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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              IN exercise of the powers 
                                              conferred on the Minister 
                                              responsible for the Interior by 
                                              section 4(1) of the Public Order 
                                              Act, 1994 (Act 491) this 
                                              Instrument is made this 22nd day 
                                              of March, 2002.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 1—Imposition of Curfew</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">A 
                                              person within the boundaries of 
                                              the area specified in the schedule 
                                              to this Instrument shall not be 
                                              out of doors between the hours 
                                              specified respectively in the 
                                              schedule except under the written 
                                              permission of the Minister or a 
                                              person authorized by the Minister.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 2—Exceptions</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Paragraph 1 of this Instrument 
                                              does not apply to the following:</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) a member of the Armed Forces;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) a member of the Ghana Police;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) a member of the Ghana Prisons 
                                              Service;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) a member of the Security and 
                                              Intelligence Service;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (e) a member of the Ghana 
                                              Immigration Service;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (f) a member of the Customs, 
                                              Excise and Preventive Service;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (g) any other person duly 
                                              authorized in writing by the 
                                              Minister to undertake any specific 
                                              task.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 3—Period of Curfew</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The curfew imposed by this 
                                              Instrument shall be for a period 
                                              of seven days commencing 24th 
                                              March, 2002.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 4—Power of Arrest without 
                                              Warrant</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">A 
                                              member of any of the institutions 
                                              specified in paragraph 2 or a 
                                              person authorized by the Minister, 
                                              may arrest without warrant any 
                                              person who breaches the curfew 
                                              imposed by this Instrument.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 5—Suspension of Curfew</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Regional Minister for the 
                                              Northern Region may suspend the 
                                              operation of the curfew imposed by 
                                              this Instrument in the whole or 
                                              any part of the specified area and 
                                              may terminate the suspension of 
                                              the curfew and restore the curfew 
                                              as and when he thinks fit.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              SCHEDULE</span></p>
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                                              &nbsp;</p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Area&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Curfew hours&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>
                                              </p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Yendi</span><span style="font-family: Arial"> 
                                              Township</span><span style="font-family: Arial"> 
                                              and Environs&nbsp;&nbsp; 6pm-6a.m.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
                                              </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              ALHAJI MALIK AL-HASSAN YAKUBU</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Minister for the Interior</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Date of Gazette Notification 28th 
                                              March, 2002.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              EMERGENCY POWERS INSTRUMENT, 2002 
                                              (EI 28).</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              IN exercise of the powers 
                                              conferred on the President under 
                                              section 6 of the Emergency Powers 
                                              Act 1994 (Act 472), this 
                                              Instrument is made this 27th day 
                                              of March, 2002.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 1—Prohibition of 
                                              Possession of Arms.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) No person shall manufacture, 
                                              procure, possess or carry any arms 
                                              or ammunition within the area 
                                              under the state of emergency 
                                              declared under the State of 
                                              Emergency (Specified Areas) 
                                              Proclamation, 2002.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Sub-paragraph (1) does not 
                                              apply to:</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) member of the Armed Forces;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) a member of the Police Force;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) a member of the Prisons 
                                              Service;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) A member of the Customs, 
                                              Excise and Preventive Service; or</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (e) a any person duly authorised 
                                              by the Task Force Commander in the 
                                              state of emergency area.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Notwithstanding the provisions 
                                              of this paragraph a person shall 
                                              not be deemed to have contravened 
                                              sub-paragraph (1) if he satisfies 
                                              the Commander or an officer 
                                              authorised by the Commander that 
                                              he has lawful authority for the 
                                              possession or carrying of the arms 
                                              and it is not intended for use in 
                                              the conflict area.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 2—Deposit of Arms and 
                                              Ammunition with the Military or 
                                              Police.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Any person who is in possession of 
                                              arms or ammunition or has arms or 
                                              ammunition under his control 
                                              within the area of the state of 
                                              emergency shall deposit the arms 
                                              or ammunition with the officer in 
                                              charge of the nearest police 
                                              station or military post.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 3—Search without Warrant.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Subject to the Emergency Powers 
                                              Act 1994 (Act 472), any military 
                                              personnel or police officer may in 
                                              the emergency area search and 
                                              arrest without warrant any person 
                                              whom he suspects on reasonable 
                                              grounds to be in possession of or 
                                              carrying arms or ammunition 
                                              contrary to paragraph 1(1).</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 4—Taking Possession of 
                                              Property.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Any commissioned officer in 
                                              the emergency area may take 
                                              possession or control of any 
                                              vehicle or other property that he 
