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                                              IN exercise of the powers 
                                              conferred on the 
                                              Commander-in-Chief by section 97 
                                              of the Armed Forces Act, 1962 (Act 
                                              105), and after consultation with 
                                              the Armed Forces Council, these 
                                              Regulations are made this 13th day 
                                              of August, 1975.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 1&#8212;Article 3.01 of C.I. 
                                              12/1970 Amended.</span></b></p>
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                                              The Armed Forces Regulations, 1970 
                                              (C.I. 12) as amended are hereby 
                                              further amended in Article 3.01 as 
                                              follows&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) by the substitution for the 
                                              heading of that Article of the 
                                              following:&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              &#8220;3.01&#8212;RANKS OF OFFICERS AND 
                                              MEN&#8212;ARMY AND BORDER GUARD&#8221;;</span></p>

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                                              (b) by the substitution for 
                                              Article 3.01 (1) of the 
                                              following:&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              &#8220;(1) The ranks of officers shall 
                                              be&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              Army&nbsp; Border Guard</span></p>
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                                              (a) 
                                              Field-Marshal&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              (a) Field-Marshal (BG)</span></p>
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                                              (b) 
                                              General&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              (b) General (BG)</span></p>
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                                              (c) 
                                              Lieutenant-General&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              (c) Lieutenant-General (BG)</span></p>
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                                              (d) 
                                              Major-General&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              (d) Major-General (BG)</span></p>
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                                              (e) 
                                              Brigadier&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              (e) Brigadier (BG)</span></p>
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                                              (f) 
                                              Colonel&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              (f) Colonel (BG)</span></p>
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                                              (g) 
                                              Lieutenant-Colonel&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              (g) Lieutenant-Colonel (BG)</span></p>
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                                              (h) 
                                              Major&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              (h) Major (BG)</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i) 
                                              Captain&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              (i) Captain (BG)</span></p>
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                                              (j) 
                                              Lieutenant&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              (j) Lieutenant (BG)</span></p>

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                                              (k) 2nd 
                                              Lieutenant&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              (k) 2nd Lieutenant (BG)</span></p>
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                                              (1) Officer 
                                              Cadet&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (1) 
                                              Officer Cadet (BG) &quot;;</span></p>

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                                              (c) by the substitution for 
                                              Article 3.01 (2) (f) of the 
                                              following:&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              &quot;(f) Private, trooper, gunner, 
                                              sapper, signalman, rifleman, 
                                              Craftsman, Guardsman and 
                                              Guardswoman&quot;;</span></p>
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                                              (d) by the substitution for 
                                              Article 3.01 (4) (a) of the 
                                              following:&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              &#8220;(a) Trained soldier, trained 
                                              guards; and&#8221;;</span></p>
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                                              (e) by the insertion immediately 
                                              after Article 3.01 (5) of the 
                                              following:&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              &#8220;(6) Guardsmen and guardswomen 
                                              shall be further classified as&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) Guardsmen/women class I;</span></p>

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                                              (b) Guardsmen/women class II; and
                                              </span></p>
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                                              (c) Guardsmen/women class III&#8221;.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              Section 2&#8212;Article 3.10 of C.I. 
                                              12/1970 Amended.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              The Armed Forces Regulations, 1970 
                                              (C.I. 12) as amended are hereby 
                                              further amended in Article 3.10 as 
                                              follows:&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) by the substitution, for 
                                              Article 3.10 (1) (other than the 
                                              Table thereto) of the following:&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              &#8220;(1) The relative ranks of 
                                              officers and men within&nbsp; the Armed 
                                              Forces shall be as prescribed in 
                                              the Table to this Article:</span></p>
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                                              Provided that officers of the 
                                              Border Guards shall have the Army 
                                              ranks specified in the Table 
                                              followed by the suffix (BG)&quot;;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>

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                                              (b) by the insertion immediately 
                                              after the last item appearing in 
                                              column 1 of the Table to Article 
                                              3.10 (1) of the following:&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              &quot;Guardsman/Guardswoman.&quot;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              COLONEL I. K. ACHEAMPONG</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Chairman of the National 
                                              Redemption Council and 
                                              Commander-in-Chief of the Armed 
                                              Forces</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Date of Gazette Notification: 15th 
                                              August, 1975.</span></p>