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                                              POLICE SERVICE ACT, 1970 (ACT 350)</span></b></p>
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                                              As amended </span></p>
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                                              ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS</span></p>
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                                              Section</span></p>
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                                              PART I&#8212;FUNCTIONS OF THE SERVICE</span></p>
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                                              1. Functions of the Service</span></p>
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                                              2. Statutory Declarations.</span></p>
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                                              PART II&#8212;STRUCTURE AND CONDITIONS 
                                              OF SERVICE</span></p>
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                                              3. Members of the Service</span></p>
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                                              4. Administration of the Service</span></p>
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                                              5. Filling of vacancies</span></p>
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                                              6. Acting assignment</span></p>
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                                              7. Functions of Public Services 
                                              Commission</span></p>
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                                              8. Schemes of service and training</span></p>
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                                              9. Modes of leaving the Service.</span></p>
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                                              PART III&#8212;THE POLICE COUNCIL</span></p>
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                                              11. Composition and functions of 
                                              Regional Police Committees</span></p>
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                                              12.&nbsp; Secretary to the Police 
                                              Council</span></p>
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                                              13.&nbsp; Protection from legal 
                                              proceedings</span></p>
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                                              14.&nbsp; Attendance of public officers</span></p>
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                                              15.&nbsp; Production of documents</span></p>
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                                              16.&nbsp; Failure to comply with 
                                              request of Police Council.</span></p>
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                                              PART IV&#8212;MISCONDUCT AND 
                                              UNSATISFACTORY SERVICE</span></p>
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                                              17. Misconduct and unsatisfactory 
                                              service</span></p>
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                                              18. Penalties</span></p>
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                                              19. Disciplinary authorities</span></p>
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                                              20. Disciplinary proceedings</span></p>
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                                              20A. Dismissals, Removals, etc. 
                                              from the Police Service</span></p>
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                                              20B. Courts Prohibited from 
                                              Entertaining Actions</span></p>
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                                              21. Pay not to accrue in certain 
                                              cases</span></p>
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                                              22. Loss of or damage to property.</span></p>
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                                              PART V&#8212;COMPLAINTS AND OFFENCES</span></p>
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                                              23. Complaints by the public</span></p>
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                                              24. Desertion</span></p>
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                                              25. False statement on appointment</span></p>
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                                              26. Refusal to serve</span></p>
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                                              27. Harbouring officers</span></p>
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                                              28. Unlawful possession of uniform 
                                              and other property</span></p>
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                                              29. Causing disaffection.</span></p>
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                                              PART VI&#8212;THE VOLUNTEER POLICE 
                                              RESERVE</span></p>
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                                              30. Volunteer Police Reserve</span></p>
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                                              31. Calling out for active 
                                              service.</span></p>
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                                              PART VII&#8212;MISCELLANEOUS AND 
                                              SUPPLEMENTAL</span></p>
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                                              32. Power to regulate traffic</span></p>
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                                              33. Duty in case of fire</span></p>
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                                              34. Police Welfare Fund</span></p>
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                                              35. Disposal of property in 
                                              possession of police</span></p>
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                                              36. Annual Report</span></p>
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                                              37. Regulations</span></p>
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                                              38. Control of private security 
                                              organisations</span></p>
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                                              39. Interpretation</span></p>
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                                              40. Repeals and savings</span></p>
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                                              41. Amendment of Criminal 
                                              Procedure Code.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              THE THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH</span></p>
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                                              ACT OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE 
                                              REPUBLIC OF GHANA</span></p>
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                                              ENTITLED</span></p>
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                                              THE POLICE FORCE ACT, 1970</span></b></p>
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                                              AN ACT to provide for the 
                                              organisation and administration of 
                                              the Police Service and for other 
                                              matters connected therewith.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              DATE OF ASSENT: 19th January, 1971</span></p>
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                                              BE IT ENACTED by the President and 
                                              the National Assembly in this 
                                              present Parliament assembled as 
                                              follows:</span></p>
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                                              PART I&#8212;FUNCTIONS OF THE SERVICE</span></p>
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                                              Section 1&#8212;Functions of the 
                                              Service.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) It shall be the duty of the 
                                              Police Service to prevent and 
                                              detect crime, to apprehend 
                                              offenders, and to maintain public 
                                              order and the safety of persons 
                                              and property.</span></p>
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                                              (2) Every police officer shall 
                                              perform such functions as are by 
                                              law conferred upon a police 
                                              officer and shall obey all lawful 
                                              orders and directions in respect 
                                              of the execution of his office 
                                              which he may receive from his 
                                              superiors in the Police Service.</span></p>
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                                              Section 2&#8212;Statutory Declarations.</span></b></p>
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                                              Every superior police officer may 
                                              take and receive the declaration 
                                              of any person for the purposes of 
                                              the Statutory Declarations Act, 
                                              1835.</span></p>
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                                              PART II&#8212;STRUCTURE AND CONDITIONS 
                                              OF SERVICE</span></p>
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                                              Section 3&#8212;Members of the Force.</span></b></p>
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                                              The following shall be members of 
                                              the Police Force:&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) the Inspector-General of 
                                              Police;</span></p>
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                                              (b) Commissioners of Police;</span></p>
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                                              (c) Deputy Commissioners of 
                                              Police;</span></p>