                                              considers necessary for the 
                                              purpose of any exercise directly 
                                              connected with military operations 
                                              in the emergency area.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Vehicles or other property 
                                              taken possession or control of 
                                              under sub-paragraph (1) shall be 
                                              held only for such period as is 
                                              necessary for the operation 
                                              concerned.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 5—Imposition of Curfew.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Task Force Commander 
                                              responsible for operations in the 
                                              area under the state of emergency 
                                              may, where he considers it 
                                              necessary for execution of 
                                              operations in the emergency area, 
                                              impose a curfew in such parts of 
                                              the emergency area as he may 
                                              direct.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Where a curfew is imposed in 
                                              any area under sub-paragraph (1), 
                                              the Task Force Commander shall by 
                                              widespread announcement indicate 
                                              the hours of the curfew and the 
                                              areas covered by the curfew.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The following persons are 
                                              exempt from any curfew imposed 
                                              under this Instrument:</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) members of the Armed Forces on 
                                              duty;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) members of the Police Force 
                                              and Fire Service on duty;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) doctors and nurses on duty; 
                                              and</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) such other persons as the 
                                              Commander may direct.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) A curfew imposed under this 
                                              Instrument may be suspended or 
                                              revoked by the Commander.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 6—Prohibition of Public 
                                              Meetings and Procession.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Except with the prior approval of 
                                              the Commander no person shall hold 
                                              or participate in a public meeting 
                                              or procession in the area under 
                                              the state of emergency.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 7—Publiction on the 
                                              Conflict.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              No person shall issue any report 
                                              or any publication on the conflict 
                                              in the area under the state of 
                                              emergency unless the report or 
                                              publication has been cleared with 
                                              the Commander or an officer 
                                              authorised by the Commander.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) No person shall make any radio 
                                              or television report on the 
                                              conflict in the area under the 
                                              state of emergency unless the 
                                              report has been cleared with the 
                                              Commander.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The Commander or an officer 
                                              authorised by him may seize or 
                                              prevent the distribution or 
                                              publication in the emergency area 
                                              of any material written or in any 
                                              other form which</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) has not been cleared with the 
                                              Commander; or</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) the Commander considers is 
                                              likely to inflame or aggravate the 
                                              conflict situation in the area.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 8—Offences and Penalties.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Any person who</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) manufactures, procures, 
                                              possesses or carries arms or 
                                              ammunition contrary to paragraph 
                                              1(1);</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) fails to deposit arms or 
                                              ammunition contrary to paragraph 
                                              2;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) refuses to hand over any 
                                              vehicle or property contrary to 
                                              paragraph 4(1);</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) acts contrary to a curfew 
                                              imposed under paragraph 5(1);</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (e) holds or participates in any 
                                              public meeting or procession 
                                              contrary to paragraph 6; or</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (f) makes any publication in the 
                                              conflict area contrary to 
                                              paragraph 7</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              of this Instrument commits an 
                                              offence and is liable on summary 
                                              conviction to imprisonment or not 
                                              less than three months and any 
                                              arms, ammunition or material the 
                                              subject matter of the offence 
                                              shall be forfeited to the State.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 9—Interpretation.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              In this Instrument unless the 
                                              context otherwise requires </span>
                                              </p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              "ammunition" includes explosives, 
                                              all munition of war and all 
                                              materials for loading firearms;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              "arms" includes firearms and 
                                              offensive weapons of all 
                                              descriptions, artillery, apparatus 
                                              for the discharge of any kind of 
                                              projects, explosives or bombs, 
                                              grenades, machine-guns and rifled 
                                              small-bore breech-loading weapons 
                                              of any kind, and includes parts of 
                                              any of the foregoing;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              "Commander" means the Task Force 
                                              Commander assigned to the area 
                                              under the state of emergency;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              "fire-arms" includes any gun, 
                                              rifle, machine-gun, cap-gun, 
                                              flint-lock gun or pistol, 
                                              revolver, pistol cannon or other 
                                              firearms and any air gun, air 
                                              rifle or air pistol whether whole 
                                              or in detached pieces;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              "offensive weapon" means an 
                                              article made or adapted for 
                                              causing injury to a person or 
                                              inteded by the person having it 
                                              with him for such use by him.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              JOHN AGYEKUM KUFUOR</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              President of the Republic of Ghana</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Date of Gazette Notification: 27th 
                                              March, 2002.</span></p>