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                                              IN exercise of the powers 
                                              conferred on the National 
                                              Redemption Council by section 26 
                                              of the National Redemption Council 
                                              (Establishment) Proclamation, 1972 
                                              this Instrument is made this 5th 
                                              day of November, 1974.</span></p>
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                                              Section 1—EI 70 Amended.</span></p>
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                                              The Committee of Inquiry (Western 
                                              Region Forest Reserves) 
                                              Instrument, 1974 (E.I. 70) in this 
                                              Instrument referred to as the 
                                              “Principal Instrument” is hereby 
                                              amended by the insertion 
                                              immediately after paragraph 5 
                                              thereof of the following new 
                                              paragraph:—</span></p>
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                                              5A—“Validation of Evidence Taken 
                                              Prior to the Establishment of 
                                              Committee.</span></p>
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                                              Any evidence taken by any person 
                                              or group of persons appointed by 
                                              the Government, at any time before 
                                              the coming into force of the 
                                              principal Instrument in respect of 
                                              any of the matters being 
                                              investigated by the Committee 
                                              established by paragraph 1 of the 
                                              principal Instrument shall form 
                                              part of the records of that 
                                              Committee and shall be used for 
                                              the purposes of the principal 
                                              Instrument as if such evidence was 
                                              taken by that Committee.”</span></p>
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                                              Section 2—Commencement.</span></p>
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                                              This Instrument shall be deemed to 
                                              have come into force on the same 
                                              day as the principal Instrument.</span></p>
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                                              COLONEL I. K. ACHEAMPONG</span></p>
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                                              Chairman of the National 
                                              Redemption Council</span></p>