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                                              IN exercise of the powers 
                                              conferred on the Attorney-General 
                                              by section 56 of the Criminal 
                                              Procedure Code, 1960 (Act 30), 
                                              this Instrument is made this 31st 
                                              day of December, 1975.</span></p>
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                                              1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; The public officers 
                                              specified in column 1 of the 
                                              Schedule to this Instrument are 
                                              hereby appointed public 
                                              prosecutors for the criminal cause 
                                              or matter described in column 2 of 
                                              the Schedule in relation to each 
                                              of these public officers.</span></p>
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                                              2.&nbsp; The following instruments are 
                                              hereby revoked:—</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Civil and Criminal Proceedings 
                                              (Authorisation of Officers) 
                                              Instrument, 1971 (E.I. 54).</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Criminal and Civil Proceedings 
                                              (Authorisation of Officers) 
                                              (Amendment) Instrument, 1971 (E.I. 
                                              66).</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Criminal and Civil Proceedings 
                                              (Authorisation of Officers) 
                                              (Amendment) Instrument, 1972 (E.I. 
                                              68).</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Appointment of Public Prosecutors 
                                              Instrument, 1975 (E.I. 149)</span></p>
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                                              3.&nbsp; This Instrument shall be 
                                              deemed to have come into force on 
                                              the 26th day of November, 1975 so 
                                              however that the officers referred 
                                              to in column 1 of paragraph 11 of 
                                              the Schedule to this Instrument 
                                              shall be deemed to have been 
                                              appointed public prosecutors in 
                                              respect of the criminal causes or 
                                              matters referred to in column 2 of 
                                              that paragraph from the 
                                              commencement of the Social 
                                              Security Decree, 1972 (N.R.C.D. 
                                              127).</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              SCHEDULE</span></p>
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                                              &nbsp;</p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Column 1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              Column 2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>
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                                              1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Any officer holding a 
                                              post or of a rank referred to in 
                                              subsection (3) of section 3 of the 
                                              Law Officers Decree, 1974 (N.R.C.D. 
                                              279).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1.&nbsp; All criminal 
                                              causes or matters.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>
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                                              2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Any Police Officer not 
                                              below the rank of Sergeant.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              2. All criminal causes or matters 
                                              heard by a District Court or heard 
                                              summarily by a Circuit Court.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
                                              </span></p>
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                                              3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Senior Inspectors, 
                                              Inspectors and Assistant 
                                              Inspectors of Produce.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3. 
                                              All offences under the Cocoa 
                                              Industry (Regulation) 
                                              (Consolidation) Decree, 1968 (N.L.C.D. 
                                              278) and the Fruit Industry 
                                              Decree, 1969 (N.L.C.D. 356) and 
                                              any instrument made under 
                                              them.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>
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                                              &nbsp;</p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              4.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A Labour Officer as 
                                              defined by paragraph 74 of the 
                                              Labour Decree, 1966 (N.L.C.D. 
                                              157).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4. All offences under 
                                              the Labour Decree, 1966 (N.L.C.D. 
                                              157) and the Industrial Relations 
                                              Act, 1965 (Act 299) and 
                                              Instruments made under them.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
                                              </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Chief Inspector and 
                                              any Inspector or other officer 
                                              appointed under section 74 of the 
                                              Factories, Offices and Shops Act, 
                                              1970 (Act 328).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5. All 
                                              offences under the Factories, 
                                              Offices and Shops Act, 1970 (Act 
                                              328) and instruments made 
                                              thereunder.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>
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                                              6. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The public officer 
                                              designated by the Principal 
                                              Secretary of the Ministry of 
                                              Finance to carry out duties in 
                                              connection with the Exchange 
                                              Control Act, 1961 (Act 71). 6. All 
                                              offences under the Exchange 
                                              Control Act, 1961&nbsp; (Act 71) and 
                                              instruments made thereunder.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
                                              </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Inspecting Pharmacists&nbsp; 
                                              7. All offences under the Pharmacy 
                                              and Drugs Act, 1961 (Act 64) and 
                                              instruments made thereunder.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
                                              </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Inspectors of Mines of 
                                              all ranks and Inspectors of 
                                              Machinery of all ranks.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              8. All criminal causes and matters 
                                              brought under the Gold Mining 
                                              Products Protection Ordinance 
                                              (Cap. 149), the Mining Rights 
                                              Regulation Ordinance (Cap. 153), 
                                              the Minerals Ordinance (Cap. 155), 
                                              the Mines and Minerals 
                                              (Conservation and Development) 
                                              Act, 1965 (Act 278) and the 
                                              Diamonds Decree, 1972 (N.R.C.D. 
