<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">IN exercise of the powers                                               conferred on the Provisional                                               National Defence Council by                                               subsection (1) of section 6 of the                                               Provisional National Defence                                               Council (Establishment)                                               Proclamation (Supplementary and                                               Consequential Provisions) Law,                                               1982 (P.N.D.C 42) this Instrument                                               is made this 5th day of July,                                               1984.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              Section 1—Establishment.&nbsp; </span>                                               </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              There is hereby established a                                               Committee of Enquiry to be known                                               as the West African Examinations                                               Council Committee of Enquiry                                               hereafter referred to as " the                                               Committee ".</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              Section 2—Membership.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              The Committee shall consist of the                                               persons specified in the Schedule                                               to this Instrument.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              Section 3—Terms of Reference.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              The terms of reference of the                                               Committee shall be as follows:—&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;                                               </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (a) to investigate the leakage of                                               question papers for the 1984 May                                               and June School Certificate and                                               General Certificate of Education                                               examinations in Ghana and                                               establish culpability where                                               necessary;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (b)&nbsp; to identify the nature,                                               causes and sources of the                                               leakages;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (c)&nbsp; to examine the security                                               arrangements in the Accra Office                                               of the West African Examinations                                               Council and recommend necessary                                               improvements;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (d) to inquire into any other                                               matter which appears to the                                               Committee to be reasonably related                                               to the foregoing and which the                                               Committee is satisfied requires to                                               be inquired into; and</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (e) to submit its findings to the                                               Provisional National Defence                                               Council giving reasons therefor                                               and making such recommendations to                                               the Council in respect of its                                               findings as the Committee may find                                               appropriate.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              Section 4—Secretary.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (1) Mr. E. T. Akyianu, Principal                                               Secretary, Ministry of Education,                                               shall act as Secretary to the                                               Committee.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (2) The Provisional National                                               Defence Council may provide to the                                               Committee the Services of such                                               officers as the Committee may                                               require for the discharge of its                                               functions.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              Section 5—Meetings of Committee.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (1) The Committee shall meet at                                               such times and at such places as                                               it may determine and shall sit in                                               camera where necessary.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (2) Subject to the provisions of                                               this Instrument, the Committee                                               shall regulate its own procedure.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              Section 6—Witnesses.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (1) The Commit" may require any                                               person—</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(a) to attend at such time and                                               place as may be indicated by the                                               Committee to give evidence or to                                               produce any document in his                                               possession or control which                                               relates to any matter indicated by                                               the Committee; or</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (b) to give to the Committee any                                               information that it nay require                                               for the purpose of any                                               investigation before it.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (2) Any person who appears before                                               the Committee under sub-paragraph                                               (1) of this paragraph may be                                               examined on oath and the Committee                                               may for that purpose administer                                               the oath.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              Section 7—Offences.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              Any person who—</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(a) refuses or wilfully neglects                                               to attend in obedience to a                                               requirement by the Committee under                                               paragraph 6 (1) (a) or to give                                               evidence as required thereunder;                                               or</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (b) wilfully alters, suppresses,                                               conceals, destroys or refuses to                                               produce any document which he is                                               required to produce under                                               paragraph 6 (1) (a); or</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (c) refuses or wilfully neglects                                               to furnish any information                                               required of him under                                               sub-paragraph 6 (1) (b),</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              is guilty of an offence and liable                                               on summary conviction to a fine                                               not exceeding ¢5,000.00 or to                                               imprisonment not exceeding six                                               months or to both.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              Section 8—Police Officers to                                               Assist Committee.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              The Inspector General of Police                                               shall detail Police Officers to                                               attend upon the Committee, to                                               preserve order during proceedings                                               of the Committee, to serve                                               summonses on witnesses and to                                               perform any other functions                                               relating to the work of the                                               Committee as the Committee may                                               direct.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              SCHEDULE</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">                                              &nbsp;</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              1. Justice J. N. K. TAYLOR&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Supreme Court Judge.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;                                               Chairman&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              2. Mrs. FLORENCE DOLPHYNE&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; ..</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Professor of Linguistics,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; University of Ghana, Legon.&nbsp;                                               Member&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              3. Mr. E. T. AKYIANU, Principal                                               Secretary&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;                                               ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ministry of                                               Education.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;                                               Member&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">                                              &nbsp;</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              FLT.-LT. JERRY JONE RAWLINGS</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              Chairman of the Provisional                                               National Defence Council</span></p>