DECREES OF THE SUPREME MILITARY COUNCIL 1975-1979

SMCD 1         Chieftaincy (Judicial Committee of National House of Chiefs) (Membership Continuation) (Amendment) Decree, 1975     repealed: PNDCL 323

SMCD 2         Commission of Inquiry (Tax Review) (Amendment) Decree 1975     repealed: Act 516

SMCD 3         Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Decree 1975 

SMCD 4         State Fishing Corporation and Ghana Cold Stores Limited (Merger) (Amendment) Decree 1975   repealed: Act 516

SMCD 5         Income Tax  Decree 1975    repealed: Act 592

SMCD 6         Policy (Amendment) Decree 1975     repealed: Act 437 s.50

SMCD 7              Ghana Legion (Amendment) Decree 1975

SMCD 8              Pensions and Social Security  (Amendment) Decree 1975     

SMCD 9              Timber Operations (Government Participation) (Amendment) Decree 1976     

SMCD 10       State Enterprises Commission Decree 1976         repealed: Act 433

SMCD 11       Drevici Group of Companies (Removal of Restriction on Withdrawal and Transfer of Bank Accounts and Assets) Decree 1976     repealed: AFRCD 56

SMCD 12       Centre for Scientific Research Into Plant Medicine (Amendment) Decree 1976         

SMCD 13       Evidence and Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Decree 1976    repealed: SMCD 237

SMCD 14       Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration Decree 1976    

                        repealed: PNDCL 318

SMCD 15       Local Government (Amendment) Decree 1976     repealed: PNDCL 207

SMCD 16       Overseas Public Officers’ Pensions (Ghana /United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern

                                    Ireland (Agreement) Decree 1976 

SMCD 17       Commercial Houses and Supermarkets (Sale of Specified Goods) Decree 1976    

           repealed: SMCD 35

SMCD 18       National Liberation Movement of Togoland (Proscription) 1976     repealed: SMCD 2O

SMCD 19       Data Processing Control Board Decree 1976     repealed: Act 727

SMCD 20       Prohibited Organisations Decree 1976    

SMCD 21       Commercial Houses and Supermarkets (Sale of Specified Goods) (Amendment) Decree 1976               repealed: SMCD 35

SMCD 22       Commercial Houses and Supermarkets (Sale of Specified Goods) (Amendment) Decree 1976               repealed: SMCD 35

SMCD 23       National Mortgage, Financing and Guarantee Scheme Decree 1976  

SMCD 24       Commercial Houses and Supermarkets (Sale of Specified Goods) (Amendment) (No 3) Decree

                        1976   repealed: SMCD 35

SMCD 25       Loyalty Industries Limited Decree 1976      repealed: Act 543

SMCD 26             Subversion (Amendment) Decree 1976     repealed: AFRCD 56

SMCD 27       Subversion (Amendment)  (No 2) Decree 1976      repealed: AFRCD 56

SMCD 28       Ghanaian Enterprises Development (Amendment) Decree 1976         

SMCD 29       Implementation of the National Charter Decree 1976          repealed: AFRCD 56

SMCD 30       Investment Policy (Amendment) Decree 1976     repealed: Act 437

SMCD 31       Insurance  (Amendment) Decree 1976     repealed: Act 437

SMCD 32       Sefwi Bekwai Stool Property (Seizure) Decree 1976       repealed: SMCD 135

SMCD 33       Labour (Amendment)  Decree 1976             repealed: Act 651

SMCD 34       Investment Policy  (Amendment) ( No 2) Decree 1976     repealed: Act  437

SMCD 35       Control of Sale of Specified Goods  Decree 1976      repealed:  PNDCL 295

SMCD 36       West African Examinations Council Act 1970 (Amendment) Decree 1976      

                        repealed:  PNDCL 255

SMCD 37       Investment Policy (Amendment) (No 3)  Decree 1976           repealed:  Act  437

