holder of a judicial 
                                              service post is appointed on a 
                                              limited engagement which provides 
                                              for the payment of a gratuity on 
                                              completion of satisfactory 
                                              service, and the disciplinary 
                                              authority is of opinion that the 
                                              gratuity should be withheld in 
                                              whole or in part on grounds of 
                                              unsatisfactory service, he shall 
                                              call on him in writing to show 
                                              cause why his gratuity should not 
                                              be withheld, at the same time 
                                              specifying a day (which shall 
                                              allow a reasonable interval for 
                                              the purpose) by which he shall 
                                              submit his reply.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (2) If the holder does not reply 
                                              by the day specified, the 
                                              disciplinary authority may assume 
                                              that he has no representations to 
                                              make.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) On receipt of the holder's 
                                              reply, if any, the disciplinary 
                                              authority may withhold the 
                                              gratuity in whole or in part.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART V—LEAVING THE SERVICE</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 48— Retirement Ages.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) A holder of a judicial service 
                                              post on pensionable terms, 
                                              otherwise than on a limited 
                                              engagement, shall retire from the 
                                              Service on reaching the age of 
                                              sixty years, unless the President 
                                              otherwise directs.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (2) A holder of a judicial service 
                                              post on pensionable terms, 
                                              otherwise than on a limited 
                                              engagement may retire from the 
                                              Service at any time after he has 
                                              reached the age of 50 years:</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Provided that such holder may 
                                              retire at any earlier time with 
                                              the consent of the Chief Justice.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 49—Voluntary Retirement 
                                              Procedure.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) A holder of a judicial service 
                                              post who wishes to retire 
                                              voluntarily after reaching the age 
                                              of 50 years shall notify the 
                                              appointing authority at least 
                                              three months before the date on 
                                              which he wishes to retire of his 
                                              intention to retire:</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Provided that the requirement of 
                                              notice may be waived in whole or 
                                              in part at the discretion of the 
                                              appointing authority.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (2) The appointing authority shall 
                                              grant such permission unless 
                                              criminal or disciplinary 
                                              proceedings have been or are about 
                                              to be instituted against the 
                                              holder concerned.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) A judicial officer who wishes 
                                              to retire voluntarily before 
                                              reaching the age of fifty years 
                                              shall submit his application to 
                                              the Chief Justice together with a 
                                              statement of his reasons for 
                                              wishing to retire prematurely.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) A holder of a judicial service 
                                              post (other than a judicial 
                                              officer) who wishes to retire 
                                              voluntarily before reaching the 
                                              age of fifty years shall submit 
                                              his application to the Chief 
                                              Justice through the appointing 
                                              authority, together with a 
                                              statement of his reasons for 
                                              wishing to retire prematurely.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 50—Grant of Retiring 
                                              Awards under Pensions Ordinance.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Three months before a holder 
                                              of a judicial service post on 
                                              pensionable terms, otherwise than 
                                              on a limited engagement, is due to 
                                              reach the age of sixty years, or, 
                                              in the case of such holder who 
                                              seeks permission to retire 
                                              voluntarily, on receipt of his 
                                              application, the appointing 
                                              authority shall consider whether 
                                              or not such holder's service has 
                                              been satisfactory.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (2) If such holder's service has 
                                              been satisfactory, the appointing 
                                              authority shall issue a 
                                              certificate accordingly, and 
                                              approve the grant of the retiring 
                                              award subject to computation, and 
                                              verification by the 
                                              Auditor-General. </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) If the appointing authority is 
                                              of the opinion that the holder's 
                                              service has not been satisfactory 
                                              or if an order for the holder's 
                                              removal has been made, he shall 
                                              report the matter to the President 
                                              together with his recommendation 
                                              as to whether the holder's </span>
                                              </p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; retiring award should be 
                                              withheld in whole or in part.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 51—Amendment of 
                                              Pensions Ordinance</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Pensions Ordinance (Cap. 
                                              30), or, in the event of its 
                                              repeal, the law for the time being 
                                              in force in respect of pensions or 
                                              other retiring awards shall apply 
                                              to the holder of a judicial 
                                              service post subject to such 
                                              modifications as may be necessary 
                                              in consequence of the enactment of 
                                              the Constitution, the Judicial 
                                              Service Act, 1960 (C.A.10) and any 
                                              other enactment made thereunder.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (2) Without prejudice to the 
                                              generality of the preceding 
                                              paragraph, the said Ordinance 
                                              shall apply in relation to such 
                                              service as aforesaid—</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) with the omission of sections 
                                              5, 8 and 9;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) with the substitution, for 
                                              section 7, of the following—</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;7. (1) No pension, gratuity or 
                                              other allowance shall be granted 
                                              under this Ordinance to any holder 
                                              in respect of his service as such, 
                                              unless he left the Judicial 
                                              Service by one of the modes 
                                              specified in paragraphs (b), (c), 
                                              (d), (g) and (h) of section 21 of 
                                              the Judicial Service Act, 1960 
                                              (C.A. 10) or on removal:</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Provided that the employment of a 
                                              person on a limited engagement 
                                              shall not affect any allowance 
                                              which would have to be granted to 
                                              him apart from the engagement.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (2) Such reduction (if any) as the 
                                              President may direct shall be made 
                                              in any allowance which has to be 
                                              granted under this Ordinance to a 
                                              person removed from the Judicial 
                                              Service&quot;.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 52—Resignation.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) A holder of a judicial service 
                                              post (other than a daily-rated 
                                              employee) who wishes to resign 
                                              shall seek the permission of the 
                                              appointing authority, giving at 
                                              least one month's notice of his 
