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                                              IN exercise of the powers 
                                              conferred on the Supreme Military 
                                              Council by section 26 of the 
                                              National Redemption Council 
                                              (Establishment) Proclamation, 1972 
                                              this Instrument is made this 17th 
                                              day of February, 1976.</span></p>
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                                              Paragraph 9 of E.I. 142 Amended 
                                              and New Paragraph 9A Inserted.</span></p>
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                                              The Committee of Inquiry (R. T. 
                                              Briscoe (Ghana) Limited) 
                                              Instrument, 1975 (E.I. 142) as 
                                              amended, is hereby further 
                                              amended—</span></p>
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                                              (a) by the insertion immediately 
                                              after paragraph 9 (c) thereof, of 
                                              the following new sub-paragraphs—</span></p>
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                                              “(d) or makes any statement before 
                                              the Committee which he knows to be 
                                              false or which he has no reason to 
                                              believe to be true, or</span></p>
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                                              (e) does any other thing which 
                                              would, if the Committee had been a 
                                              court of law having power to 
                                              commit for contempt, have been 
                                              contempt of that court,”;</span></p>
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                                              (b) by the insertion immediately 
                                              after paragraph 9 of the following 
                                              new paragraph—</span></p>
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                                              “High Court to Enquire into 
                                              Alleged Offence.</span></p>
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                                              9A. (1) Where any person commits 
                                              an offence under paragraph 9 of 
                                              this Instrument, the Chairman of 
                                              the Committee shall certify the 
                                              offence of that person under his 
                                              hand to the High Court, and the 
                                              Court shall forthwith enquire into 
                                              the alleged offence.</span></p>
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                                              (2) The Court shall, after hearing 
                                              any witnesses who may be produced 
                                              against or on behalf of the person 
                                              charged with the offence, and 
                                              after hearing any statement that 
                                              may be offered in defence, subject 
                                              to the penalty prescribed by 
                                              paragraph 9, punish that person if 
                                              he is found guilty of the 
                                              offence.”</span></p>
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                                              COLONEL I. K. ACHEAMPONG</span></p>
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                                              Chairman of the Supreme Military 
                                              Council</span></p>