ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS</span></p>
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                                              Section</span></p>
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                                              1. Appointment of Commission.</span></p>
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                                              2. Chairman of the Commission.</span></p>
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                                              3. Terms of Reference of the 
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                                              4. Commission to State Reasons.</span></p>
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                                              5. Secretary.</span></p>
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                                              6. Functions to Inspector-General 
                                              of Police.</span></p>
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                                              WHEREAS the Prime Minister has 
                                              advised that it is in the public 
                                              interest to inquire into the 
                                              matters hereinafter mentioned;</span></p>
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                                              NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the 
                                              powers conferred on the President 
                                              by article 165 of the 
                                              Constitution, this Instrument is 
                                              made this 15th day of April, 1971.</span></p>
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                                              Section 1—Appointment of 
                                              Commission.</span></p>
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                                              There is hereby appointed a 
                                              Commission consisting of the 
                                              following members:— </span></p>
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                                              U. V. Campbell, Esquire, Legal 
                                              Practitioner;</span></p>
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                                              J. H. Frimpong-Ansah, Esquire, 
                                              Governor of the Bank of Ghana;</span></p>
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                                              L. K. Apaloo, Esquire, G.M., 
                                              Retired Civil Servant;</span></p>
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                                              Professor L. H. Ofosu-Appiah, 
                                              Director, Encyclopaedia Africana 
                                              Secretariat;</span></p>
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                                              B. A. Dadson, Esquire, Lecturer, 
                                              University College, Cape Coast.</span></p>
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                                              Section 2—Chairman of the 
                                              Commission.</span></p>
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                                              The said U. V. Campbell, Esquire, 
                                              shall be the Chairman of the 
                                              Commission. </span></p>
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                                              Section 3—Terms of Reference of 
                                              the Commission.</span></p>
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                                              The terms of reference of the 
                                              Commission are:—</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i) 
                                              to examine the existing wages and 
                                              salaries of all Government 
                                              employees (including employees of 
                                              statutory corporations), with 
                                              particular reference to the need 
                                              to establish a more equitable 
                                              relationship between the lower and 
                                              upper levels of salary structures 
                                              of the aforesaid employees;</span></p>
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                                              (ii) to examine the existing 
                                              allowances and fringe benefits 
                                              payable to all the aforesaid 
                                              employees, and to quantify them 
                                              and determine the total emoluments 
                                              of the various grades;</span></p>
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                                              (iii) to estimate the cost of 
                                              meeting any increases recommended, 
                                              on the assumption that the working 
                                              force as at 31st March, 1971, or 
                                              as budgeted for in the current 
                                              financial year remains unchanged;</span></p>
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                                              (iv) to examine the existing law 
                                              relating to the wages, salaries, 
                                              allowances and fringe benefits of 
                                              the aforesaid employees, together 
                                              with those parts of the proposed 
                                              Draft Administrative Instruments 
                                              for the Civil Service, dealing 
                                              with fringe benefits and to 
                                              recommend such modifications as 
                                              may be necessary to achieve social 
                                              justice;</span></p>
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                                              (v) to recommend to the President 
                                              such adjustments as may be 
                                              necessary for rationalising the 
                                              aforesaid salary structures and 
                                              for achieving a more equitable 
                                              distribution of income and a fair 
                                              wage structure generally;</span></p>
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                                              (vi)&nbsp; to recommend relevant 
                                              principles for further 
                                              improvements in the levels and 
                                              structure of emoluments in the 
                                              public services aimed at raising 
                                              output and increasing productivity 
                                              bearing in mind the need to relate 
                                              emoluments in the public service 
                                              to the capacity of the economy to 
                                              support the public services;</span></p>
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                                              (vii) to submit to the President 
                                              an interim report, on or before 
                                              the 15th day of July, 1971, to 
                                              enable the Government to take 
                                              preliminary steps towards 
                                              rationalising the aforesaid salary 
                                              structures and achieving a more 
                                              equitable distribution of income;</span></p>
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                                              (viii) to submit to the President, 
                                              as soon as practicable, a final 
                                              report of their conclusions 
                                              arising out of the foregoing, 
                                              making such recommendations to the 
                                              President as the Commission may 
                                              think fit.</span></p>
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                                              Section 4—Commission to State 
                                              Reasons.</span></p>
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                                              The Commission shall, in reporting 
                                              its conclusions, embody in the 
                                              report a full statement of the 
                                              reasons which have led it to those 
                                              conclusions.</span></p>
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                                              Section 5—Secretary.</span></p>
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                                              Mr. J. E. K. Appiah, Principal 
                                              Secretary, Office of the Prime 
                                              Minister shall be secretary to the 
                                              Commission.</span></p>
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                                              Section 6—Functions to 
                                              Inspector-General of Police.</span></p>
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                                              The Inspector-General of Police 
                                              shall detail police officers to 
                                              attend upon the Commission to 
                                              preserve order during the 
                                              proceedings of the Commission, to 
                                              serve summonses on witnesses and 
                                              to perform such other functions 
                                              relating to the Commission as the 
                                              Commissioners may direct.</span></p>
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                                              E. AKUFO-ADDO</span></p>
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                                              President</span></p>
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                                              Date of Gazette Notification: 17th 
                                              April, 1971.</span>