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                                              WHOLESALE FISH MARKETING ACT, 1963 
                                              (ACT 156)</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS</span></p>
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                                              Section</span></p>
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                                              1.&nbsp; Fish marketing zones.</span></p>
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                                              2.&nbsp; Marketing of fish landed in a 
                                              fish marketing zone.</span></p>
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                                              3.&nbsp; Regulations.</span></p>
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                                              4.&nbsp; Interpretation.</span></p>
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                                              5.&nbsp; Customs Ordinance.</span></p>
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                                              SCHEDULE</span></p>
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                                              Schedule&#8212;Area of Port of Elmina</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              THE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIXTH</span></p>
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                                              ACT OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE 
                                              REPUBLIC OF GHANA</span></p>
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                                              ENTITLED</span></p>
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                                              THE WHOLESALE FISH MARKETING ACT, 
                                              1963</span></b></p>
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                                              AN ACT to establish fish marketing 
                                              zones and to regulate the 
                                              wholesale marketing of fish landed 
                                              in those zones and for purposes 
                                              connected with the matters 
                                              aforesaid.</span></p>
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                                              DATE OF ASSENT: 3rd January, 1963</span></p>
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                                              BE IT ENACTED by the President and 
                                              the National Assembly in this 
                                              present Parliament assembled as 
                                              follows:&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              Section 1&#8212;Fish Marketing Zones.</span></b></p>
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                                              For the purposes of this Act each 
                                              of the following areas shall be a 
                                              fish marketing zone, that is to 
                                              say&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a)&nbsp; the area of the port of 
                                              Takoradi as delimited by the Ports 
                                              Act, 1962 (Act 115);</span></p>
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                                              (b)&nbsp; the area of the port of Tema 
                                              as delimited by the said Ports 
                                              Act;</span></p>
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                                              (c) the area of the port of Elmina 
                                              as delimited in the Schedule to 
                                              this Act; and</span></p>
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                                              (d) any other area specified as a 
                                              fish marketing zone by the 
                                              Minister by executive instrument 
                                              published in the Gazette.</span></p>
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                                              Section 2&#8212;Marketing of Fish Landed 
                                              in Fish Marketing Zone.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) Subject to the next following 
                                              subsection no fish landed in a 
                                              fish marketing zone shall, in the 
                                              first instance, be offered for 
                                              sale or sold except in a market 
                                              designated by the Minister as the 
                                              wholesale fish market for that 
                                              zone (hereinafter referred to as a 
                                              &quot;wholesale market&quot;).</span></p>
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                                              (2) The Minister may grant an 
                                              exemption from the preceding 
                                              subsection as respects&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) any fish landed as aforesaid 
                                              for the purpose of being 
                                              despatched to a cannery or other 
                                              fish processing factory; or</span></p>
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                                              (b) any fish which is landed as 
                                              aforesaid having been frozen and 
                                              packed on board the fishing 
                                              vessel, and which is to be 
                                              despatched to a cold store outside 
                                              the zone for distribution.</span></p>
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                                              (3) Any exemption granted by the 
                                              Minister under the last preceding 
                                              subsection shall be in writing and 
                                              may be, either absolute or subject 
                                              to such conditions as the Minister 
                                              thinks fit, including a condition 
                                              requiring the person to whom the 
                                              exemption is granted to pay to any 
                                              person specified in the exemption 
                                              a fee or other charge. Any such 
                                              fee or other charge shall be 
                                              recoverable as a civil debt.</span></p>
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                                              (4) Any designation made by the 
                                              Minister under subsection (1) of 
                                              this section shall be published in 
                                              the Gazette and shall be given 
                                              such other publicity in the fish 
                                              marketing zone concerned as the 