SMCD 38       Removal Articles (Exemptions)  (Amendment)  Decree 1976    repealed:  PNDCL 121

SMCD 39       Vehicle Purchase Tax  (Amendment) Decree 1976         repealed:  SMCD 113

SMCD 40       Cigarettes (Special Tax) Decree 1976     repealed:  Act 395

SMCD 41       Beer and Stout (Special Tax) Decree 1976          repealed:  Act 394

SMCD 42       Labour (Amendment) Decree 1976   repealed: Act 651

SMCD 43       Advertisement Tax Decree 1976    repealed:  Act 486

SMCD 44       Entertainment Duty (Amendment) Decree 1976     repealed:  Act 486

SMCD 45       Casino Revenue Tax (Amendment) Decree 1976           

SMCD 46       Capital Gains Tax (Amendment) Decree 1976     repealed: Act 592

SMCD 47       Night Club Licensing  (Amendment ) Decree 1976          repealed:  SMCD 116

SMCD 48       Minerals Duty (Amendment) Decree 1976            repealed: Act  444

SMCD 49       Income Tax (Amendment) Decree 1976     repealed: Act 592   

SMCD 50       Hotels And Restaurants (Taxation) Decree 1976      repealed:  Act 486

SMCD 51       Import Licence Tax Decree 1976   repealed:  SMCD 121

SMCD 52       Pharmacy and Drugs (Amendment) Decree 1976     repealed:  Act 489

SMCD 53       Ejura Stool Property (Seizure) Decree 1976            repealed:  SMCD 108

SMCD 54       Sports Decree 1976

SMCD 55       Ghana National Procurement Agency Decree 1976   repealed: Act 663

SMCD 56       Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Decree 1976

SMCD 57       Subversion (Amendment) (No 3) Decree 1976     repealed:  AFRCD 56

SMCD 58       Environmental Protection Council (Amendment) Decree 1976    repealed:  Act 490

SMCD 59       Integrated Iron and Steel Commission  Decree 1976      repealed:  PNDCL 154  s.23

SMCD 60       National Liberation Council (Bank Accounts) Decree 1966 (Amendment) Decree 1976

                        repealed:  PNDCL 323

SMCD 61       National Liberation Council (Prohibition of Transfer of Assets) Decree 1966 (Amendment)

                        Decree 1976    repealed:  PNDCL 323

SMCD 62       Marriage Ordinance (Amendment) Decree 1976     repealed:  Act 422

SMCD 63       Ghana Education Service (Amendment) Decree 1976     repealed:  Act 506

SMCD 64       Wenchi Paramount Stool Affairs Decree 1976    

SMCD 65       R.T. Briscoe (Ghana) Limited (Transfer of Assets)  Decree 1976     repealed:  Act 516

SMCD 66       Council for Scientific and Industrial Research  (Amendment) Decree 1976    

                        repealed:  Act 52l

SMCD 67       Assets and Bank Accounts (Amendment) Decree 1976     repealed:  PNDCL 323

SMCD 68       Wenchi Stool Property (Restoration) Decree 1976          repealed:  PNDCL 323

SMCD 69       Committee of Inquiry (R T Briscoe (Ghana) Ltd) (Implementation of Committee’s Findings)             Decree 1976    repealed:  Act 543

SMCD 70       Posts and Telecommunications Corporation  (Amendment) Decree 1977    

                        repealed:  PNDCL 202

SMCD 71       Telecommunications  (Frequency Registration and Control) Decree 1977     repealed:  Act 524

SMCD 72       External Currency (Foreign Travel) Levy Decree 1977     repealed:  Act 411

SMCD 73       Foreign Travel Tax Act (Amendment) Decree 1977         repealed:  Act 414

SMCD 74       Wenchi Queenmother’s Stool  Property (Seizure)Decree 1977  repealed:  SMCD 102

SMCD 75       Kokofu Stool Property (Seizure) Decree 1977      repealed:  SMCD 8l

