<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 4(1) of the Public Order                                               Act, 1994 (Act 491) this                                               instrument is made this 3rd day of                                               December, 2001.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              Section 1—Imposition of Curfew.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">A                                               person within the boundaries of                                               the area specified in the Schedule                                               to this Instrument, shall not be                                               out of doors between the hours                                               specified respectively in the                                               Schedule except under the written                                               permission of the Minister or a                                               person authorized in that behalf                                               by the Minister.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                               Section 2—Exceptions.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              The following persons are exempted                                               from paragraph 1 of this                                               Instrument—</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(a) a member of the Ghana Armed                                               Forces;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (b) a member of the Ghana Police                                               Service;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (c) a member of Ghana Prisons;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (d) a member of the Security and                                               Intelligence Agencies;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (e) a member of the Ghana                                               Immigration Service;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (f) a member of the Customs,                                               Excise and Preventive Service; and</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (g) any other person duly                                               authorized in writing by the                                               Minister to undertake any specific                                               duty.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              Section 3—Period of Curfew.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              The curfew imposed by this                                               Instrument shall be for a period                                               of seven days commencing 3rd                                               December, 2001.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              Section 4—Power of Arrest Without                                               Warrant.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">A                                               person specified in paragraph 2                                               and authorized by the Minister may                                               arrest without warrant any person                                               who breaches the curfew imposed by                                               this Instrument.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              Section 5—Suspension of Curfew.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              The Regional Minister for the                                               upper East may suspend the                                               operation of the curfew imposed by                                               this Instrument in the whole or                                               any part of the specified area and                                               may terminate the suspension of                                               the curfew and restore the curfew                                               as and when he thinks fit.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; SCHEDULE</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">                                              &nbsp;</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              Area&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Curfew hours&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>                                               </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              Bawku</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              Township</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              and Environs&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              ALHAJI MALIK AL-HASSAN YAKUBU</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              Minister for the Interior</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              Date of Gazette Notification: 4th                                               December, 2001.</span></p>