                                              32).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Officers of the 
                                              ministry responsible for Forestry 
                                              not below the rank of Technical 
                                              Officer (Forestry).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 9. All 
                                              criminal causes and matters under 
                                              the Forests Ordinance (Cap. 157), 
                                              offences under section 30 of the 
                                              Concessions Ordinance (Cap. 136), 
                                              the Forest Protection Decree, 1974 
                                              (N.R.C.D. 243) and the Trees and 
                                              Timber Decree, 1974 (N.R.C.D 273) 
                                              and instruments made under 
                                              them.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              10.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Officers of the 
                                              Department of Game and Wildlife 
                                              not below the rank of Game 
                                              Ranger.&nbsp;&nbsp; 10. All offences under 
                                              the Wild Animals Preservation Act, 
                                              1961 (Act 43) and instruments made 
                                              thereunder.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>
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                                              11.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Any of the following 
                                              officers of the Social Security 
                                              and National Trust:—</span></p>
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                                              &nbsp;</p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) any officer employed by the 
                                              Trust as a lawyer;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) an Inspector or a 
                                              Prosecutor.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 11.&nbsp; All 
                                              criminal causes and matters under 
                                              the Social Security Decree, 1972 (N.R.C.D. 
                                              127) and under any instrument made 
                                              thereunder.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              12.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Any of the following 
                                              public officers:</span></p>
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                                              &nbsp;</p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a)&nbsp; Senior Health Superintendent</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) Senior Cleansing 
                                              Superintendent</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) Health Superintendent</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) Senior Health Inspector in 
                                              possession of Royal Society of 
                                              Health Certificate and with 
                                              minimum of ten years’ service. 12. 
                                              Offences under the Towns Ordinance 
                                              (Cap. 86) and instruments made 
                                              thereunder, Offences under the 
                                              Public Health Bye-laws and 
                                              Regulations of Local Government 
                                              Councils, Offences under 
                                              subsections (1), (2) and (18) of 
                                              s.296 of the Criminal Code, 1960 
                                              (Act 29) and offences under the 
                                              Mosquitoes Ordinance (Cap. 75) and 
                                              instruments made under them. 
                                              &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              13.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Any of the following 
                                              officers of the Ghana Cocoa 
                                              Marketing Board:</span></p>
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                                              &nbsp;</p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Chief Legal Officer</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Principal Legal Officer</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Senior Legal Officer</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Legal Officer.&nbsp;&nbsp; 13. All offences 
                                              relating to cocoa and in 
                                              particular but without prejudice 
                                              to the generality of the 
                                              foregoing:</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a)&nbsp; all offences under the Cocoa 
                                              Industry (Regulation) 
                                              (Consolidation) Decree, 1968 (N.L.C.D. 
                                              278) and the Fruit Industry 
                                              Decree, 1969 (N.L.C.D. 356) and 
                                              under any instrument made under 
                                              them;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) all offences under the Ghana 
                                              Cocoa Marketing Board Instrument, 
                                              1970 (L.I. 660);</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) all offences under subsection 
                                              (1) (g), (h), (i) and (j) of 
                                              section 317 of the Criminal Code, 
                                              1960 (Act 29) as amended by the 
                                              Criminal Code (Amendment) Act, 
                                              1971 (Act 364). </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              14.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Commissioner of 
                                              Insurance or any other officer 
                                              appointed under section 1 (2) of 
                                              the Insurance Act, 1965 (Act 288) 
                                              authorised by the Commissioner of 
                                              Insurance in writing.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 14.&nbsp; All 
                                              offences under the Insurance Act, 
                                              1965 (Act 288) and the Insurance 
                                              (Amendment) Decree, 1972 (N.R.C.D. 
                                              95) and any statutory instrument 
                                              made under them.&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              G. KORANTENG-ADDOW</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Attorney-General</span></p>