                                              Minister may direct.</span></p>
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                                              (5) Any person who&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) offers for sale or sells any 
                                              fish in contravention of this 
                                              section; or</span></p>
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                                              (b) contravenes any condition 
                                              attached to an exemption granted 
                                              under this section (other than a 
                                              condition requiring the payment of 
                                              a fee or other charge),</span></p>
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                                              shall be guilty of an offence and 
                                              liable on conviction to a fine not 
                                              exceeding two hundred pounds or to 
                                              a term of imprisonment not 
                                              exceeding six months or to both.</span></p>
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                                              Section 3&#8212;Regulations.</span></b></p>
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                                              The Minister may, by legislative 
                                              instrument, make regulations 
                                              providing for any of the following 
                                              matters, that is to say&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) the establishment, 
                                              organisation, management and 
                                              operation of any wholesale market;</span></p>
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                                              (b) the registration of any person 
                                              using a wholesale market, the 
                                              cancellation of any such 
                                              registration and any matters 
                                              incidental thereto or connected 
                                              therewith;</span></p>
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                                              (c) notwithstanding anything in 
                                              subsection (1) of section 2 of 
                                              this Act, the transfer of fish 
                                              landed in one fish marketing zone 
                                              to another such zone;</span></p>
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                                              (d) the imposition of charges in 
                                              respect of fish offered for sale 
                                              or sold in a wholesale market, or 
                                              in respect of fish transferred 
                                              from one such market to another, 
                                              or in respect of fish kept or 
                                              stored in such a market;</span></p>
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                                              (e) the making, for such purposes 
                                              and subject to such conditions and 
                                              limitations as may be prescribed 
                                              by the regulations, of bye-laws by 
                                              any person appointed by the 
                                              Minister to be responsible for the 
                                              management and operation of a 
                                              wholesale market, including 
                                              bye-laws imposing penalties for 
                                              the breach of a bye-law or 
                                              requiring the payment of any fee 
                                              or other charge:</span></p>
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                                              Provided that&nbsp; no regulation made 
                                              under this paragraph shall &#8212;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i) 
                                              authorise the making of a bye-law 
                                              imposing as a penalty a fine 
                                              exceeding twenty-five pounds or, 
                                              in default of payment of such 
                                              fine, a term of imprisonment 
                                              exceeding three months;</span></p>
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                                              (ii) permit any bye-law to have 
                                              effect unless that bye-law has 
                                              been approved by the Minister;</span></p>
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                                              and</span></p>
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                                              (f) any other matter in respect of 
                                              which the Minister considers it 
                                              necessary or expedient to make 
                                              regulations for the purpose of 
                                              giving effect to the provisions of 
                                              this Act.</span></p>
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                                              Section 4&#8212;Interpretation.</span></b></p>
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                                              In this Act, unless the context 
                                              otherwise requires &#8212;</span></p>
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                                              &quot;fish&quot; means any aquatic animal 
                                              (including shellfish, crustaceans, 
                                              turtles and aquatic mammals), and 
                                              any reference to fish landed in a 
                                              fish marketing zone shall be 
                                              construed as a reference only to 
                                              fish landed in such a zone from a 
                                              motor fishing vessel (whether or 
                                              not the actual landing involves 
                                              the transfer of the fish from the 
                                              motor fishing vessel to any other 
                                              craft of any description);</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;Minister&quot; means the Minister 
                                              responsible for fisheries; and</span></p>
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                                              &quot;motor fishing vessel&quot; does not 
                                              include a canoe propelled by an 
                                              outboard motor.</span></p>
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                                              Section 5&#8212;Customs Ordinance.</span></b></p>