                                              intention before the date on which 
                                              he wishes to cease work:</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Provided that the appointing 
                                              authority may waive the 
                                              requirement of notice in whole or 
                                              in part if he thinks fit.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) A daily-rated employee shall 
                                              be required to give at least two 
                                              week's notice. Subject to the 
                                              provisions of paragraph (4), such 
                                              employee shall be eligible to 
                                              receive any retiring award which 
                                              he may have earned.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (3) Permission to resign shall be 
                                              withheld where criminal or 
                                              disciplinary proceedings have been 
                                              or are about to be instituted 
                                              against a holder of a judicial 
                                              service post.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) A holder of a judicial service 
                                              post who resigns without receiving 
                                              permission to do so or without 
                                              giving the required notice will be 
                                              regarded as having severed his 
                                              connection with Government on the 
                                              date on which he ceases to attend 
                                              duty and will not be granted leave 
                                              or any other allowances, or in the 
                                              case of a non-Ghanaian, any 
                                              assistance towards the cost of 
                                              passages. He will also forfeit any 
                                              right to a gratuity or other award 
                                              for which he would otherwise have 
                                              been eligible.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 53—Retirement for 
                                              Medical Reasons.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The authority for declaring 
                                              that a holder of a judicial 
                                              service post on pensionable terms 
                                              is incapable by reason of 
                                              infirmity of mind or body of 
                                              discharging the duties of his post 
                                              shall be the Chief Government 
                                              Medical Officer, after the officer 
                                              has been examined by a Medical 
                                              Board which shall report to him.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The authority for declaring 
                                              that a non-pensionable holder of a 
                                              judicial service post which is 
                                              pensionable or a daily- rated 
                                              employee is incapable by reason of 
                                              infirmity of mind or body of 
                                              discharging the duties of his post 
                                              shall be a Government Medical 
                                              Officer.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              Regulation 54—Transfer on Approved 
                                              Employment.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The authority for approving 
                                              the transfer of a holder of a 
                                              judicial service post on 
                                              pensionable terms to employment in 
                                              another Public Service or to other 
                                              approved employment shall be—</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) for judicial officers, the 
                                              President.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) for other holders, the 
                                              Secretary to the Cabinet.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) &quot; Approved employment &quot; shall 
                                              be employment declared to be such 
                                              by the President.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 55—Discharge of Holders 
                                              of Posts in Second and Third 
                                              Schedules.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Notwithstanding anything to 
                                              the contrary in any other 
                                              enactment, no holder of a post 
                                              specified in the Second or Third 
                                              Schedules shall be discharged on 
                                              the grounds that he is physically 
                                              incapable of performing the duties 
                                              of the post unless his inability 
                                              has been certified by a Medical 
                                              Officer:</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              Provided that the Judicial 
                                              Secretary may discharge such 
                                              officer or employee on 
                                              satisfactory evidence that he has 
                                              attained the age of fifty years or 
                                              on a medical certificate that he 
                                              appears to have attained that age.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) A holder of a post specified 
                                              in the Second or Third Schedules 
                                              shall be eligible to receive any 
                                              retiring award which he may have 
                                              earned.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART VI—MISCELLANEOUS</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 56—Commissioners for 
                                              Oaths.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Chief Justice may by 
                                              Executive Instrument appoint 
                                              Commissioner for Oaths for an area 
                                              specified in the Instrument.
                                              </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (2) A Commissioner for Oaths may—</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) take affidavits and 
                                              declarations and order the 
                                              production of documents; and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) take the examination of 
                                              witnesses, on interrogatories or 
                                              otherwise, which may be necessary 
                                              to be taken in respect of any 
                                              proceedings in any Court.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Any order of a Court for the 
                                              attendance and examination of 
                                              witnesses or production of 
                                              documents before any Commissioner 
                                              for Oaths within the jurisdiction 
                                              of the Court shall be enforced in 
                                              the same manner as an order to 
                                              attend and be examined or to 
                                              produce documents before the 
                                              Court.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 57—Registrars.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (1) All documents, writs and 
                                              orders of a Court shall be served 
                                              or executed by the Registrar of 
                                              the Court, a bailiff or such other 
                                              person mentioned in section 150 of 
                                              the Courts Act, 1960 (C.A. 9) or 
                                              authorised in that behalf by the 
                                              Registrar.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) A Registrar shall also 
                                              discharge the functions of a 
                                              Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff under 
                                              the Criminal Procedure Code, 1960 
                                              (Act 30).</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) A Registrar or an officer or a 
                                              person authorised in that behalf 
                                              by the Registrar shall not be 
                                              liable to be sued for any bona 
                                              fide act or omission in the 
                                              execution of any process.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 58— Interpretation.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              In these Regulations unless the 
                                              context otherwise requires—</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              &quot;Board&quot; means the Board 
                                              constituted, as specified in 
                                              section 7 (4) of the Judicial 
                                              Service Act (C.A. 10);</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;holder of a judicial service 
                                              post&quot; means a judicial or 
                                              executive officer or a person 
                                              specified in the Second or Third 
                                              Schedules and &quot; holder &quot; and its 
                                              cognate expressions shall be 
                                              construed accordingly;</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;promotion &quot; means the conferment 
                                              upon a person in the Service of an 
                                              office to which is attached a 
                                              higher salary or a higher salary 
                                              scale than that attached to the 
                                              office</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              which he last substantively held;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">

