                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">.</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              IN exercise of the powers 
                                              conferred on the President by 
                                              sections 1 and 2 of the Statutory 
                                              Corporations Act, 1964 (Act 232) 
                                              this Instrument is made this 23rd 
                                              day of September, 1971.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART I&#8212;ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FOOD 
                                              PRODUCTION CORPORATION</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 1&#8212;Establishment of the 
                                              Corporation.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) There is hereby established a 
                                              body corporate to be known as the 
                                              Food Production Corporation, 
                                              herein referred to as the 
                                              &quot;Corporation&quot;.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Where there is any hindrance 
                                              to the acquisition of any property 
                                              in pursuance of its powers under 
                                              section 3 of the Statutory 
                                              Corporations Act, 1964 (Act 232) 
                                              the property may be acquired under 
                                              the State Property and Contracts 
                                              Act, 1960 (C.A. 6) or under the 
                                              State Lands Act, 1962 (Act 125), 
                                              as the case may be, and each such 
                                              Act shall, as the case may be, 
                                              apply with respect to any such 
                                              acquisition with such modification 
                                              as may be necessary to provide for 
                                              the vesting of the property 
                                              acquired thereunder in the 
                                              Corporation, and for the cost of 
                                              such acquisition to be defrayed by 
                                              the Corporation.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART II&#8212;THE OBJECTS OF THE 
                                              CORPORATION</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              Section 2&#8212;Objects of the 
                                              Corporation.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The objects of the Corporation 
                                              shall be to undertake large scale 
                                              production of food items including 
                                              crops, livestock and poultry, 
                                              which shall be processed where 
                                              necessary and also marketed.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Without prejudice to the 
                                              general effect of the provisions 
                                              of sub-paragraph (1) of this 
                                              paragraph, the Corporation shall&#8212;</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) engage paid adult workers who 
                                              shall also be trained in 
                                              scientific agriculture on 
                                              self-supporting farms, so as to 
                                              enable them eventually to take up 
                                              farming on their own;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) develop farms as training 
                                              grounds where undergraduates newly 
                                              appointed agriculturists and other 
                                              persons interested in farming may 
                                              gain practical experience in 
                                              agriculture;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (c) offer facilities for 
                                              demonstration of usable 
                                              agricultural research findings and 
                                              extension of improved practices to 
                                              farmers;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) carry on such other activities 
                                              as may appear to the Corporation 
                                              to be conducive or incidental to 
                                              the attainment of all or any of 
                                              its objects under this Instrument;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART III&#8212;THE BOARD</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 3&#8212;The Board.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The governing body of the 
                                              Corporation shall be the Board.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">

                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Board shall consist of the 
                                              following members appointed by the 
                                              President acting in accordance 
                                              with the advice of the Prime 
                                              Minister, namely:&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) The Chairman,</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) the Managing Director of the 
                                              Corporation,</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) a representative of the 
                                              Ministry of Agriculture,</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) a representative of the 
                                              Agricultural Development Bank,</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (e) a representative of the 
                                              National Investment Bank,</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (f) three other persons who in the 
                                              opinion of the Minister have 
                                              knowledge and experience likely to 
                                              contribute to the successful 
                                              management of the Corporation.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 4&#8212;Qualifications and Terms 
                                              of Membership of the Board.</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The members of the Board other 
                                              than the Managing Director shall 
                                              hold office for three years and 
                                              shall be eligible for 
                                              re-appointment.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Any member of the Board other 
                                              than the Managing Director may 
                                              resign his membership of the Board 
                                              by notice in writing addressed to 
                                              the President through the 
                                              Minister.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (3) A member of the Board may be 
                                              removed from membership of the 
                                              Board&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) if he is adjudged to be a 
                                              person of unsound mind.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) if he is absent from three 
                                              consecutive meetings of the Board 
                                              without permission;</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) if he is proved guilty of 
                                              serious misconduct in relation to 
                                              his duties as a member of the 
                                              Board;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) if he is sentenced to death or 
                                              to imprisonment for a term 
                                              exceeding 12 months without the 
                                              option of a fine or is convicted 
                                              of an offence involving 
                                              dishonesty;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (e) if he is declared insolvent or 
