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                                              ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS</span></p>
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                                              Regulation</span></p>
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                                              1. Registers to be kept.</span></p>
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                                              2. Disposal of dangerous drugs.</span></p>
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                                              3. Disposal of passports and 
                                              travel documents.</span></p>

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                                              4. Disposal of perishable 
                                              property, etc.</span></p>
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                                              5. Disposal of arms, explosives, 
                                              etc.</span></p>
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                                              6. Disposal of jewels, precious 
                                              metals, etc.</span></p>
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                                              7. Disposal of animals and birds.</span></p>
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                                              8. Disposal of money.</span></p>

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                                              9. Disposal of other property.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              10. Notice of property to be 
                                              posted.</span></p>
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                                              11. Disposal of proceeds of sales.</span></p>
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                                              12. Return of property to owner.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              13. Interpretation.</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              14. Revocations.</span></p>
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                                              IN exercise of the powers 
                                              conferred on the Minister of 
                                              Internal Affairs by section 35 (3) 
                                              of the Police Service Act, 1970 
                                              (Act 350), these Regulations are 
                                              made this 14th day of September, 
                                              1971.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              Regulation 1&#8212;Registers to be Kept.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The police officer in charge 
                                              of every police station shall keep 
                                              at that station registers in which 
                                              shall be entered a description of 
                                              all property which has come into 
                                              the possession of the police where 
                                              the owner of the property cannot 
                                              be ascertained or no order of a 
                                              Court has been made with respect 
                                              thereto.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The officer in charge of the 
                                              registers shall enter therein 
                                              particulars of the manner of 
                                              disposal of all such property, 
                                              and, where it is sold in 
                                              accordance with these Regulations, 
                                              the amount of proceeds of sale and 
                                              of the expenses deducted in 
                                              accordance with these Regulations.</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 2&#8212;Disposal of Dangerous 
                                              Drugs.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Where such property is 
                                              believed to be a dangerous drug, 
                                              the officer in charge of the 
                                              police station shall immediately 
                                              notify the Inspector-General of 
                                              Police and the Minister.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Where the Minister has been 
                                              notified of such property, it 
                                              shall be disposed of in such 
                                              manner as the Minister may direct, 
                                              and the Minister may if he thinks 
                                              fit order that it be delivered to 
                                              the Minister responsible for 
                                              Health.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 3&#8212;Disposal of&nbsp; 
                                              Passports and Travel Documents.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Where such property is a passport 
                                              or similar travel document, the 
                                              officer in charge of the police 
                                              station shall immediately transfer 
                                              the property to the Principal 
                                              Secretary of the Ministry 
                                              responsible for the Police 
                                              Service.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 4&#8212;Disposal of&nbsp; 
                                              Perishable Property, Etc.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Where such property is of a 
                                              perishable nature or its custody&nbsp; 
                                              involves unreasonable expense or 
                                              inconvenience and its owner cannot 
                                              after reasonable enquiry be found&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a)&nbsp; it may be destroyed at any 
                                              time on the written authority of a 
                                              superior police officer if he is 
                                              satisfied that it is unsaleable; 
                                              or</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) where it is saleable, it 
                                              shall, as soon as may be 
                                              convenient, be sold by public 
                                              auction by a superior police 
                                              officer or an auctioneer or other 
                                              person appointed by such officer 
                                              in writing for that purpose.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Where property is sold in 
                                              accordance with this regulation 
                                              the proceeds of sale shall not be 
                                              disposed of under regulation 11 
                                              until they have remained in the 
                                              possession of the police for two 
                                              months.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 5&#8212;Disposal of Arms, 
                                              Explosives, Etc.</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Where such property is a 
                                              firearm, arms or offensive weapon 
                                              of any description or any article 
                                              similar to any of the foregoing, 
                                              it shall be sold or otherwise 
                                              disposed of in such manner as the 
                                              Minister may direct after it has 
                                              remained in the possession of the 
                                              police for two months.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Where such property consists 
                                              of ammunition, explosive, 
                                              gunpowder, ammunitions of war or 
                                              any similar article, the officer 
                                              in charge of the police station 
                                              shall immediately notify the 
                                              Inspector-General of Police and 
                                              the Minister.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (3) Where the Minister has been 
                                              notified under paragraph (2) of 
                                              this regulation, the property 
                                              shall be disposed of (otherwise 
                                              than by sale) in such manner as 
                                              the Minister may direct.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 6&#8212;Disposal of Jewels, 
                                              Precious Metals, Etc.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Where such property consists of 
                                              precious stones or precious metal, 
                                              it shall be sold in such manner as 
                                              the Minister may direct after it 
                                              has remained in the possession of 