SMCD 76       Police Force (Amendment) Decree 1977      repealed:  PNDCL 42 s.65

SMCD 77       Land and Buildings (Acquisition) Decree 1977     repealed:  Act  5l6

SMCD 78       General Amnesty to Prisoners (Fifth Anniversary of 13th January Revolution) Decree 1977                        repealed:  PNDCL 323

SMCD 79       Public Servants (Housing Loans Scheme) (Amendment) Decree 1977           

SMCD 80       Ghana Tourist Control Board (Amendment) Decree 1977         

SMCD 81       Kokofu Kronti Stool Property (Seizure) Decree 1977         repealed:  PNDCL 323

SMCD 82       Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Decree 1977  

SMCD 83       National Weekly Lotto (Amendment) Decree 1977   repealed: Act 722

SMCD 84       Landed Properties of Ghana Rubber Estates Limited and Firestone Ghana Limited             (Miscellaneous Provisions) Decree 1977 

SMCD 85       Irrigation Development Authority Decree 1977    

SMCD 86       Consular Fee (Amendment) Decree 1977           

SMCD 87       Public Servants (Housing Loans Scheme) (Amendment) ( No 2) Decree 1977    

                        repealed: SMCD 201

SMCD 88       Institute of Professional Studies (Management)  Decree 1977    repealed:  SMCD 200

SMCD 89       Irrigation Development Authority (Amendment) Decree 1977

SMCD 90       Implementation of the National Charter (Amendment) Decree 1977     repealed:  AFRCD 56

SMCD 91       National Liberation Council (Bank Account and Transfer of Assets) (Removal of Restrictions)

                               Decree 1977 repealed:  PNDCL 323

SMCD 92       Prohibition of Rumours Decree 1977     repealed:  AFRCD 56

SMCD 93       Price Control (Amendment) Decree 1977 repealed:  SMCD 146;  PNDCL 295

SMCD 94       Subversion (Amendment) Decree 1977      repealed:  AFRCD 56

SMCD 95       Ghana Railway Corporation Decree 1977           

SMCD 96       Ghana Port Authority Decree 1977                 repealed:  PNDCL 160

SMCD 97       Chieftaincy (Committees of the Volta Regional House of Chiefs) (Membership Continuation)

                                    Decree 1977   repealed:  PNDCL 323

SMCD 98            Pensions  (Amendment) Decree 1977     repealed:  SMCD 185

SMCD 99            Exchange Control (Amendment) Decree 1977   repealed: Act 723

SMCD 100    Currency (Amendment) Decree 1977       

SMCD 101    Judicial Service (Amendment) Decree 1977     repealed:  PNDCL 323

SMCD 102    Wenchi Queenmother’s Stool Property (Restoration) Decree 1977      repealed:  PNDCL 323

SMCD 103    Professional Bodies Registration (Repeal) Decree 1977     repealed:  AFRCD  27

SMCD 104    Medical and Dental (Amendment) Decree 1977     repealed:  AFRCD 28

SMCD 105    Ghana Precision Metals Corporation Decree 1977        

SMCD 106    Armed Forces Pensions (Civilian Employees) (Amendment) Decree 1977    

SMCD 107    Ghana National Playing Fields Board Decree 1977       

SMCD 108    Ejura Stool Property (Restoration) Decree 1977      repealed:  PNDCL 323

SMCD 109    Territorial Waters and Continental Shelf (Amendment) Decree 1977   

                        repealed:  PNDCL 159

SMCD 110    Beer and Stout (Special Tax) (Amendment) Decree 1977      repealed:  SMCD 183

SMCD 111    Cigarettes (Special Tax) (Amendment) Decree 1977        repealed:  SMCD 181

SMCD 112    Cocoa Duty (Amendment) Decree 1977      repealed:  SMCD 182

SMCD 113    Vehicle Purchase Tax (Amendment) Decree 1977          repealed:  SMCD 184