                                              bankrupt under any law in force in 
                                              Ghana or in any other country;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (f)&nbsp; if being a person possessed 
                                              of professional qualifications, he 
                                              is disqualified or suspended, 
                                              otherwise than at his own request, 
                                              from practising his profession in 
                                              Ghana or in any other country by 
                                              order of any competent authority 
                                              made in respect of him personally; 
                                              or</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (g) for any other just cause, by 
                                              the President acting in accordance 
                                              with the advice of the Prime 
                                              Minister.</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) Subject to the provisions of 
                                              this Instrument every member of 
                                              the Board shall hold office on 
                                              such terms and conditions relating 
                                              to the payment of remuneration and 
                                              allowances as may be determined by 
                                              the Government.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) Subject to the provisions of 
                                              this Instrument, where any Member 
                                              of the Board is incapacitated by 
                                              absence from Ghana, or illness or 
                                              any other sufficient cause from 
                                              performing the duties of his 
                                              office, the President acting on 
                                              the advice of the Prime Minister 
                                              shall appoint another person to 
                                              hold office in his place until the 
                                              incapacity of that person has 
                                              terminated or until the term of 
                                              office of such member expires, 
                                              whichever first occurs.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              Section 5&#8212;Meetings of the Board.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Board shall meet for the 
                                              discharge of its functions at such 
                                              times and places as the Chairman 
                                              may appoint, so however, that the 
                                              Board shall meet at intervals not 
                                              exceeding three months.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Chairman may, and shall on 
                                              the request in writing of not less 
                                              than five members of the Board, 
                                              call an extraordinary meeting of 
                                              the Board at such time and place 
                                              as he may determine.</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The Chairman, if present, 
                                              shall preside at every meeting of 
                                              the Board, and in his absence any 
                                              member of the Board, designated by 
                                              the Chairman shall preside at the 
                                              meeting.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4)&nbsp; If no member of the Board is 
                                              so designated the members of the 
                                              Board present shall elect one of 
                                              their number to preside at the 
                                              meeting.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">

                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) The quorum at any meeting of 
                                              the Board shall be four.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (6) All questions proposed at a 
                                              meeting of the Board shall be 
                                              determined by a simple majority of 
                                              the members present and voting and 
                                              where the votes are equal the 
                                              Chairman or the person presiding 
                                              shall have a second or casting 
                                              vote.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (7) The Board may, and shall, if 
                                              the Minister thinks fit, request 
                                              the attendance of any person to 
                                              act as adviser at any meeting of 
                                              the Board, and that person while 
                                              so attending shall have all the 
                                              powers of a member except that he 
                                              is not to vote on any question and 
                                              his presence at the meeting is not 
                                              to count towards the constitution 
                                              of a quorum.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (8) The validity of any act or 
                                              proceedings of the Board shall not 
                                              be affected by any vacancy among 
                                              its members or any defect in the 
                                              appointment of a member thereof.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (9) Subject to the preceding 
                                              provisions of this paragraph the 
                                              Board may regulate its own 
                                              procedure.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              PART IV&#8212;MANAGEMENT AND STAFF OF 
                                              THE CORPORATION</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 6&#8212;Staff.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Corporation shall have a 
                                              Managing Director who shall be 
                                              appointed by the President acting 
                                              in accordance with the advice of 
                                              the Prime Minister.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Managing Director shall 
                                              hold office upon such terms and 
                                              conditions as may be specified in 
                                              his instrument of appointment.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The Managing Director may 
                                              resign his office by notice in 
                                              writing addressed to the Prime 
                                              Minister, and may be removed from 
                                              office by the President acting in 
                                              accordance with the advice of the 
                                              Prime Minister.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (4) The Corporation shall have 
                                              such employees as may be necessary 
                                              for the efficient discharge of its 
                                              functions under this Instrument.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) Subject to the other 
                                              provisions of this paragraph, the 
                                              employees of the Corporation shall 
                                              hold office upon such terms and 
                                              conditions as the Board may with 
                                              the prior approval of the Minister 
                                              determine.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (6) Public officers may be 
                                              transferred or seconded to the 
                                              Corporation upon such terms and 
                                              conditions as the Board may, in 