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                                              It is hereby declared that nothing 
                                              in this Act shall be construed as 
                                              derogating from the powers 
                                              conferred upon any person under 
                                              the Customs Ordinance (Cap. 167).</span></p>
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                                              SCHEDULE</span></p>
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                                              AREA OF PORT OF ELMINA</span></p>
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                                              All that piece of land at Elmina 
                                              in the Cape Coast District of the 
                                              Central Region of Ghana the 
                                              boundary whereof commencing at a 
                                              pillar marked SGW. 37/59/11 which 
                                              pillar is approximately 50 feet 
                                              south-west of the western corner 
                                              of St. George's Castle and is 77.8 
                                              feet on a bearing of 33º&nbsp; 53' &#8212; 
                                              which bearing together with all 
                                              further bearings hereinafter 
                                              mentioned is referred to the 
                                              Meridian of 1º West Longitude&#8212;from 
                                              a pillar marked GCS. CP. 9/25/61 
                                              which pillar is approximately 120 
                                              feet south-west of the 
                                              south-western corner of the bridge 
                                              (Benya Lagoon) runs on a bearing 
                                              of 323º&nbsp; 03' for 63.9 feet to a 
                                              pillar marked SGW. 37/59/12 and 
                                              thence on a bearing of 263º 08' 
                                              for 1132.3 feet to a pillar marked 
                                              GCS.CP/9/25/63 and thence on a 
                                              bearing of 263º 56' for 565.8 feet 
                                              to a pillar marked SGW. 37/59/1 
                                              and thence on a bearing of 358º 
                                              58' for 426.6 feet to a pillar 
                                              marked SGW. 37/592 which pillar is 
                                              at the northern edge of the Benya 
                                              Lagoon and thence on a bearing of 
                                              82º 56' for 319.5 feet on a pillar 
                                              marked GCG. CP. 3B/33/8 which 
                                              pillar marks the south western 
                                              corner of Sanitary Site No. 3 and 
                                              thence on a bearing of 179º 29' 
                                              for 12.0 feet to a point on a 
                                              retaining wall which wall forms 
                                              the northern edge of the said 
                                              Benya Lagoon and thence follows 
                                              the said retaining wall in a 
                                              general direction of the aforesaid 
                                              retaining wall for approximately 
                                              500 feet to a pillar marked SGW/37/59/13 
                                              and thence follows the aforesaid 
                                              retaining wall on a bearing of 
                                              107º 20' for 201.5 feet to a 
                                              pillar marked SGW. 37/59/14 and 
                                              thence follows the said retaining 
                                              wall on a bearing of 97º 29' for 
                                              462.4 feet to a pillar marked SGW. 
                                              37/59/3 and thence on a bearing of 
                                              29º 54' for 117.2 feet following 
                                              the said retaining wall to a 
                                              pillar marked SGW. 37/59/4 and 
                                              thence on a bearing of 92º 45' for 
                                              88.1 feet to a pillar marked SGW. 
                                              37/59/5 and thence on a bearing of 
                                              157º 33' for 88.1 feet to a pillar 
                                              marked SGW. 37/59/6A and thence on 
                                              a bearing of 49º 59' for 345.9 
                                              feet to a pillar marked SGW. 
                                              37/59/7 and thence follows the Low 
                                              Water mark in a north easterly 
                                              direction for approximately 210 
                                              feet and thence follows the said 
                                              Low Water mark of the Gulf of 
                                              Guinea in a general direction of 
                                              the Low Water mark for 
                                              approximately 2870 feet to a point 
                                              approximately 116 feet due south 
                                              from a pillar marked SGW. 37/59/15 
                                              and thence on a bearing of 180º 
                                              for approximately 2340 feet to a 
                                              point and thence on a bearing of 
                                              270º for approximately 900 feet to 
                                              a pillar marked SGW. 37/59/16 and 
                                              thence on a bearing of 328º 37' 
                                              for 66.5 feet to a pillar marked 
                                              SGW. 37/59/8 which pillar is on 
                                              the break water and thence on a 
                                              bearing of 237º 01' for 262.3 feet 
                                              to a pillar marked SGW. 37/59/9 
                                              and thence on a bearing of 221º 
                                              40' for 279.7 feet to a pillar 
                                              marked SGW. 37/59/10 and thence on 
                                              a bearing of 196º 57' for 55.5 
                                              feet to the point of commencement 
                                              thus enclosing an area of 68.400 
                                              acres be the same several 
                                              dimension little more or less as 
                                              the same premises are more 
                                              particularly delineated and shewn 
                                              edged pink on a Cadastral Plan 
                                              numbered Y. 844.</span></td>
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