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                                              (d) persons holding posts, or 
                                              being of ranks, created under this 
                                              Act; and</span></p>
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                                              (e) persons holding posts created 
                                              by or under any other enactment, 
                                              being posts which are designated 
                                              by that enactment as Police Force 
                                              posts.[As substituted by The 
                                              Police Service (Amendment) Decree, 
                                              1974 (NRCD 303) s.2]</span></p>
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                                              Section 4&#8212;Administration of the 
                                              Service.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) The Inspector-General of 
                                              Police shall be the Head of the 
                                              Police Service, and shall, subject 
                                              to any directions of the Minister, 
                                              be responsible for exercising 
                                              general day-to-day supervision 
                                              over the operation and 
                                              administration of the Police 
                                              Service.</span></p>
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                                              (2) The Inspector-General of 
                                              Police may delegate to any other 
                                              members of the Police Service such 
                                              of his functions under this Act as 
                                              he thinks fit.</span></p>
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                                              Section 5&#8212;Filling of Vacancies.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) A vacancy in a Police Service 
                                              post or rank may be filled&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) by promotion, that is by 
                                              appointing a police officer who is 
                                              to be moved from another grade or 
                                              rank with an immediate increase in 
                                              his salary;</span></p>
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                                              (b) by transfer within the 
                                              Service, that is by appointing a 
                                              police officer who is to be moved 
                                              from another grade or rank with no 
                                              alteration in his salary;</span></p>
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                                              (c) on reduction in rank, that is 
                                              by appointing a police officer who 
                                              is to be moved from another grade 
                                              or rank with an immediate 
                                              reduction in his salary;</span></p>
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                                              (d) by recruitment, that is by 
                                              appointing a person who is not a 
                                              police officer or who would cease 
                                              to be a police officer if the 
                                              appointment were not made.</span></p>
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                                              (2) Wherever practicable, a 
                                              vacancy in the Police Service 
                                              shall be filled either by 
                                              promotion or transfer within the 
                                              Service.</span></p>
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                                              (3) Promotions shall be made 
                                              according to merit.</span></p>
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                                              Section 6&#8212;Acting Assignment.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) Where a Police Service post is 
                                              vacant or a police officer is 
                                              absent from duty for any reason 
                                              the Inspector-General of Police 
                                              may assign a member of the Police 
                                              Service to carry out the 
                                              appropriate duties.</span></p>
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                                              (2) An assignment under this 
                                              section shall cease to have 
                                              effect&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) on the filling of the vacancy 
                                              or the return to duty of the 
                                              officer, as the case may be; or</span></p>
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                                              (b) if some other person is 
                                              assigned to carry out the said 
                                              duties; or</span></p>
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                                              (c) if the assignment is revoked 
                                              by the Inspector General of 
                                              Police.</span></p>
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                                              Section 7&#8212;Functions of Public 
                                              Services Commission.</span></b></p>
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                                              The Public Services Commission 
                                              shall, in the exercise of its 
                                              functions under article 141 of the 
                                              Constitution and in consultation 
                                              with the appropriate authority, 
                                              provide in accordance with clause 
                                              (6) of article 140 of the 
                                              Constitution for the procedure to 
                                              be followed and requirements to be 
                                              observed in the making of 
                                              appointments.</span></p>
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                                              Section 8&#8212;Schemes of Service and 
                                              Training.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) The Inspector-General of 
                                              Police may, with the consent of 
                                              the Minister, prepare schemes of 
                                              service giving details of duties, 
                                              training facilities, and other 
                                              matters relating to service as a 
                                              police officer.</span></p>
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                                              (2) There shall be a branch of the 
                                              Police Service with the function 
                                              of supervising and coordinating, 
                                              under the general direction of the 
                                              Inspector-General of Police, 
                                              arrangements for the training of 
                                              members of the Police Service.</span></p>
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                                              Section 9&#8212;Modes of Leaving the 
                                              Force.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) A person holding a post 
                                              otherwise than on a limited 
                                              engagement shall retire from the 
                                              Police Force on reaching the age 
                                              of 55 years, or in the case of a 
                                              woman on reaching the age of 50 
                                              years:</span></p>
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                                              Provided that this subsection 
                                              shall not prevent the appointment 
                                              of any person on a limited 
                                              engagement.</span></p>
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                                              (2) A person holding a post as a 
                                              police officer otherwise than on a 
                                              limited engagement may retire from 
                                              the Police Force at any time after 
                                              he has reached the age of 45 
                                              years, or in the case of a woman 
                                              40 years:</span></p>
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                                              Provided that a superior police 
                                              officer may retire at any earlier 
                                              time with the consent of the 
                                              Chairman of the National 
                                              Redemption Council, and a 
                                              subordinate police officer may 
                                              retire at any earlier time with 
                                              the consent of the 
                                              Inspector-General of Police.[As 
                                              substituted by The Police Service 
                                              (Amendment) Decree, 1974 (NRCD 
                                              303) s.3]</span></p>
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                                              (3) A police officer may resign 
                                              from the Police Service in 
                                              accordance with such conditions as 
                                              may be prescribed.</span></p>
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                                              (4) A police officer may leave the 
                                              Police Service on the expiry or 
                                              other termination of a limited 
                                              engagement.</span></p>
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                                              (5) A police officer may leave the 
                                              Police Service by transfer, with 
                                              his consent, to employment in 
                                              another Public Service or to other 
                                              approved employment in accordance 
                                              with regulations made under this 
                                              Act.</span></p>
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                                              (6) A police officer may leave the 