SMCD 114    Electoral Commission Decree 1977     repealed:  PNDCL 208

SMCD 115    Rent Tax Decree 1977     repealed:  PNDCL 82 s.11

SMCD 116    Night Club Licensing (Amendment) Decree 1977       repealed:  SMCD 192

SMCD 117    Hotels and Restaurants (Taxation) (Amendment) Decree 1977      repealed:  SMCD 193

SMCD 118    External Currency (Foreign Travel) Levy (Amendment) Decree 1977    repealed:  Act 411

SMCD 119    Airport Tax (Amendment) Decree 1977      repealed:  Act 410

SMCD 120    Income Tax (Amendment) Decree 1977     repealed: Act 592

SMCD 121    Import Licence Tax (Repeal) Decree 1977           repealed:  PNDCL 323:  Act 503

SMCD 122    Elections and Public Offices Disqualification (Repeal) Decree 1977     repealed:  SMCD 206

SMCD 123    Capital Investment (Amendment) Decree 1977      repealed:  Act 437

SMCD 124    Assets and Bank Accounts (Amendment) Decree 1977     repealed:  PNDCL 323

SMCD 125    Investigation and Forfeiture of Assets (Amendment) Decree 1977      repealed: PNDCL 323

SMCD 126    Investigation and Forfeiture of Assets (Amendment) (No 2) Decree 1977    

                        repealed:  SMCD 180

SMCD 127    Irrigation Development Authority (Amendment) Decree 1977    

SMCD 128    Timber Industry and Ghana Timber Marketing Board (Amendment) Decree 1977     

SMCD 129    Income Tax (Amendment) Decree 1977      repealed: Act 592

SMCD 130    Rent Tax (Amendment) Decree 1977      repealed:  SMCD 190

SMCD 131    Hotels and Restaurants (Taxation) (Amendment) Decree 1977     repealed:  Act 486

SMCD 132    Electoral Commission (Amendment) Decree 1977         repealed:  SMCD 189

SMCD 133    Maintenance of Children Decree 1977     repealed: Act 560

SMCD 134    Export Bonus (Amendment) Decree 1977      repealed: Act 503

SMCD 135    Sefwi Bekwai Stool Property (Seizure) (Repeal) Decree 1977     repealed:  PNDCL 323

SMCD 136    Distribution of Locally Manufactured Goods (National Co-operatives Wholesale Unit) Decree

                                    1977    repealed:  SMCD 214

SMCD 137    External Currency (Foreign Travel) Levy (Amendment) (No 2) Decree 1997 

                        repealed:  Act 411

SMCD 138    National Liberation Council (Assets and Bank Accounts) (Removal of Restrictions) Decree        1977    repealed:  PNDCL 323

SMCD 139    Union Government (Civil Proceedings) Decree 1978     repealed:  SMCD 141

SMCD 140    Public Property Protection Decree 1977  

SMCD 141    Union Government (Civil Proceedings) (Repeal) Decree 1977      repealed:  PNDCL 323

SMCD 142    Referendum and Public Elections (Miscellaneous Provisions) Decree 1977    

                        repealed:  Act 5l6

SMCD 143    Referendum Decree 1977  

SMCD 144    Day-Care Centres Decree 1978      repealed: Act 560

SMCD 145    Ghana National Playing Fields Board (Amendment) Decree 1978       

SMCD 146    Price Control (Amendment) Decree 1978 repealed:  PNDCL 295

SMCD 147    Union Government (Civil Proceedings) (Repeal)  (Amendment) Decree 1978    

                        repealed:  PNDCL 323

SMCD 148    Bank of Ghana (Amendment) Decree 1978            repealed:  PNDCL 291

SMCD 149    Sefwi Bekwai Stool Property (Restoration) Decree 1978     repealed: PNDCL 323

