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                                              IN exercise of the powers 
                                              conferred on the Armed Forces 
                                              Revolutionary Council by section 
                                              12 of the Armed Forces 
                                              Revolutionary Council 
                                              (Establishment) Proclamation, 1979 
                                              this Instrument is made this 24th 
                                              day of July, 1979.</span></p>
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                                              Section 1—Establishment of 
                                              Committee.</span></p>
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                                              There is hereby established a 
                                              Committee to be known as the 
                                              Committee of Inquiry (Government 
                                              Building and Civil Engineering 
                                              Contracts) in this Instrument 
                                              referred to as “the Committee”.</span></p>
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                                              Section 2—Membership of Committee.</span></p>
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                                              The Committee shall comprise the 
                                              persons specified in the Schedule 
                                              to this Instrument.</span></p>
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                                              Section 3—Terms of Reference of 
                                              Committee.</span></p>
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                                              The terms of reference of the 
                                              Committee are </span></p>
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                                              (a) to review all building and 
                                              civil engineering contracts by the 
                                              Government or any agency of 
                                              Government during the period 
                                              beginning with the 1st day of 
                                              January, 1970 and ending on the 
                                              30th day of May, 1979 in 
                                              accordance with Articles of 
                                              Agreement and conditions of 
                                              contracts for use in connection 
                                              with—</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i) 
                                              works of civil engineering 
                                              construction,</span></p>
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                                              (ii) roadworks and civil 
                                              engineering construction,</span></p>
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                                              (iii) building works,</span></p>
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                                              (iv) sub-contract works, and</span></p>
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                                              (v) any articles of Agreement and 
                                              Conditions of contract employed 
                                              for the purposes of any statutory 
                                              corporation or&nbsp; other agency of 
                                              Government whether similar to the 
                                              foregoing or not;</span></p>
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                                              (b) to examine all contracts 
                                              refereed to in sub-paragraph
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                                              (a) of this paragraph and 
                                              determine—</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i) 
                                              whether in its opinion the 
                                              contract is legal or not;</span></p>
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                                              (ii) whether in its opinion the 
                                              contract was administered within 
                                              the terms and conditions 
                                              prescribed by the relevant 
                                              Articles of Agreement and 
                                              Conditions of contract referred to 
                                              in sub-paragraph (a) of this 
                                              paragraph.</span></p>
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                                              (iii) whether in its&nbsp; opinion, 
                                              considering the nature of work in 
                                              question, the contract was awarded 
                                              to a competent and qualified 
                                              contractor;</span></p>
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                                              (c) in the case of completed 
                                              contracts, to investigate whether 
                                              or not the work has been 
                                              satisfactorily completed and 
                                              whether or not the amount claimed 
                                              by or paid to the contractor is 
                                              within the terms of the relevant 
                                              Articles of Agreement and 
                                              conditions of the Contract;</span></p>
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                                              (d) in the case of contracts 
                                              behind schedule to investigate the 
                                              cause of delay;</span></p>
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                                              (e) in the case of terminated 
                                              projects, to examine the cause of 
                                              determination;</span></p>
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                                              (f) in the case of suspended 
                                              projects to investigate the 
                                              circumstances of the suspension;</span></p>
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                                              (g) to identify which projects 
                                              have been abandoned by their 
                                              contractors;</span></p>
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                                              (h) to investigate any other 
                                              matter which appears to the 
                                              Committee to be connected with the 
                                              award and execution of building 
                                              and civil contracts by the 
                                              Government or any agency of 
                                              Government which the Committee 
                                              considers should be inquired into;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i) 
                                              to submit its findings to the 
                                              Armed Forces Revolutionary Council 
                                              by the 14th day of September, 
                                              1979, giving reasons for its 
                                              findings;</span></p>
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                                              (j) to make such recommendations 
                                              as may appear to the Committee to 
                                              be necessary for correcting any 
                                              irregularity or default discovered 
                                              by the Committee during its 
                                              investigation or recovering any 
                                              loss suffered by or moneys owed to 
                                              the Government or any Government 
                                              agency in connection with any 
                                              contract investigated by the 
                                              Committee and</span></p>
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                                              (k) to make such recommendations 
                                              as may appear to the Committee to 
                                              be necessary for improving the 
                                              general performance of the 
                                              construction industry.</span></p>
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                                              Section 4—Interim Reports and 
                                              Recommendations.</span></p>
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                                              The Committee may where it 
                                              considers it necessary, before it 
                                              submits its final report submit to 
                                              the Armed Forces Revolutionary 
                                              Council interim reports and 
                                              recommendations on any of the 
                                              matters investigated by the 
                                              Committee.</span></p>
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                                              Section 5—Secretary and Staff of 
                                              Committee.</span></p>
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                                              In addition to the Secretary 
                                              specified in the Schedule to this 
                                              Instrument the Armed Forces 
                                              Revolutionary Council may provide 
                                              the services of such officers as 
                                              the Committee may require for the 
                                              discharge of its functions.</span></p>
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                                              Section 6—Meetings of the 
                                              Committee.</span></p>
