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                                              IN exercise of the powers 
                                              conferred on the President under 
                                              section 6 of the Emergency Powers 
                                              Act, 1994 (Act 472), this 
                                              Instrument is made this 16th day 
                                              of April, 2002.</span></p>
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                                              Section 1—Prohibition of 
                                              Possession of Arms.</span></p>
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                                              (1) A person shall not 
                                              manufacture, procure, possess or 
                                              carry any arms or ammunition 
                                              within the area under the state of 
                                              emergency declared under the state 
                                              of Emergency (Specified Area) (No. 
                                              2) Proclamation, 2002.</span></p>
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                                              (2) Sub-paragraph (1) does not 
                                              apply to:</span></p>
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                                              (a) a member of the Armed Forces;</span></p>
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                                              (b) a member of the Police Force;</span></p>
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                                              (c) a member of the Prisons 
                                              Service;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) a member of the Customs, 
                                              Excise and Preventive Service; or</span></p>
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                                              (e) any person duly authorized by 
                                              the Task Force Commander in the 
                                              state of emergency area.</span></p>
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                                              (3) Notwithstanding the provisions 
                                              of this paragraph a person shall 
                                              not be deemed to have contravened 
                                              subparagraph (1) if he satisfies 
                                              the Commander or an officer 
                                              authorized by the Commander that 
                                              he has lawful authority for the 
                                              possession or carrying of the arms 
                                              and it is not intended for use in 
                                              the conflict area.</span></p>
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                                              Section 2—Deposit of Arms and 
                                              Ammunition with the Military or 
                                              Police.</span></p>
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                                              Any person who is in possession of 
                                              arms or ammunition or has arms or 
                                              ammunition under his control 
                                              within the area of the state of 
                                              emergency shall deposit the arms 
                                              or ammunition with the officer in 
                                              charge of the nearest police 
                                              station or military post.</span></p>
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                                              Section 3—Search without Warrant.</span></p>
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                                              Subject to the Emergency Powers 
                                              Act, 1994 (Act 472), any military 
                                              personnel or police officer may in 
                                              the emergency area, search and 
                                              arrest without warrant any person 
                                              whom he suspects on reasonable 
                                              grounds to be in possession of or 
                                              carrying arms or ammunition 
                                              contrary to paragraph 1(1).</span></p>
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                                              Section 4—Taking Possession of 
                                              Property.</span></p>
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                                              (1) Any commissioned officer in 
                                              the emergency area may take 
                                              possession or control of any 
                                              vehicle or other property that he 
                                              considers necessary for the 
                                              purpose of any exercise directly 
                                              connected with military operations 
                                              in the emergency area.</span></p>
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                                              (2) Vehicles or other property 
                                              taken possession or control of 
                                              under subparagraph (1) shall be 
                                              held only for such period as is 
                                              necessary for the operations 
                                              concerned.</span></p>
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                                              Section 5—Imposition of Curfew.</span></p>
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                                              (1) The Task Force Commander 
                                              responsible for operations in the 
                                              area under the state of emergency 
                                              may, where he considers it 
                                              necessary for execution of 
                                              operations in the emergency area, 
                                              impose a curfew in such parts of 
                                              the emergency area as he may 
                                              direct.</span></p>
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                                              (2) Where a curfew is imposed in 
                                              any area under subparagraph (1), 
                                              the Task Force Commander shall by 
                                              widespread announcement indicate 
                                              the hours of the curfew and the 
                                              areas covered by the curfew.</span></p>
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                                              (3) The following persons are 
                                              exempt from any curfew imposed 
                                              under this Instrument:</span></p>
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                                              (a) members of the Armed Forces on 
                                              duty;</span></p>
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                                              (b) members of the Police Force 
                                              and Fire Service on duty;</span></p>
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                                              (c) doctors and nurses on duty; 
                                              and</span></p>
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                                              (d) such other person as the 
                                              Commander may direct.</span></p>
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                                              (4) A curfew imposed under this 
                                              Instrument may be suspended or 
                                              revoked by the Commander.</span></p>
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                                              Section 6—Prohibition of public 
                                              meetings and procession.</span></p>
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                                              Except with the prior approval of 
                                              the Commander no person shall hold 
                                              or participate in a public meeting 
                                              or procession in the area under 
                                              the state of emergency.</span></p>
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                                              Section 7—Publication on Area 
                                              under State of Emergency.</span></p>
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                                              For the purpose of securing 
                                              accurate, correct and appropriate 
                                              publication of activities in the 
                                              area under the state of emergency, 
                                              there is established by this 
                                              Instrument News (Area under 
                                              Emergency) Committee.</span></p>
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                                              (2) The Committee shall be 
                                              composed of five members appointed 
                                              by the Minister responsible for 
                                              Information.</span></p>
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                                              (3) The Committee shall have a 
                                              chairperson who shall be appointed 
                                              by the Minister responsible for 
                                              Information.</span></p>
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                                              Section 8—Functions of the 
                                              Committee.</span></p>
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                                              The Committee may provide, in 
                                              writing, guidelines for the 
                                              publication of information and 
                                              news arising from, connected with 