                                              Police Service on the abolition of 
                                              his post; and where a post in a 
                                              grade is abolished by the 
                                              revocation or amendment of the 
                                              instrument by which it was 
                                              created, the appointing authority 
                                              shall, if two or more persons hold 
                                              posts in that grade, determine 
                                              which of those persons is to be 
                                              treated as the person whose post 
                                              is abolished.</span></p>
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                                              (7) Unless the person in respect 
                                              of whom a determination is to be 
                                              made under subsection (6) is to be 
                                              promoted or transferred, he shall 
                                              be given an opportunity to make 
                                              representations to the appointing 
                                              authority, who shall consider any 
                                              such representations before making 
                                              the determination.</span></p>
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                                              (8) Where a post or rank is held 
                                              by an officer on probation and it 
                                              appears to the appointing 
                                              authority during or at the end of 
                                              the probationary period that he is 
                                              unlikely to fulfil the 
                                              requirements of the post or rank, 
                                              the appointing authority may order 
                                              that he shall cease to be a member 
                                              of the Police Service, and if no 
                                              such order is made he shall revert 
                                              to the post or rank, if any, held 
                                              by him immediately before the 
                                              commencement of such probationary 
                                              period.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART III&#8212;THE POLICE COUNCIL</span></p>
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                                              <b>
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                                              Section 10&#8212;Membership and 
                                              Functions of the Police Council</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              [Repealed by The Provisional 
                                              National Defence Council 
                                              (Establishment) Proclamation 
                                              (Supplementary and Consequently 
                                              Proclamation Law, 1982&nbsp; (PNDCL 42) 
                                              s. 65].</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 11&#8212;Composition and 
                                              Functions of Regional Police 
                                              Committees</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              [Repealed by The Provisional 
                                              National Defence Council 
                                              (Establishment) Proclamation 
                                              (Supplementary and Consequently 
                                              Proclamation Law, 1982&nbsp; (PNDCL 42) 
                                              s. 65].</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 12&#8212;Secretary to the Police 
                                              Council.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) There shall be a Secretary to 
                                              the Police Council who shall be a 
                                              public officer. </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Secretary shall not be a 
                                              member of the Police Council, and 
                                              he shall perform such 
                                              administrative functions relating 
                                              to its work as the Police Council 
                                              may determine.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 13&#8212;Protection from Legal 
                                              Proceedings.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Chairman and any member of the 
                                              Police Council shall have the same 
                                              protection and privilege in case 
                                              of any action or suit brought 
                                              against him for any act done or 
                                              omitted to be done in the exercise 
                                              of his duties in relation to the 
                                              hearing of appeals under section 
                                              20 of this Act as is by law given 
                                              to acts done or words spoken by a 
                                              Judge of the Superior Court of 
                                              Judicature in the exercise of his 
                                              judicial office.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 14&#8212;Attendance of Public 
                                              Officers.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Police Council may require any 
                                              public officer to attend and give 
                                              evidence before it concerning any 
                                              matter which it is required to 
                                              consider in the exercise of its 
                                              functions.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 15&#8212;Production of 
                                              Documents.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Police Council may require the 
                                              production of any official 
                                              document reasonably required for 
                                              the exercise of its functions; and 
                                              any public officer who submits any 
                                              matter for the consideration of 
                                              the Police Council shall ensure 
                                              that all relevant documents and 
                                              papers are made available to the 
                                              Police Council.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 16&#8212;Failure to Comply with 
                                              Request of Police Council.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Any public officer who without 
                                              reasonable excuse fails to appear 
                                              before the Police Council when 
                                              notified to do so, or who fails to 
                                              comply with any request lawfully 
                                              and properly made by the Police 
                                              Council, shall be guilty of 
                                              misconduct and the Police Council 
                                              may direct that the matter should 
                                              be brought to the notice of the 
                                              appropriate disciplinary 
                                              authority.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART IV&#8212;MISCONDUCT AND 
                                              UNSATISFACTORY SERVICE</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 17&#8212;Misconduct and 
                                              Unsatisfactory Service.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              It shall be misconduct for a 
                                              police officer&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) to be absent from duty without 
                                              leave or reasonable excuse;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) to be insubordinate;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) to use, without lawful 
                                              authority, any property or 
                                              facilities provided for the 
                                              purposes of the Police Service for 
                                              some purpose not connected with 
                                              his official duties;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) to engage in any activity 
                                              outside his official duties which 
                                              is likely to involve him in 
                                              political controversy or to lead 
                                              to his taking improper advantage 
                                              of his position in the Police 
                                              Service;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (e) to engage in any gainful 
                                              occupation outside the Police 
                                              Service without the consent of the 
                                              Inspector-General of Police;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (f) to become or be a member of a 
                                              trade union or of any other 
                                              association (other than an 
                                              association authorised by the 
                                              Minister) having similar objects;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (g) to sleep on duty;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (h) to take any alcoholic drink 
                                              while on duty;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i) 
                                              to permit a prisoner to escape 
                                              through negligence or wilfulness;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (j) to divulge any confidential 
                                              information to a person not 
                                              authorised to receive it;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (k) to do any other act without 
                                              reasonable excuse which amounts to 
                                              a failure to perform in a proper 
                                              manner any duty imposed on him as 
                                              such, or which contravenes any 
                                              enactment relating to the Police 
                                              Service, or which is otherwise 
                                              prejudicial to the efficient 
                                              conduct of the Police Service or 
                                              tends to bring the Police Service 
                                              into disrepute.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 18&#8212;Penalties.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The following are the 