                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;salary&quot; means pensionable salary; 
                                              and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;Service&quot; means the Judicial 
                                              Service.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">

                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 59—Rescission.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Judicial Service 
                                              (Commissioners for Oaths) 
                                              Regulations, 1960 (L.I. 50) are 
                                              hereby rescinded.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              SCHEDULES</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              FIRST SCHEDULE</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (Regulation 4 (1))</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Name of Post&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Salary 
                                              Scale&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Complement&nbsp;
                                              </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              Assistant to the Judicial 
                                              Secretary&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp; £G1,140 x 
                                              £G40-£G1,300&nbsp;&nbsp; B5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
                                              </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              Registrar, Supreme Court . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; £G1,140 x 
                                              £G40-£G1,300&nbsp;&nbsp; B5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
                                              </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">

                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Senior High Court Registrar&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; £G1,140 x 
                                              £G40-£G1,300&nbsp;&nbsp; B5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
                                              </span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Senior Training Officer&nbsp;&nbsp; . 
                                              .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              £G1,140 x £G40-£G1,300&nbsp;&nbsp; B5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Training Officer&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . 
                                              .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              £G880 x £G30-£G1,090&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; B4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              High Court Registrar&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . 
                                              .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; £G880 x 
                                              £G30-£G1,090&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; B4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              High Court Registrar (Finance)&nbsp;&nbsp; . 
                                              .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp; £G880 x 
                                              £G30-£G1,090&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; B4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Assistance Registrar Supreme 
                                              Court&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; £G680 x 
                                              £G25-£G830&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; B3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">