                                              consultation with the Minister, 
                                              determine.</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (7) The Board may also engage the 
                                              services of such consultants, 
                                              advisers and other persons and 
                                              upon such conditions as the Board 
                                              may, in consultation with the 
                                              Minister, determine.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (8) Subject to any delegation 
                                              effected under clause (2) of 
                                              article 140 of the Constitution, 
                                              and subject also to the other 
                                              provisions of the Constitution, 
                                              the employees of the Corporation 
                                              shall be appointed by the 
                                              President acting in accordance 
                                              with the advice of the Public 
                                              Services Commission.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              PART V&#8212;FINANCIAL PROVISIONS</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 7&#8212;Funds of the 
                                              Corporation.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The capital and other funds of 
                                              the Board shall consist of&#8212;</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) any grants received from the 
                                              Government by the Board for the 
                                              discharge of its functions;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) any loans granted to the Board 
                                              by the Government or any other 
                                              body or persons;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (c) any money accruing to the 
                                              Board in the course of the 
                                              performance of its functions under 
                                              this Instrument.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Board may, with the prior 
                                              approval of the Minister 
                                              responsible for Finance, borrow 
                                              from any banking institution, 
                                              Corporation, local authority or 
                                              other person such amounts as it 
                                              may require for the discharge of 
                                              its functions.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) All moneys received by or on 
                                              behalf of the Corporation, shall 
                                              be deposited to the credit of the 
                                              Corporation in a bank approved by 
                                              the Board.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 8&#8212;Accounts.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Board shall in such form 
                                              as the Auditor-General may 
                                              approve, keep proper books of 
                                              accounts and proper records in 
                                              relation the thereto.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">

                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The financial year of the 
                                              Board shall end on the 31st day of 
                                              March in each year, and for the 
                                              purposes of this paragraph the 
                                              period extending from the 
                                              commencement of this Instrument to 
                                              the 31st March, 1972 shall be 
                                              deemed to be a financial year.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The Managing Director shall 
                                              prepare the budget estimates for 
                                              any new financial year and present 
                                              such estimates to the Board for 
                                              its approval not later than two 
                                              months before the end of the 
                                              preceding financial year of the 
                                              Board.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 9&#8212;Audit.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Accounts prepared under 
                                              paragraph 8 of this Instrument 
                                              shall be submitted annually to the 
                                              Auditor-General by the Board and 
                                              the Auditor-General shall cause 
                                              the accounts to be audited as 
                                              required by article 135 of the 
                                              Constitution.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Board shall, not later 
                                              than the 31st day of July 
                                              immediately succeeding the end of 
                                              the previous financial year, 
                                              forward to the Minister a report 
                                              of its activities during the 
                                              preceding financial year together 
                                              with an audited statement of 
                                              accounts in respect of that year.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (3) The Minister shall cause 
                                              copies of the said report and 
                                              audited statement, as soon as may 
                                              be practicable upon receipt 
                                              thereof, to be laid before 
                                              Parliament.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 10&#8212;Minister's Power of 
                                              Direction.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Minister may give general 
                                              directions in writing to the 
                                              Corporation on matters of policy 
                                              and the Corporation shall be bound 
                                              to comply with such directions.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 11&#8212;Exemption from Taxes.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Corporation shall be exempted 
                                              from payment of such taxes and 
                                              duties as the Minister responsible 
                                              for Finance may in writing direct.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">

                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 12&#8212;Bye-laws or Other 
                                              Instruments.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Board may subject to the prior 
                                              approval of the Minister make 
                                              bye-laws or other instruments for 
                                              the purpose of carrying into 
                                              effect the provisions and 
                                              principles of this Instrument and 
                                              for regulating any matter falling 
                                              within the scope of the functions 
                                              of the Corporation.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              Section 13&#8212;Interpretation.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              In this Instrument, unless the 
                                              context otherwise requires&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;Minister&quot; means Minister 
                                              responsible for Agriculture.
                                              </span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              E. AKUFO-ADDO</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              President</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              Date of Gazette Notification: 8th 
                                              November, 1971.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
