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                                              FOREIGN ENLISTMENT ACT, 1961 (ACT 
                                              75)</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS</span></p>
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                                              Section</span></p>
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                                              1. Illegal enlistment</span></p>
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                                              2. Leaving Ghana for enlistment</span></p>
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                                              3. Inducing enlistment by 
                                              misrepresentation</span></p>
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                                              4. Taking on board illegally 
                                              enlisted persons</span></p>
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                                              5. Description of offence</span></p>
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                                              6. Seizure</span></p>
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                                              7. Regulations</span></p>
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                                              8.&nbsp; Interpretation</span></p>
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                                              9. Repeal and cesser of 
                                              application.</span></p>
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                                              THE SEVENTY-FIFTH</span></p>
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                                              ACT OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE 
                                              REPUBLIC OF GHANA ENTITLED</span></p>
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                                              THE FOREIGN ENLISTMENT ACT, 1961</span></b></p>
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                                              AN ACT to control the enlistment 
                                              of citizens of Ghana and other 
                                              persons in possession of Ghana 
                                              passports in the military service 
                                              of a country other than the 
                                              Republic of Ghana.</span></p>
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                                              DATE OF ASSENT: 17th August, 1961.</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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                                              Section 1&#8212;Illegal Enlistment.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) A person who, being a citizen 
                                              of Ghana, within or without the 
                                              Republic accepts or agrees to 
                                              accept, without the permission in 
                                              writing of the President first had 
                                              and obtained, any commission or 
                                              engagement in the military service 
                                              of any other country or induces 
                                              any other person, whether a 
                                              citizen or not, to accept or agree 
                                              to accept any commission or 
                                              engagement in the military service 
                                              of any other country is guilty of 
                                              first degree felony.</span></p>
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                                              (2) A person who is not a citizen 
                                              of Ghana but to whom a Ghana 
                                              passport has been issued shall 
                                              not, while he&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) is in possession of the 
                                              passport;</span></p>
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                                              (b) has any claim to the 
                                              possession of the passport; or</span></p>
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                                              (c) otherwise claims or enjoys the 
                                              protection of the Republic by 
                                              reason of the issue of the 
                                              passport, </span></p>
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                                              accept or agree to accept without 
                                              the permission in writing of the 
                                              President first had and obtained 
                                              any commission or engagement in 
                                              the military service of any other 
                                              country or induce any other 
                                              person, whether a citizen or not, 
                                              to accept or agree to accept any 
                                              commission or engagement in the 
                                              military service of any other 
                                              country.</span></p>
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                                              (3) A person who contravenes any 
                                              of the provisions of subsection 
                                              (2) is guilty of first degree 
                                              felony.</span></p>
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                                              Section 2&#8212;Leaving Ghana for 
                                              Enlistment.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">A 
                                              person who leaves the Republic or 
                                              goes on board any vessel, vehicle 
                                              or aircraft wherever situate for 
                                              the purpose of accepting or 
                                              agreeing to accept, without the 
                                              permission in writing of the 
                                              President first had and obtained, 
                                              any commission or engagement in 
                                              the military service of any other 
                                              country or induce, any other 
                                              person, whether a citizen or not, 
                                              to leave the Republic or to go on 
                                              board any vessel, vehicle or 
                                              aircraft for the purpose of 
                                              leaving the Republic with intent 
                                              to accept or agree to accept any 
                                              commission or engagement in the 
                                              military service of any other 
                                              country is guilty of first degree 
                                              felony.</span></p>
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                                              Section 3&#8212;Inducing Enlistment by 
                                              Misrepresentation.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">A 
                                              person who induces any other 
                                              person, whether a citizen or not, 
                                              to leave the Republic or go on 
                                              board any vessel, vehicle or 
                                              aircraft within the Republic under 
                                              a misrepresentation or false 
                                              representation as to the service 
                                              in which that person is to be 
                                              engaged with intent that that 
                                              person may accept or agree to 
                                              accept any commission or 
                                              engagement in the military service 
                                              of any other country is guilty of 
                                              first degree felony.</span></p>
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                                              Section 4&#8212;Taking on Board 
                                              Illegally Enlisted Persons.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) A person in charge of any 
                                              vessel, vehicle or aircraft who 