                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Assistance High Court Registrar 
                                              (Finance)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; £G680 x 
                                              £G25-£G830&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; B3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Circuit Court Registrar&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . 
                                              .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; £G680 x 
                                              £G25-£G830&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; B3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              11&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Private Secretary&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . 
                                              .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . . &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;. .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; £G680 x 
                                              £G25-£G830&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; B3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Librarian&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              £G680 x £G30-£G980&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; } A1A, 
                                              A1B.&nbsp;&nbsp; 1</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              £G1,040 x £G40-£G1,320}&nbsp; </span>
                                              </p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              District Registrar&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . 
                                              .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; £G475 
                                              x £G25-£G625&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; B2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              30&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              District Registrar (Internal 
                                              Audit)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; £G475 x 
                                              £G25-£G625&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; B2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">

                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Court Stenographer. .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . 
                                              .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; £G475 x 
                                              £G25-£G625&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; B2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Stenographer Secretary&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . 
                                              .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp; £G475 x 
                                              £G25-£G625&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; B2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Assistant Registrar . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . 
                                              .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;. .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; £G265 x 
                                              £G15-£G415&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; B1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              74&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Stenographer Grade I&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . 
                                              .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; £G265 x 
                                              £G15-£G415&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; D6&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              6&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Librarian Assistant&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . 
                                              .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; £G265 x 
                                              £G15-£G415&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; B1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Chief Bailiff . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              £G355 x £G15-£G535&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              C6&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Court Interpreter Grade I . 
                                              .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; £G265 x 
                                              £G15-£G415&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; D6&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              SECOND SCHEDULE</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (Regulation 4 (2))</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Bailiff Grade I&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp; .. £G255 x 
                                              £G10-£G325&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; D5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              43&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Senior Court Usher ..&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp; .. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; £G255 x 
                                              £G10-£G325&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; D5, C1BC&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Stenographer Grade II ..&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp; .. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; £G185 x 
                                              £G8-£G241&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; D4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Court Usher Grade I&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp; .. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; £G185 x 
                                              £G8-£G241&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; D4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Clerical Officers&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp; .. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; £G175 
                                              x £G10-£G325&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; C1AB &nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              71&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Interpreter Grade II&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; .. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; £G175 x 
                                              £G10-£G325&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; C1AB &nbsp;&nbsp; 20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

                                              </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Bailiff Grade II&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; .. £G175 x 
                                              £G10-£G235&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; C2A&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 120&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

                                              </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Court Usher Grade II&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; £G135 x 
                                              £G5-£G155}</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; x £G6-£G185}&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              D1B,D3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 16&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>
                                              </p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">

                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Typist Grade I/II&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              £G155 x £G6-£G185}</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              £G130 x £G5-£G150}&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; D3, 
                                              D2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 95&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>
                                              </p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">

                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Clerical Assistant&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; .. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; £G125 x 
                                              £G5-£G155}</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; x £G6-£G185}&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              D1, D3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 49&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>
                                              </p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">

                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Telephone Operator/Telephonist 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; £G110 x £G5-£G155}</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              £G165 x £G6-£G207}&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 02, 01 
                                              6&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              THIRD SCHEDULE </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (Regulation 4 (3))</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Daily</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              Name of 
                                              Post&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              Wages</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp; 
                                              s.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; d.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Caretakers Grade I&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . 
                                              .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              12&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Caretaker Grade II&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . 
                                              .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              11&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Lift Operators. .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . 
                                              .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;. 
                                              .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 9&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

                                              </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Senior Labourer&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . 
                                              .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 9&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Commissionaire&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . 
                                              .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Watchmen&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . 
                                              .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;. .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . 
                                              .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

                                              </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Store Assistant. .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . 
                                              .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Messengers&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . 
                                              .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Cleaners&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;. 
                                              .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              6&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 6&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              KWAME NKRUMAH</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              President.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Date of G</span></p>