                                              penalties that may be imposed in 
                                              disciplinary proceedings under 
                                              this Act in respect of the 
                                              misconduct or unsatisfactory 
                                              service of a police officer:&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) dismissal, that is termination 
                                              of an appointment with forfeiture 
                                              of all retirement benefits;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) removal, that is termination 
                                              of an appointment with or without 
                                              a reduction in retirement 
                                              benefits;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) reduction in rank, that is 
                                              removal to another rank with 
                                              immediate reduction of salary;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) reduction of salary, that is 
                                              an&nbsp; immediate adjustment of salary 
                                              to a lower point on the salary 
                                              scale attached to the post in 
                                              question;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (e) deferment of increment, that 
                                              is a postponement of the date on 
                                              which the next increment is due, 
                                              with corresponding postponement in 
                                              subsequent years;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (f) stoppage of increment, that is 
                                              non-payment for a specified period 
                                              of an increment otherwise due;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (g) imposition of a fine not 
                                              exceeding one-eighth of one 
                                              month's salary;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (h) severe reprimand or reprimand;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i) 
                                              in the case of constables only, 
                                              confinement to barracks for a 
                                              period not exceeding fourteen 
                                              days;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (j) caution or admonition.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) For the purposes of this Act, 
                                              dismissal, removal and reduction 
                                              in rank shall be treated as major 
                                              penalties and all other penalties 
                                              shall be treated as minor 
                                              penalties.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 19&#8212;Disciplinary 
                                              Authorities.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Chairman of the National 
                                              Redemption Council acting in 
                                              accordance with the advice of the 
                                              Police Council shall have 
                                              disciplinary powers over all 
                                              police officers.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Chairman of the National 
                                              Redemption Council may delegate 
                                              his disciplinary powers in respect 
                                              of all or any police officers to 
                                              the Inspector-General of Police, 
                                              and may authorise the 
                                              Inspector-General of Police to 
                                              exercise all or any of the said 
                                              powers through a disciplinary 
                                              board or superior police officer 
                                              in accordance with regulations 
                                              made under section 20.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Any person or body in whom 
                                              disciplinary powers under this Act 
                                              are for the time being vested 
                                              shall be a disciplinary authority 
                                              for the purposes of this Act.[As 
                                              substituted by The Police Service 
                                              (Amendment) Decree 1994 (NRCD) 
                                              s.5]</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 20&#8212;Disciplinary 
                                              Proceedings.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Disciplinary proceedings shall 
                                              be either summary or formal.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) No major penalty shall be 
                                              imposed on an officer in summary 
                                              proceedings not arising out of a 
                                              conviction.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The Commissioner after 
                                              consultation with the 
                                              Inspector-General of Police may by 
                                              legislative instrument make 
                                              regulations providing for the 
                                              conduct of disciplinary 
                                              proceedings in cases of misconduct 
                                              or unsatisfactory service, and 
                                              providing for appeals&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) to the Police Council, in the 
                                              case of police officers of the 
                                              rank of Inspector and above;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) to the Inspector-General of 
                                              Police, in the case of police 
                                              officers below the rank of 
                                              Inspector.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) The defendant in any appeal 
                                              proceedings before the Police 
                                              Council shall be entitled to be 
                                              represented by counsel, and where 
                                              he is so represented, the Police 
                                              Force shall also be entitled to be 
                                              represented by counsel.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) Subject to the provisions of 
                                              this Act and except as may be 
                                              otherwise provided by regulations 
                                              made under this section, the 
                                              Police Council on deciding an 
                                              appeal under this section may make 
                                              such order thereon as it thinks 
                                              fit.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (6) The Inspector-General of 
                                              Police shall not be entitled to 
                                              sit as a member of the Police 
                                              Council for the purpose of 
                                              determining an appeal made to the 
                                              Police Council.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (7) Where the defendant in any 
                                              disciplinary or appeal proceedings 
                                              referred to in this section has 
                                              exhausted all available processes 
                                              provided by this Act or 
                                              regulations made thereunder, and 
                                              is aggrieved in respect of any 
                                              matter relating thereto, he may 
                                              petition the Chairman of the 
                                              National Redemption Council whose 
                                              decision shall be final.[As 
                                              substituted by The Police Service 
                                              (Amendment) Decree 1974 (NRCD 303) 
                                              s.5].</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 20A&#8212;Dismissals, Removals, 
                                              etc. from the Police Service.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Notwithstanding the provisions of 
                                              the Police Service Act, 1970 (Act 
                                              350), any regulations made 
                                              thereunder or any other enactment 
                                              the Provisional National Defence 
                                              Council in consultation with the 
                                              Police Council shall have power to 
                                              dismiss, remove or take any 
                                              disciplinary action as it may 
                                              consider necessary against any 
                                              member of the Polic 
                                              Service.[Inserted and to be cited 
                                              as Police Service (Amendment) Law, 
                                              1988 (PNDCL 194A), s.1].</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 20B&#8212;Courts Prohibited from 
                                              Entertaining Actions.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              No Court or other Tribunal shall 
                                              entertain any action whatsoever or 
                                              take any decision, make an order 
                                              or grant any relief in any 
                                              proceedings in respect of any 
                                              claim arising from any dismissal, 
                                              removal or disciplinary action 
                                              taken against a member of the 
                                              Police Service under section 1 of 
                                              this Law.[Inserted and to be cited 
                                              as Police Service (Amendment) Law, 
                                              1988 (PNDCL 194A), s.2].</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 21&#8212;Pay not to Accrue in 
                                              Certain Cases.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) No pay shall accrue to any 
                                              police officer in respect of any 
                                              period during which he is absent 
                                              from duty without leave, unless 
                                              the Police Council in the case of 
                                              a superior police officer, or the 
                                              Inspector-General of Police in any 
                                              other case, authorises the payment 
