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IN exercise of the powers
conferred on the Minister
responsible for the Interior by
section 4 (1) of the Public Order
Act, 1994 (Act 491) this
Instrument is made this 30th day
of March , 2008.
Imposition of curfew
1. A person within the boundaries
of the area specified in the
Schedule to this Instrument shall
not be out of doors between the
hours .. specified in the Schedule
except with the written permission
of the Minister or a person
authorised by the Minister.
Exceptions
2.
Paragraph 1 of this Instrument
does not apply to the following:
(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;
(g)
any other person dilly authorised
in writing by the Minister
to undertake a specified task.
Period of curfew
3.
The curfew imposed by this
Instrument shall be for a period
of seven days commencing 30th
March, 2008.
Power of arrest without warrant
4.
A
member of any of the institutions
specified in paragraph 2 or a
person authorised by the Minister
may arrest without warrant any
person who breaches the curfew
imposed by this Instrument.
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Suspension of curfew
5.
The Minister responsible for the
Interior may suspend the
operation... of the curfew imposed
by this Instrument in the whole or
any part of the specified area and
terminate the suspension of the
curfew and restore the curfew as
and when the Minister responsible
for the Interior thinks fit.
SCHEDULE
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Area
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Curfew hours
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Bawku
Municipality and environs,
Zabugu,
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8.00 p.m. - 5.00 a.m.
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Pusiga, Binduri
and Zoosi Townships and
environs |
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HON. KWAMENA BARTELS
Minister for the Interior
Date of Gazette
notification: 31st March, 2008.
GOVERNMENT PRINTER, ASSEMBLY
PRESS, ACCRA. GPCUA250/500/3/2008
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