                                              without the permission in writing 
                                              of the President first had and 
                                              obtained knowingly takes on board 
                                              or engages to take on board or has 
                                              on board the vessel, vehicle or 
                                              aircraft while it is within the 
                                              Republic, any of the following 
                                              persons (in this Act called 
                                              &quot;illegally enlisted persons&quot;) that 
                                              is to say&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) a citizen who, within or 
                                              without the Republic, has without 
                                              the permission in writing of the 
                                              President accepted or agreed to 
                                              accept any commission or 
                                              engagement in the military service 
                                              of any other country;</span></p>
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                                              (b) a citizen who, without the 
                                              permission in writing of the 
                                              President, is about to leave the 
                                              Republic with intent to accept any 
                                              commission or engagement in the 
                                              military service of any other 
                                              country;</span></p>
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                                              (c) a citizen who has been induced 
                                              to embark under a 
                                              misrepresentation or false 
                                              representation as to the service 
                                              in which he is to be engaged with 
                                              the intent that the person so 
                                              induced may accept or agree to 
                                              accept a commission or engagement 
                                              in the military service of any 
                                              other country,</span></p>
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                                              is guilty of second degree felony.</span></p>
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                                              (2) All illegally enlisted persons 
                                              shall, immediately on discovery of 
                                              the offence, be taken from the 
                                              vessel or aircraft and shall not 
                                              be allowed to return to it.</span></p>
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                                              (3) A vessel, vehicle or aircraft 
                                              involved in the commission of an 
                                              offence under this Act shall be 
                                              detained until the trial, 
                                              conviction or acquittal of the 
                                              person in charge and until all 
                                              penalties imposed on him have been 
                                              paid and in any case where he is 
                                              imprisoned the vessel, vehicle or 
                                              aircraft shall be released to any 
                                              person having a lawful claim 
                                              thereto upon the payment of such 
                                              sum of money as the court in 
                                              sentencing the said person shall 
                                              specify.</span></p>
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                                              Section 5&#8212;Description of Offence.</span></b></p>
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                                              An offence against this Act may be 
                                              described in any indictment or 
                                              other document relating to the 
                                              offence as having been committed 
                                              at the place where it was wholly 
                                              or partly committed or it may be 
                                              described as having been committed 
                                              within the jurisdiction of the 
                                              court by which the offence is to 
                                              be tried.</span></p>
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                                              Section 6&#8212;Seizure.</span></b></p>
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                                              Any customs officer not below the 
                                              rank of a Collector, any superior 
                                              police officer not below the rank 
                                              of Superintendent and any 
                                              commissioned officer of the Armed 
                                              Forces may seize and detain a 
                                              vessel, vehicle or aircraft liable 
                                              to be seized or detained in 
                                              pursuance of this Act.</span></p>
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                                              Section 7&#8212;Regulations.</span></b></p>
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                                              The Minister may, with the prior 
                                              approval of the President, by 
                                              legislative instrument make 
                                              regulations for the purpose of 
                                              carrying into effect the 
                                              provisions of this Act.</span></p>
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                                              Section 8&#8212;Interpretation.</span></b></p>
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                                              In this Act, unless the context 
                                              otherwise requires&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              &quot;aircraft&quot; includes every type of 
                                              flying or airborne craft;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;citizen&quot; means a citizen of 
                                              Ghana;</span></p>
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                                              &quot;military service&quot; includes 
                                              service in a police, army, naval 
                                              or air force and any other 
                                              employment whatever in connection 
                                              with any military operation and 
                                              any employment in secret service 
                                              work or in an underground movement 
                                              or as a secret agent;</span></p>
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                                              &quot;Minister&quot; means the Minister 
                                              responsible for Defence;</span></p>
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                                              &quot;passport&quot; includes every form of 
                                              travel document issued on behalf 
                                              of the Republic;</span></p>
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                                              &quot;person in charge&quot; includes the 
                                              master, pilot, driver and any 
                                              other person in command, and the 
                                              owner, of the vessel, vehicle or 
                                              aircraft.</span></p>
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                                              Section 9&#8212;Repeal and Cesser of 
                                              Application.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) The Foreign Enlistment 
                                              Ordinance (Cap. 61) is repealed.</span></p>
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                                              (2) The Foreign Enlistment Act, 
                                              1870, shall cease to apply in 
                                              Ghana.</span></p>
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