                                              of such proportion of his pay, not 
                                              being more than one half, as the 
                                              Council or the Inspector-General 
                                              of Police thinks fit.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) No pay shall accrue to any 
                                              police officer in respect of any 
                                              period during which he is absent 
                                              from duty as a deserter or 
                                              undergoing any sentence of 
                                              imprisonment for any offence of 
                                              whatever nature.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 22&#8212;Loss of or Damage to 
                                              Property.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Where in any disciplinary inquiry 
                                              a police officer has been punished 
                                              for an offence involving the sale, 
                                              loss by neglect or wilful or 
                                              negligent injury or damage to any 
                                              accoutrement, clothing, public 
                                              stores or other property issued 
                                              for the use of the Police Service 
                                              or taken by him into his 
                                              possession as a police officer, 
                                              the Inspector-General of Police 
                                              may order, in addition to any 
                                              punishment imposed on such 
                                              officer, that the amount of the 
                                              loss or damage or such portion of 
                                              it as he thinks proper be 
                                              recovered by stoppages from that 
                                              officer's pay.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART V&#8212;COMPLAINTS AND OFFENCES</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 23&#8212;Complaints by the 
                                              Public.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Any member of the public shall 
                                              be entitled, without prejudice to 
                                              any other means of redress legally 
                                              available to him, to make a 
                                              complaint in writing, signed by 
                                              him, as to&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) any instance of bribery, 
                                              corruption, oppression or 
                                              intimidation by a police officer;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) any neglect or non-performance 
                                              of his duties by a police officer;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) any other misconduct by a 
                                              police officer.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) A complaint of bribery, 
                                              corruption, oppression or 
                                              intimidation shall be addressed to 
                                              the superior police officer in 
                                              charge of the district or unit to 
                                              which the police officer 
                                              concerning whom the complaint is 
                                              made belongs or to the 
                                              Inspector-General of Police.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) A complaint of neglect or 
                                              non-performance of duty or other 
                                              misconduct shall be addressed to 
                                              any superior police officer.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) The Inspector-General of 
                                              Police or superior police officer, 
                                              as the case may be, on receiving a 
                                              written complaint under this 
                                              section, shall cause a full and 
                                              impartial investigation to be 
                                              made, and shall&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) send a report of his 
                                              conclusions to the complainant;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) take such action on the report 
                                              as the circumstances may require.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) Any person who knowingly makes 
                                              any false or malicious complaint 
                                              under this section shall be guilty 
                                              of an offence and liable on 
                                              conviction to a fine not exceeding 
                                              one hundred new cedis.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 24&#8212;Desertion.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) A police officer who deserts 
                                              shall be guilty of an offence and 
                                              liable on conviction to a fine not 
                                              exceeding fifty new cedis or to 
                                              imprisonment not exceeding three 
                                              months, or to both.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) For the purposes of this 
                                              section, a police officer deserts 
                                              who leaves or fails to attend at 
                                              his place of duty with the 
                                              intention of remaining permanently 
                                              absent from duty without proper 
                                              authority or if, having left or 
                                              failed to attend at his place of 
                                              duty in any circumstances, he does 
                                              any act with the like intention.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) A person who has been absent 
                                              without authority for a continuous 
                                              period of twenty-one days or more 
                                              shall, unless the contrary is 
                                              proved, be presumed to have 
                                              deserted for the purposes of this 
                                              section.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 25&#8212;False Statement on 
                                              Appointment.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Any police officer who on 
                                              appointment in the Police Service 
                                              falsely states that he has not 
                                              been convicted of or imprisoned 
                                              for a criminal offence or that he 
                                              has never been employed by the 
                                              Government shall be guilty of an 
                                              offence and liable on conviction 
                                              to a fine not exceeding one 
                                              hundred new cedis or to 
                                              imprisonment not exceeding six 
                                              months, or to both.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 26&#8212;Refusal to Serve.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Any person enlisted as a 
                                              supernumerary or special police 
                                              officer, and any member of the 
                                              Volunteer Police Reserve called 
                                              out for active service who, 
                                              without reasonable cause refuses 
                                              or neglects&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) to serve on being called upon; 
                                              or</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) to obey any lawful order or 
                                              direction,</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              shall be guilty of an offence and 
                                              liable on conviction to a fine not 
                                              exceeding one hundred new cedis, 
                                              unless he satisfies the Court that 
                                              he was prevented from serving or 
                                              complying with any such order or 
                                              direction by sickness or such 
                                              other unavoidable cause as the 
                                              Court deems a sufficient excuse.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 27&#8212;Harbouring Officers.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Any person who harbours or 
                                              entertains, or supplies any 
                                              intoxicating liquor to, any police 
                                              officer in uniform or any person 
                                              whom he knows to be a police 
                                              officer on duty or permits any 
                                              such officer or person to be in or 
                                              upon his premises (except for some 
                                              reason shown to be in course of 
                                              duty), shall be guilty of an 
                                              offence and liable on conviction 
                                              to a fine not exceeding fifty new 
                                              cedis.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 28&#8212;Unlawful Possession of 
                                              Uniform and Other Property.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Any person not being a police 
                                              officer who has in his possession 
                                              any article being part of the 
                                              clothing, accoutrements or 
                                              equipment supplied to any police 
                                              officer and who is not able 
                                              satisfactorily to account for his 
                                              possession of it shall be guilty 
                                              of an offence and liable on 
                                              conviction to a fine not exceeding 
                                              two hundred new cedis or to 
                                              imprisonment not exceeding twelve 
                                              months, or to both.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Every police officer shall on 
                                              ceasing to hold and exercise his 
                                              office forthwith deliver over all 
                                              the clothing, arms, accoutrements 
