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IN exercise of the powers
conferred on the Minister
responsible for the Interior by
section 5 (1) of the Public Order
Act, 1994 (Act 491) this
Instrument is made this 2nd day of
November, 2007.
Prohibition of possession of arms
1.
(1) A person shall not
manufacture, procure, possess or
carry any arms or ammunition
within the areas specified in the
Schedule.
(2) Sub-paragraph (1) does not
apply to:
(a) a member of the Armed Forces;
(b) a member of the Police
Service;
(c) a member of the Ghana Prisons
Service;
(d) a member of the Security and
Intelligence Service;
(e) a member of the Ghana
Immigration Service;
(f) a member of the Customs Excise
and Preventive Service; or
(g) any other person duly
authorised by the Minister
responsible for the
Interior to undertake a
specified assignment.
(3) Despite the provisions of
sub-paragraph (1), a person may
manufacture, procure, possess or
carry arms or ammunition if that
person satisfies the Minister or
the person authorised by the
Minister that that person has
lawful authority for the
manufacture, procurement,
possession or carrying of the arms
or ammunition and the arms or
ammunition is not intended for use
within the area specified in the
Schedule.
Deposit of arms and ammunition
with the police
2. A person who is in
possession of arms or ammunition
or has arms or ammunition under
that person's control within the
area specified in the Schedule
shall deposit the arms or
ammunition with the officer in
charge of the nearest police
station.
Power of search without warrant
3.
A police officer or a person
authorised by the Minister
responsible for the Interior, may
within the area specified in the
Schedule, search and arrest
without warrant any person whom
the police officer or that
authorised person suspects on
reasonable grounds to be in
possession of or carrying arms or
ammunition in contravention of
this Instrument.
Offences and penalties
4.
A person who
(a) manufactures, procures,
possesses or carries arms or
ammunition contrary to paragraph 1
(1); or
(b) fails to deposit arms or
ammunition contrary to paragraph 2
commits an offence and is liable
on summary conviction to a fine of
not more than two hundred penalty
units or to a term of imprisonment
of not more than twelve months or
to both.
Interpretation
5.
In this Instrument unless the
context otherwise requires
"ammunition" includes explosives,
all munitions of war and all
materials for loading firearms;
"arms" includes firearms and
offensive weapons of all
descriptions, artillery, apparatus
for the discharge of any kind of
projectile, explosives or
gas-diffusing, flame throwers,
bombs, grenades, machine-guns and
rifle, small-bore breech-loading
weapons of any kind and includes
parts of any of the foregoing
materials;
"firearms" includes any gun,
rifle, machine-gun, flint-lock gun
or pistol, revolver, cannon or
other firearms and any air gun,
air rifle or air-pistol whether
whole or in detached pieces; and
"offensive weapon" means an
article made or adapted to cause
injury to a person or intended by
the person having the article to
cause injury to a person.
SCHEDULE
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Area |
Region |
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Anloga and Keta Townships
and Environs |
Volta
Region |
KWAMENA BARTELS
Minister for the Interior
Date of Gazette notification: 2nd
November, 2007
GOVERNMENT PRINTER, ASSEMBLY
PRESS, ACCRA. GPC/A501/500/11/2007 |
