<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">IN exercise of the powers conferred on the Minister 
responsible for the Interior by section 5 (1) of the Public Order Act, 1994 (Act 
491) this Instrument is made this 2nd day of November, 2007. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Prohibition of possession of arms </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1.</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> 
(1) A person shall not manufacture, procure, possess or carry any arms or 
ammunition within the areas specified in the Schedule. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(2) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to: </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(a) a member of the Armed Forces; </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(b) a member of the Police Service; </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(c) a member of the Ghana Prisons Service; 
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(d) a member of the Security and Intelligence 
Service; </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(e) a member of the Ghana Immigration Service; 
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(f) a member of the Customs Excise and Preventive 
Service; or </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 72pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(g) any other person duly authorised by the Minister 
responsible for the </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 72pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Interior to undertake a specified assignment. 
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(3) Despite the provisions of sub-paragraph (1), a 
person may manufacture, procure, possess or carry arms or ammunition if that 
person satisfies the Minister or the person authorised by the Minister that that 
person has lawful authority for the manufacture, procurement, possession or 
carrying of the arms or ammunition and the arms or ammunition is not intended 
for use within the area specified in the Schedule. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Deposit of arms and ammunition with the police 
</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>2.</b> A person who is in possession of arms 
or ammunition or has arms or ammunition under that person's control within the 
area specified in the Schedule shall deposit the arms or ammunition with the 
officer in charge of the nearest police station. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Power of search without warrant </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">. 
A police officer or a person authorised by the Minister responsible for the 
Interior, may within the area specified in the Schedule, search and arrest 
without warrant any person whom the police officer or that authorised person 
suspects on reasonable grounds to be in possession of or carrying arms or 
ammunition in contravention of this Instrument. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Offences and penalties </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4.</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> 
A person who </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(a) manufactures, procures, possesses or carries arms 
or ammunition contrary to paragraph 1 (1); or </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(b) fails to deposit arms or ammunition contrary to 
paragraph 2 </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">commits an offence and is liable on summary 
conviction to a fine of not more than two hundred penalty units or to a term of 
imprisonment of not more than twelve months or to both. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Interpretation </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5.</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> 
In this Instrument unless the context otherwise requires "ammunition" includes 
explosives, all munitions of war and all materials for loading firearms; 
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">"arms" includes firearms and offensive weapons of all 
descriptions, artillery, apparatus for the discharge of any kind of projectile, 
explosives or gas-diffusing, flame throwers, bombs, grenades, machine-guns and 
rifle, small-bore breech-loading weapons of any kind and includes parts of any 
of the foregoing materials; </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">"firearms" includes any gun, rifle, machine-gun, 
flint-lock gun or pistol, revolver, cannon or other firearms and any air gun, 
air rifle or air-pistol whether whole or in detached pieces; and </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">"offensive weapon" means an article made or adapted 
to cause injury to a person or intended by the person having the article to 
cause injury to a person. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">SCHEDULE</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Area</span></b></p></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Region</span></b></p></td></tr>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Anloga and Keta Townships </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; and Environs</span></p></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Volta</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> 
Region</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 288pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">KWAMENA BARTELS</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 288pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-family: Arial;">Minister for the 
Interior</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Date of Gazette notification: 2nd November, 
2007</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">GOVERNMENT PRINTER, ASSEMBLY PRESS, ACCRA. 
GPC/A501/500/11/2007</span></p>