                                              and equipment supplied to him free 
                                              of charge for the execution of his 
                                              duty or taken by him into his 
                                              possession for the execution of 
                                              his duty to the superior police 
                                              officer under whom he is serving 
                                              and if he fails to do so shall be 
                                              guilty of an offence and liable on 
                                              conviction to a fine not exceeding 
                                              two hundred new cedis or to 
                                              imprisonment not exceeding twelve 
                                              months, or to both.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Any person who has in his 
                                              possession, wears or uses any 
                                              article so closely resembling any 
                                              part of the uniform of a police 
                                              officer as to be likely to deceive 
                                              shall be guilty of a misdemeanour.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 29&#8212;Causing Disaffection.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Any person who causes or does any 
                                              act calculated to cause 
                                              disaffection among police 
                                              officers, or induces or does any 
                                              act calculated to induce any 
                                              police officer to withhold his 
                                              service or commit any act of 
                                              misconduct, shall be guilty of an 
                                              offence and liable on conviction 
                                              to a fine not exceeding two 
                                              hundred new cedis or to 
                                              imprisonment not exceeding twelve 
                                              months, or to both.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART VI&#8212;VOLUNTEER POLICE RESERVE</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 30&#8212;Volunteer Police 
                                              Reserve.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1)There shall be a reserve body 
                                              of persons to be known as the 
                                              Volunteer Police Reserve.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Reserve shall not form 
                                              part of the Police Service or of 
                                              the Public Services within the 
                                              meaning of the Constitution but 
                                              shall be a voluntary body subject 
                                              to the provisions of this section 
                                              and section 31.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Notwithstanding subsection 
                                              (2), a member of the Reserve shall 
                                              be deemed to be a public officer 
                                              for the purposes of the Criminal 
                                              Code, 1960 (Act 29); and every 
                                              member of the Reserve when called 
                                              out for active service shall have 
                                              the powers and duties given by law 
                                              to a police officer.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) The Reserve shall be organised 
                                              within districts of such extent as 
                                              the Inspector-General of Police 
                                              may determine.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) The Reserve in any district 
                                              shall be under the control of the 
                                              senior police officer of the 
                                              district and of such other 
                                              officers as the Inspector-General 
                                              of Police may appoint.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 31&#8212;Calling Out for Active 
                                              Service.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) In case of actual or 
                                              apprehended public disorder, the 
                                              Prime Minister acting in 
                                              accordance with the advice of the 
                                              Cabinet may call out the Volunteer 
                                              Police Reserve or any of its 
                                              members for active service.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Minister may authorise the 
                                              Inspector-General of Police to 
                                              call out the Reserve or any part 
                                              thereof for active service, for 
                                              such periods and for the 
                                              performance of such duties as the 
                                              Inspector-General of Police 
                                              considers necessary for the 
                                              maintenance of law and order, the 
                                              control of traffic or crowds or 
                                              otherwise for the assistance of 
                                              members of the Police Service:</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Provided that the period for which 
                                              any member may be called out under 
                                              this subsection shall not exceed 
                                              fourteen days.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The superior police officer in 
                                              charge of a police region or 
                                              division may call out the Reserve 
                                              or any of its members within the 
                                              region or division for active 
                                              service:</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Provided that the period for which 
                                              any member may be called out under 
                                              this subsection shall not exceed 
                                              eight days.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) For the purposes of subsection 
                                              (3) a police region or division 
                                              means an area established as such 
                                              by the Inspector-General of 
                                              Police.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) Every person called out under 
                                              this section shall be bound to 
                                              assemble at such place as may be 
                                              directed and perform such service 
                                              as may be required of him.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (6) The period of active service 
                                              of members of the Reserve shall 
                                              continue&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) in the case of calling out 
                                              under subsection (1), until the 
                                              Prime Minister by order terminates 
                                              the period of calling out;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) in the case of calling out 
                                              under subsection (2) or (3), until 
                                              the period of calling out is 
                                              terminated, by writing under his 
                                              hand, by the officer who called 
                                              out the Reserve or until the date 
                                              stipulated in the notice of 
                                              calling out.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (7) Nothing in this Act shall 
                                              render any member of the Reserve 
                                              liable to serve or proceed on duty 
                                              without his consent beyond the 
                                              limits of the district of the 
                                              Reserve in which he resides.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART VII&#8212;MISCELLANEOUS AND 
                                              SUPPLEMENTAL</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 32&#8212;Power to Regulate 
                                              Traffic.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Any superior police officer or 
                                              other police officer so authorised 
                                              by a superior police officer may 
                                              at any time for the purpose of 
                                              preserving public order and safety 
                                              stop, divert or otherwise direct 
                                              and regulate the course of 
                                              traffic.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Any person who opposes or 
                                              disobeys any order under this 
                                              section shall be guilty of an 
                                              offence and liable on conviction 
                                              to a fine not exceeding fifty new 
                                              cedis or to imprisonment not 
                                              exceeding three months, or to 
                                              both.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 33&#8212;Duty in Case of Fire.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) It shall be the duty of every 
                                              police officer to assist in the 
                                              extinguishment of all fires which 
                                              threaten life or property and for 
                                              such purpose a police officer may 
                                              enter any building or part thereof 
                                              and do all other things which he 
                                              considers necessary to check the 
                                              spread of the fire, and damage 
                                              occasioned by such officer in the 
                                              performance of his duty shall be 
                                              deemed for all purposes to be 
                                              damage by fire.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Any person who obstructs a 
                                              police officer in the performance 
                                              of his duties under this section 
                                              shall be guilty of an offence and 
                                              liable on conviction to a fine not 