                                              or related to the area which is 
                                              subject to the State of Emergency 
                                              under the State of Emergency 
                                              (Specified Area) (No. 2) 
                                              Proclamation 2002.</span></p>
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                                              Section 9—Compliance and 
                                              Sanctions.</span></p>
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                                              (1) Any publication in whatever 
                                              medium on the area under the state 
                                              of emergency shall conform with 
                                              the guidelines issued by the 
                                              Committee.</span></p>
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                                              (2) The committee shall in the 
                                              guidelines provide for such 
                                              pecuniary penalties and 
                                              disciplinary action as it 
                                              considers appropriate for breach 
                                              of any of the guidelines.</span></p>
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                                              Section 10—Specified Obligation in 
                                              News Publication.</span></p>
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                                              (1) Without limiting the scope of 
                                              paragraph 8, all publications on 
                                              the area under the state of 
                                              emergency shall</span></p>
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                                              (a) be devoid of ethnic 
                                              references;</span></p>
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                                              (b) not make allusions to 
                                              stereotypes or slurs or make 
                                              abusive, insulting and other 
                                              provocative pronouncements;</span></p>
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                                              (c) not contain reports of 
                                              speeches of hate against any group 
                                              or persons;</span></p>
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                                              (d) not contain propaganda;</span></p>
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                                              (e) clearly separate facts from 
                                              conjecture;</span></p>
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                                              (f) show sensibility to local 
                                              values and norms;</span></p>
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                                              (g) exhibit tact and diplomacy;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (h) treat with special care 
                                              coverage of matters that affect 
                                              directly people by or with vested 
                                              interest in the conflict; and</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i) 
                                              avoid publication of material that 
                                              diminishes human dignity.</span></p>
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                                              (2) Broadcast of all phone-ins 
                                              through the electronic media on 
                                              matters connected with or related 
                                              to the conflict is prohibited.</span></p>
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                                              Section 11—Offences Relating to 
                                              Publications.</span></p>
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                                              (1) A person who contravenes any 
                                              of the provisions in paragraph 10 
                                              commits an offence and is liable 
                                              on summary conviction to a term of 
                                              imprisonment of not less than 14 
                                              days.</span></p>
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                                              (2) Where an offence is committed 
                                              under subparagraph (1) by a media 
                                              house, the manager or publisher 
                                              shall also be deemed to have 
                                              committed the offence and the 
                                              Committee may appoint an 
                                              administrator to manage the media 
                                              house for such period as the 
                                              Committee shall determine except 
                                              that the period shall not exceed 
                                              21 days and shall be subject to 
                                              review.</span></p>
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                                              Section 12—Other Offences and 
                                              Penalties.</span></p>
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                                              Any person who</span></p>
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                                              (a) manufactures, procures,&nbsp; 
                                              possesses or carries arms or 
                                              ammunition contrary to paragraph 1 
                                              (1);</span></p>
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                                              (b) fails to deposit arms or 
                                              ammunition contrary to paragraph 
                                              2;</span></p>
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                                              (c) refuse to hand over any 
                                              vehicle or property contrary to 
                                              paragraph 4(1);</span></p>
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                                              (d) acts contrary to a curfew 
                                              imposed under paragraph 5(1); or</span></p>
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                                              (e) holds or participates in any 
                                              public meeting or procession 
                                              contrary to paragraph 6,</span></p>
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                                              of this Instrument commits an 
                                              offence and is liable on summary 
                                              conviction to imprisonment of not 
                                              less than three months and any 
                                              arms, ammunition or material the 
                                              subject matter of the offence 
                                              shall be forfeited to the state.</span></p>
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                                              Section 13—Interpretation.</span></p>
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                                              In this Instrument unless the 
                                              context otherwise requires </span>
                                              </p>
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                                              "ammunition" includes explosives, 
                                              all munition of war and all 
                                              materials for loading firearms;</span></p>
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                                              "arms" includes firearms and 
                                              offensive weapons of all 
                                              descriptions, artillery, apparatus 
                                              for the discharge of any kind of 
                                              projectiles, explosives or bombs, 
                                              grenades, machine-guns and rifled 
                                              small-bore breech-loading weapons 
                                              of any kind, and includes parts of 
                                              any of the foregoing;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              "conflict" means the conflict in 
                                              the area under the state of 
                                              emergency;</span></p>
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                                              "Commander" means the Task Force 
                                              Commander assigned to the area 
                                              under the state of emergency;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              "Committee" means the News (Area 
                                              under Emergency) Committee 
                                              established under paragraph 7;</span></p>
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                                              "fire-arms" includes any gun, 
                                              rifle, machine-gun, cap-gun, 
                                              flint-lock gun or pistol, 
                                              revolver, pistol cannon or other 
                                              firearms and any air gun, air 
                                              rifle or air pistol whether whole 
                                              or in detached pieces;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              "offensive weapon" means an 
                                              article made or adapted for 
                                              causing injury to a person or 
                                              intended by the person having it 
                                              with him for such use by him.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              JOHN AGYEKUM KUFUOR</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              President of the Republic of Ghana</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Date of Gazette Notification: 19th 
                                              April, 2002.</span></p>