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                                              (1) The Committee shall meet at 
                                              such times and at such places as 
                                              it may determine.</span></p>
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                                              (2) The Committee may at any time 
                                              engage the services of any person 
                                              to attend any of its meetings as 
                                              an adviser.</span></p>
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                                              (3) Subject to the provisions of 
                                              this Instrument, the Committee 
                                              shall regulate its own procedure.</span></p>
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                                              Section 7—Summons to Attend and 
                                              give Evidence.</span></p>
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                                              (1) The Committee may by summons 
                                              issued under the hand of the 
                                              Chairman require any person—</span></p>
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                                              (a) to attend at such&nbsp; time and 
                                              place as is specified in the 
                                              summons to give evidence or to 
                                              produce any documents in his 
                                              possession or control which relate 
                                              to any matter specified in the 
                                              summons; or</span></p>
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                                              (b) to give the Committee any 
                                              information that may be specified 
                                              in the summons.</span></p>
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                                              (2) Any person summoned to appear 
                                              before the Committee under 
                                              sub-paragraph (1) of this 
                                              paragraph may be examined on oath 
                                              and the Committee may for that 
                                              purpose administer the oath.</span></p>
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                                              Section 8—Offences.</span></p>
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                                              Any person who—</span></p>
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                                              (a) refuses or wilfully neglects, 
                                              to attend in obedience to a 
                                              summons issued under sub-paragraph 
                                              (1) of paragraph 7 of&nbsp; this 
                                              Instrument, or to give evidence as 
                                              required by the summons, or</span></p>
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                                              (b) wilfully alters, suppresses, 
                                              conceals, destroys or refuses to 
                                              produce any document which he is 
                                              required to produce by such 
                                              summons; or</span></p>
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                                              (c) refuses or wilfully neglects 
                                              to furnish any information 
                                              required of him by the summons.</span></p>
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                                              commits an offence, and is liable 
                                              on summary conviction to a fine 
                                              not exceeding ¢1,000.00 or to 
                                              imprisonment not exceeding six 
                                              months or to both.</span></p>
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                                              Section 9—Regional Sub-Committees.</span></p>
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                                              (1) For the purposes of this 
                                              Instrument there is hereby 
                                              established in each Region a 
                                              Regional Sub-Committee of the 
                                              Committee whose membership shall 
                                              be as determined by the Committee.</span></p>
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                                              (2) Each Regional Sub-Committee 
                                              shall carry out a preliminary 
                                              examination of all contracts 
                                              falling within the terms of 
                                              sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph 3 
                                              of this Instrument entered into or 
                                              to be performed within the Region 
                                              of the Sub-Committee in question.</span></p>
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                                              (3) Each Sub-Committee shall 
                                              review the performance of each 
                                              contracting firm to which 
                                              sub-paragraph (2) of this 
                                              paragraph relates and indicate to 
                                              the Committee whether in its 
                                              opinion such firm should or should 
                                              not be retained on the list of 
                                              contractors who may be employed by 
                                              the Government or any agency of 
                                              Government.</span></p>
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                                              (4) Each Sub-Committee shall, in 
                                              carrying out its functions under 
                                              this paragraph, so far as 
                                              practicable, apply in relation to 
                                              each contract examined by it the 
                                              provisions of paragraph 3 of this 
                                              Instrument and shall otherwise 
                                              carry out its functions subject to 
                                              the directions of the Committee.</span></p>
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                                              (5) Each Sub-Committee shall 
                                              submit its report to the Committee 
                                              by such date as the Committee may 
                                              prescribe.</span></p>
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                                              (6) Each such report shall be in 
                                              such form as the Committee may 
                                              direct and may contain such 
                                              recommendations as may appear to 
                                              the Sub-Committee to be necessary 
                                              for the purposes of giving full 
                                              effect to this Instrument.</span></p>
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                                              Section 10—Police Officers to 
                                              Assist Committee.</span></p>
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                                              The Inspector-General of Police 
                                              shall detail Police Officers to 
                                              attend upon the Committee, to 
                                              preserve order during proceedings 
                                              of the Committee, to serve 
                                              summonses on witnesses and to 
                                              perform any other function 
                                              relating to the work of the 
                                              Committee as the Committee may 
                                              direct.</span></p>
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                                              Section 11—Commencement.</span></p>
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                                              This Instrument shall be deemed to 
                                              have come into force on the 15th 
                                              day&nbsp; of June, 1979.</span></p>
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                                              SCHEDULE</span></p>
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                                              MEMBERSHIP OF COMMITTEE</span></p>
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                                              &nbsp;</p>
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                                              Sqn. Ldr. S. S. Kelli&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              Chairman&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>
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                                              Lt. E. D. Nyarko&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              Member&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>
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                                              S/Lt. M. M. Tahiru&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              Member&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>
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                                              Lt. J. H. K. Akuaku&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              Member&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>
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                                              Lt. J. Antonio&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              Member/Secretary.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>
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                                              FLT. LT. JOHN JERRY RAWLINGS</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Chairman of the Armed Forces 
                                              Revolutionary Council</span></p>
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                                              <br></p>