                                              exceeding one hundred new cedis or 
                                              to imprisonment not exceeding six 
                                              months, or to both.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 34&#8212;Police Welfare Fund.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) There shall be a Police 
                                              Welfare Fund, and there shall be 
                                              paid to the Accountant-General to 
                                              the credit of the Fund all fines 
                                              imposed on police officers in 
                                              disciplinary proceedings, all sums 
                                              paid for the hire of police 
                                              officers, voluntary contributions 
                                              and moneys granted by the National 
                                              Assembly.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Fund shall be under the 
                                              control of the Inspector-General 
                                              of Police and, in accordance with 
                                              regulations made under this Act, 
                                              there shall be payable from the 
                                              Fund&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) rewards and gratuities to, or 
                                              in respect of, subordinate police 
                                              officers;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) grants for providing and 
                                              improving comforts, conveniences 
                                              and advantages, not chargeable to 
                                              the general revenue, for the 
                                              benefit of subordinate police 
                                              officers;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) gratuities to, or in respect 
                                              of, dependents of any deceased 
                                              subordinate police officer.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 35&#8212;Disposal of Property in 
                                              Possession of Police.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Where property has come into 
                                              the possession of the police a 
                                              District Magistrate may, on 
                                              application either by or on behalf 
                                              of the Inspector-General of Police 
                                              or by a claimant of the property, 
                                              make an order for the delivery of 
                                              the property to the person 
                                              appearing to the Magistrate to be 
                                              entitled thereto.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) An order under subsection (1) 
                                              shall not affect the right of any 
                                              person to take legal proceedings 
                                              against any person in possession 
                                              of property delivered by virtue of 
                                              the order for the recovery of the 
                                              property.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The Minister may by 
                                              legislative instrument regulate 
                                              the disposal of property which has 
                                              come into the possession of the 
                                              police where the owner of the 
                                              property cannot be ascertained or 
                                              no order of a Magistrate has been 
                                              made with respect thereto.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) Regulations made under this 
                                              section may authorise the sale of 
                                              such property, and the application 
                                              of the proceeds of sale, and the 
                                              application of any money of which 
                                              the owner cannot be ascertained, 
                                              to all or any of the following 
                                              purposes:&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) the expenses of executing the 
                                              regulations;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) the payment of reasonable 
                                              compensation to any person by whom 
                                              the property has been delivered 
                                              into the possession of the police;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) the making of payments for the 
                                              benefit of discharged prisoners or 
                                              of persons dependent on prisoners 
                                              or discharged prisoners;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) the Police Welfare Fund; or</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (e) such other purpose as the 
                                              Minister may direct.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) Where the property is a 
                                              perishable article or its custody 
                                              involves unreasonable expense or 
                                              inconvenience it may be sold at 
                                              any time, but the proceeds of sale 
                                              shall not be disposed of until 
                                              they have remained in the 
                                              possession of the police for six 
                                              months; and in any other case the 
                                              property shall not be sold until 
                                              it has remained in the possession 
                                              of the police for six months.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 36&#8212;Annual Report.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) As soon as may be after the 
                                              30th day of June in each year the 
                                              Inspector-General of Police shall 
                                              prepare a report giving details of 
                                              the administration of the Police 
                                              Service and the Volunteer Police 
                                              Reserve during the previous twelve 
                                              months.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The report shall be submitted 
                                              to the Minister who shall cause it 
                                              to be laid before the National 
                                              Assembly.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 37&#8212;Regulations.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The President, after 
                                              consulting the Police Council and 
                                              the Cabinet, may by legislative 
                                              instrument make regulations&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) designating posts created 
                                              under any other enactment as 
                                              Police Service posts;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) dividing the Police Service 
                                              into branches and divisions, and 
                                              specifying the composition, 
                                              organisation and functions of any 
                                              such branch or division and the 
                                              functions of any member thereof;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) creating posts and ranks in 
                                              the Police Service and specifying 
                                              the number of persons constituting 
                                              each rank or grade of post;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) providing, in relation to each 
                                              post or rank created by or under 
                                              this Act, the conditions of 
                                              service attached to it;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (e) providing for the enlistment 
                                              in the Police Service of persons 
                                              as supernumerary or special police 
                                              officers for specified purposes or 
                                              occasions;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (f) for the determination of the 
                                              salary or salary scale payable to 
                                              a police officer;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (g) regulating the award of 
                                              increments of salary, and the 
                                              payment of allowances and other 
                                              additional remuneration;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (h) regulating hours of work and 
                                              the granting of leave with or 
                                              without pay or allowances;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i) 
                                              for making available to police 
                                              officers (with or without charge) 
                                              housing accommodation, medical 
                                              treatment or other facilities;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (j) regulating the presentation of 
                                              petitions by police officers;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (k) for other matters relating to 
                                              the conditions of service of 
                                              police officers;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (l) providing for the retirement 
                                              ages, pensions, gratuities and 
                                              other allowances, conditions for 
                                              resignation, and the procedure to 
                                              be followed in determining whether 
                                              a police officer should be removed 
                                              or should retire for medical 
                                              reasons;[As substituted by The 
                                              Police Service (Pensions) Law 1985 
                                              (PNDCL 126) s. 3(1)]</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (m) providing for the transfer of 
                                              a police officer, with his 
                                              consent, to employment in another 
                                              Public Service or to other 
                                              approved employment;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (n) providing for the making of 
                                              payments from the Police Welfare 