                                              the police for two months. </span>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 7&#8212;Disposal of Animals 
                                              and Birds.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Where such property consists 
                                              of live animals or birds, it shall 
                                              be sold in such manner as a 
                                              superior police officer may direct 
                                              after it has remained in the 
                                              possession of the police for seven 
                                              days.</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Where any person satisfies the 
                                              officer in charge of the police 
                                              station, within the aforesaid 
                                              period of seven days, that he is 
                                              the owner or otherwise entitled to 
                                              any such animals or birds, he 
                                              shall pay to the police a sum 
                                              equivalent to the expenses of 
                                              keeping them at rates not 
                                              exceeding twenty new pesewas a day 
                                              for each animal and five new 
                                              pesewas a day for each bird.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 8&#8212;Disposal of Money.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Where such property consists 
                                              of Ghanaian money it shall&nbsp; be 
                                              retained in the possession of the 
                                              police for two months, and if it 
                                              has not been claimed at the 
                                              expiration of that period, then</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) if the amount does not exceed 
                                              twenty new cedis, it shall be paid 
                                              into the Police Welfare Fund;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (b) if the amount exceeds twenty 
                                              new cedis, it shall be paid into 
                                              the Consolidated Fund.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Where such property consists 
                                              of foreign money it shall be 
                                              retained in the possession of the 
                                              police for two months, and if it 
                                              has not been claimed at the 
                                              expiration of that period it shall 
                                              be paid into the Consolidated 
                                              Fund.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 9&#8212;Disposal of Other 
                                              Property.</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              In the case of property not 
                                              referred to in regulations 2 to 8, 
                                              where its owner cannot after 
                                              reasonable enquiry be found&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) &nbsp;it may be destroyed, after it 
                                              has remained in the possession of 
                                              the police for two months, on the 
                                              written authority of a superior 
                                              police officer if he is satisfied 
                                              that it is unsaleable; or</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) where it is saleable, it 
                                              shall, after it has remained in 
                                              the possession of the police for 
                                              two months, be sold by public 
                                              auction by a superior police 
                                              officer or an auctioneer or other 
                                              person appointed by such officer 
                                              in writing for that purpose.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 10&#8212;Notice of Property 
                                              to be Posted.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (1) The officer in charge of a 
                                              police station at which property&nbsp; 
                                              is retained in possession of the 
                                              police shall post a notice 
                                              conspicuously outside the police 
                                              station specifying the property so 
                                              retained, and such notice shall be 
                                              kept posted prior to the disposal 
                                              of such property&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) for seven days, in the case of 
                                              live animals or birds;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) for two months, in any other 
                                              case.</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Where such property consists 
                                              of money, the notice shall not 
                                              specify the amount of the money.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) It shall not be necessary to 
                                              post a notice in respect of 
                                              property of the description 
                                              mentioned in regulation 2, 4 or 5 
                                              (2).</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              Regulation 11&#8212;Disposal of Proceeds 
                                              of Sales.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              After deducting any expenses 
                                              incurred by the police in the 
                                              custody of the property and any 
                                              expenses incurred by its sale, the 
                                              proceeds of all sales under these 
                                              Regulations shall be paid as 
                                              follows:&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) seventy-five per cent into the 
                                              Consolidated Fund;</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) twenty-five per cent into the 
                                              Police Welfare Fund.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 12&#8212;Return of&nbsp; Property 
                                              to Owner.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Where property or the proceeds of 
                                              the sale of property is &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              required to be retained in the 
                                              possession of the police for any 
                                              period under these Regulations, 
                                              the officer in charge of the 
                                              police station shall deliver the 
                                              property or proceeds of sale to 
                                              any person who satisfies him, 
                                              before the expiration of such 
                                              period, that he is the owner or 
                                              otherwise entitled to such 
                                              property or proceeds of sale.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 13&#8212;Interpretation.</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              In these Regulations&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;dangerous drug&quot; has the meaning 
                                              assigned to it by the Pharmacy and 
                                              Drugs Act, 1961 (Act 64);</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;Minister&quot; means the Minister to 
                                              whom responsibility for the Police 
                                              Service is assigned by the Prime 
                                              Minister;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;money&quot; includes coins, banknotes, 
                                              postal orders, cheques and other 
                                              valuable securities;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;superior police officer&quot; means an 
                                              officer not below the rank of 
                                              Assistant Superintendent of 
                                              Police.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 14&#8212;Revocations.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The following statutory 
                                              instruments are hereby revoked&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Unclaimed Property Disposal 
                                              Regulations, 1941 (No. 37).</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Unclaimed Property Disposal 
                                              (Amendment) Regulations, 1963 (L.I. 
                                              321).</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              N. Y. B. ADADE</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Minister of Internal Affairs</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              Date of Gazette Notification: 26th 
                                              October, 1971.</span></p>