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IN exercise of the powers
conferred on the Supreme Military
Council by section 11 of the Wild
Animals Preservation Act, 1961
(Act 43) these Regulations are
made this 21st day of April, 1977.
Regulation 1—L.I. 710 Amended.
The Wildlife Reserve Regulations,
1971 (L.I. 710) as amended is
hereby further amended as follows—
(a) by the deletion from
regulation 1 thereof, of the words
“Bia West Game Production Reserve”
and “Bia South Game Production
Reserve”;
(b) by the insertion at the end of
the list of names of Reserves
specified in regulation 1 thereof,
of the following new Reserve—“(m)
Bia Game Production Reserve.”
(c) by the substitution for the
particulars specified in the
Schedule thereto relating to the
Bia National Park of the new
particulars specified in the
Schedule to these Regulations;
(d) by the deletion from the
Schedule thereto, of the
particulars relating to “Bia West
Game Production Reserve” and “Bia
South Game Production Reserve”;
and
(e) by the insertion at the end of
the Schedule thereto of the
particulars specified in the
Schedule to these Regulations
relating to the Bia Game
Production Reserve.
Regulation 2—Revocation.
The following instruments are
hereby revoked—
(a) Wildlife Reserves (Amendment)
Regulations, 1974 (L.I. 881);
(b) Sefwi Wiawso State (Bia
Tributaries Forest Reserve)
Bye-laws, 1940; and
(c) Sefwi Wiawso State (Bia
Tributaries Forest Reserve)
Bye-laws (Amendment) Order, 1954.
SCHEDULE
“BIA NATIONAL PARK DESCRIPTION.
All that piece or parcel of land
known as site for Bia National
Park situate and lying and being
at Debiso South in the Bia
Tributaries South Forest Reserve
in the Sefwi Wiawso District of
the Western Region of the Republic
of Ghana the boundary whereof
commencing at a pillar marked BNP.
I which pillar is approximately
6,600 feet East of Latitude 03°
05’ and approximately 14,600 feet
North of Latitude 6° 35’ whose
intersection of Pillar BNP.1 is
Longitude 03° 03’ 30” and Latitude
6° 37’ 25” at Kontumso Village.
The boundary runs on a bearing of
126° 30’ which bearing together
with all further bearing
hereinafter mentioned is referred
to the Meridian 1° West
Longitude—for approximately 12,000
feet to a pillar marked BNP. 2 and
thence on bearing of 161° 30’ for
approximately 10,800 feet to a
pillar marked BNP.3 and thence on
a bearing of 185° 30’ for
approximately 10,500 feet to a
pillar marked BNP.3A and thence on
a bearing of 257° 30’ for
approximately 21,700 feet to a
pillar marked BNP.3B and thence on
a bearing of 279° 30’ for
approximately 16,000 feet to a
pillar marked BNP.3C and thence on
a bearing of 20° 00’ for
approximately 12,500 feet to a
pillar marked BNP.12 and thence on
a bearing of 356° 00’ for
approximately 6,000 feet to a
pillar marked BNP. 13 and thence
on a bearing of 60° 00’ for
approximately 24,700 feet to the
point of commencement thus
enclosing an area of 30.00 square
miles be the same several
dimensions little more or less as
the same premises are more
particularly delineated and shewn
edged pink on the plan attached
herewith.”
“BIA GAME PRODUCTION RESERVE
DESCRIPTION
All that piece or parcel of land
known as site for Bia Game
Production Reserve situate South
of the Site for Bia National Park
in the Bia Tributaries South
Forest Reserve in the Sefwi Wiawso
District of the Western Region of
the Republic of Ghana the boundary
whereof commencing at a pillar
marked BNP.3A which pillar is
approximately 19,500 feet on a
bearings of 185° 30’—which bearing
together with all further bearings
hereinafter mentioned is referred
to Meridian 1° West Longitude—from
a pillar marked BMP.3 which pillar
marks the Eastern boundary of the
said Bia National Park site the
boundary runs in a southerly
direction on a bearing of 185°
30’ for approximately 29,000 feet
to a pillar marked BNP.4 and
thence on a bearing of 150° 00’
for approximately 43,600 feet
passing through a pillar marked
BNP.5 to a pillar marked BNP.5A
and thence on a bearing of 247°
00’ for approximately 15,000 feet
to a pillar marked BNP.5B and
thence on a bearing of 321° 00’
for approximately 14,800 feet to a
pillar marked BNP.5C and thence on
a bearing of 310° 00’ for
approximately 31,300 feet passing
through a pillar marked BNP.7 to a
pillar marked BNP.8 and thence on
a bearing of 266° 00’ for 32,500
feet passing through a pillar
marked BNP.9 to a pillar marked
BNP.9A and thence on a bearing of
33° 00’ for approximately 32,000
feet passing through a pillar
marked BNP.10 to a pillar marked
BNP.11 and thence on a bearing of
20° 00’ for approximately 16,000
feet to a pillar marked BNP.3c
which pillar marks the
south-western corner of the
aforesaid BIA NATIONAL PARK and
thence on a bearing of 99° 30’ for
approximately 16,000 feet to a
pillar marked BNP.3B and thence on
a bearing of 77° 30’ for
approximately 21,700 feet to the
point of commencement thus
enclosing an area of 88.00 square
miles be the same several
dimensions little more or less as
the same premises are more
particularly delineated and shewn
edged pink on the Plan attached
herewith.”
GENERAL I. K. ACHEAMPONG
Chairman of the Supreme Military
Council
Date of Gazette Notification:
29th April, 1977.
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