                                              Fund;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (o) providing for the organisation 
                                              of the Volunteer Police Reserve, 
                                              the fixing of the numbers and 
                                              ranks of its members, the 
                                              enrolment in, discipline, and loss 
                                              of membership of the Reserve;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (p) providing for any other matter 
                                              which under this Act is to be 
                                              prescribed or which otherwise 
                                              relates to the administration and 
                                              functions of the Police Service or 
                                              the Volunteer Police Reserve.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Subject to regulations made 
                                              under this Act and to any 
                                              directions given to him by the 
                                              Minister, the Inspector-General of 
                                              Police may issue Police Service 
                                              Instructions providing for any 
                                              matter referred to in paragraphs 
                                              (f) to (k) of subsection (1), and 
                                              any matter otherwise relating to 
                                              the administration and functions 
                                              of the Police Service or the 
                                              Volunteer Police Reserve.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 38&#8212;Control of Private 
                                              Security Organisations.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Minister may by 
                                              legislative instrument make 
                                              regulations&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) controlling the establishment 
                                              and operations of any private 
                                              security organisation,</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) requiring the registration of 
                                              all private security 
                                              organisations,</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) regulating the conditions 
                                              under which a private security 
                                              organisation may employ any 
                                              person,</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) regulating the use of uniforms 
                                              by any private security 
                                              organisation,</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (e) prescribing fees and forms for 
                                              any of the above purposes.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) In this section &quot;private 
                                              security organisation&quot; includes 
                                              any organisation which undertakes 
                                              private investigations as to facts 
                                              or the character of any person, or 
                                              which performs services of 
                                              watching, guarding, patrolling or 
                                              carriage for the purpose of 
                                              providing protection against 
                                              crime, but does not include the 
                                              Police Service, the Prisons 
                                              Service or the Armed Forces of 
                                              Ghana.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Any doubt as to whether or not 
                                              an organisation is a private 
                                              security organisation for the 
                                              purposes of this section shall be 
                                              determined by the Minister.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 39&#8212;Interpretation.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              In this Act, unless the context 
                                              otherwise requires&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;approved employment&quot; means such 
                                              employment as the Minister may by 
                                              executive instrument specify;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;Minister&quot; means the Minister to 
                                              whom responsibility for the Police 
                                              Service is assigned by the Prime 
                                              Minister;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;police officer&quot; means a member of 
                                              the Police Service;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;prescribed&quot; means prescribed by 
                                              regulations made under section 36;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;prisoner&quot; includes a person 
                                              involved in a criminal case and 
                                              who is in police custody;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;salary&quot; includes wages;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;subordinate police officer&quot; means 
                                              a member of the Police Service 
                                              other than a superior police 
                                              officer;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;superior police officer&quot; means an 
                                              officer not below the rank of 
                                              Assistant Superintendent of 
                                              Police.</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 40&#8212;Repeals and Savings.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The following enactments are 
                                              hereby repealed:&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Sections 150 and 151 of the 
                                              Criminal Procedure Code, 1960 (Act 
                                              30).</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Police Service Act, 1965 (Act 
                                              284).</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Police Service Act, 1965 
                                              (Amendment) Decree, 1966 (N.L.C.D. 
                                              16).</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Police Service Act, 1965 
                                              (Commencement) Decree, 1966 (N.L.C.D. 
                                              25).</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Police Service Act, 1965 
                                              (Amendment) Decree, 1969 (N.L.C.D. 
                                              336).</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Notwithstanding the repeal of 
                                              the above enactments, the 
                                              following statutory instruments 
                                              shall continue in force as if made 
                                              under the corresponding provisions 
                                              of this Act, until modified or 
                                              revoked:&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Police Force Regulations, 1922 
                                              (No. 7)</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Police Reward Fund Regulations, 
                                              1922 (No. 8)</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Transport of Private Property 
                                              (Police Escort) Regulations, 1922 
                                              (No. 20).</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Police Force (Volunteer Police 
                                              Reserve) Regulations, 1939 (No. 
                                              16).</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Unclaimed Property Disposal 
                                              Regulations, 1941 (No.37)</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Police Force (Volunteer Police 
                                              Reserve) (Amendment) Regulations, 
                                              1956 (L.N. 134).</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Police Force (Volunteer Police 
                                              Reserve) (Amendment) (No. 2) 
                                              Regulations, 1956 (L.N. 245).</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Unclaimed Property Disposal 
                                              (Amendment) Regulations, 1963 (L.I. 
                                              321).</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Notwithstanding the repeals 
                                              effected by subsection (1), all 
                                              Police Service Instructions issued 
                                              under the Police Service Act, 1965 
                                              and in force immediately before 
                                              the commencement of this Act shall 
                                              continue in force as if made under 
                                              section 37 (2) of this Act, until 
                                              modified or rescinded.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 41&#8212;Amendment of Criminal 
                                              Procedure Code.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Criminal Procedure Code, 1960 
                                              (Act 30) is hereby amended by the 
                                              insertion immediately after 
                                              section 149 thereof of the 
                                              following new section:&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Property in Possession of Police.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              150. Where property has come into 
                                              the possession of the police in 
                                              connection with any criminal 
                                              charge it shall be dealt with in 
                                              accordance with section 35 of the 
                                              Police Service Act, 1970 (Act 
                                              350).&quot;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              amended by</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              THE POLICE SERVICE (AMENDMENT) 
                                              DECREE 1974, (NRCD 303)1</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PROVISIONAL NATIONAL DEFENCE 
                                              COUNCIL (ESTABLISHMENT) 
                                              PROCLAMATION (SUPPLEMENTARY&nbsp; AND 
                                              CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISIONS) LAW, 
                                              1982 (PNDCL 42)2</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              THE POLICE SERVICE (PENSIONS) LAW 
                                              1985 (PNDCL 126)3</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              POLICE SERVICE (AMENDMENT) LAW, 
                                              1988 (PNDCL 194A)4</span></p>
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