SMCD 150    National Liberation Council (Bank Accounts) Decree 1966 (Amendment) Decree 1978

                         repealed: PNDCL 323

SMCD 151    National Film and Television Institute Decree 1978        

SMCD 152    National Investment Bank Act 1963 (Amendment) Decree 1978          

SMCD 153    Cattle Development Board (Amendment) Decree 1978

SMCD 154    Referendum (Amendment) Decree 1978 

SMCD 155    Hire Purchase (Amendment) Decree 1978          

SMCD 156    Referendum (Amendment)  (No 2) Decree 1978      repealed:  AFRCD 56

SMCD 157    Ghana Industrial Free Zone Authority Decree 1978         repealed: Act 504

SMCD 158    Yo-Na Skin Property (Seizure) Decree 1978             repealed:  PNDCL 323

SMCD 159    Lands Commission (Amendment) Decree 1978     repealed: Act 401

SMCD 160                Electoral Commission (Amendment) Decree 1978      repealed:  PNDCL 208

SMCD 161    Voluntary Associations (Prohibition) Decree 1978          repealed:  AFRCD 56

SMCD 162    Ghana National Reconstruction Corps  Decree 1978      repealed:  Act 516

SMCD 163    Electoral Commission (Amendment) (No 2) Decree 1978     repealed:  PNDCL 208

SMCD 164    Constitutional Commission Decree 1978     repealed:  AFRCD 56

SMCD 165    Managed Input Delivery and Agricultural Services Project Executive Committee Decree 1978                        repealed:  Act 516

SMCD 166    Pensions (Amendment) Decree 1978      

SMCD 167    Constitutional Commission (Amendment) Decree 1978     repealed:  SMCD 173:  AFRCD 56

SMCD 168    Supreme Military Council (Establishment) Proclamation (Amendment) Decree 1978

Spent

SMCD 169    Prisons Service (Amendment) Decree 1978          repealed:  PNDCL 323

SMCD 170    Distribution of Locally Manufactured Goods (National Co-operatives Wholesale Unit) (Amendment) Decree 1978

                         repealed:  SMCD 214

SMCD 171    Professional Bodies Registration (Repeal) (Amendment) Decree 1978           

                        repealed:  PNDCL 323

SMCD 172    Ghana Nationality (Amendment) Decree 1978      repealed: Act 591

SMCD 173    Constitutional Commission (Amendment) (No 2) Decree 1978      repealed:  AFRCD 56

SMCD 174    Ghana Tobacco Company Limited (Tobacco Purchases) Decree 1978         

SMCD 175    Fattal Vehicle Assembly (Ghana) Limited (Transfer of Assets) Decree 1978    

                        repealed:  AFRCD 55

SMCD 176    Transfer of Shares and other Proprietary Interests (Fattal Group of Companies) Decree 1978                        repealed:  AFRCD 55

SMCD 177    Imports and Exports (Amendment) Decree 1978     repealed: Act 418

SMCD 178    Pensions and Social Security (Amendment) Decree 1978        

SMCD 179    Constitutional Commission (Amendment) ( No 3) Decree 1978      repealed:  AFRCD 56

SMCD 180    Investigation and Forfeiture of Assets (Amendment) Decree 1978     repealed:  Act 543

SMCD 181    Cigarettes (Special Tax) (Amendment) Decree 1978       repealed:  Act 395

SMCD 182    Cocoa Duty (Amendment) Decree 1978  

SMCD 183    Beer and Stout (Special Tax ) (Amendment) Decree 1978     repealed:  Act 394

SMCD 184    Vehicle Purchase Tax Decree 1978               repealed:  PNDCL 330

SMCD 185    Pensions (Amendment) (Repeal) Decree 1978  

SMCD 186    Transfer of Shares and other Proprietary Interests (Fattal Group of Companies) (Amendment) Decree 1978       

SMCD 187    Chieftaincy (Committees of The National and Volta Regional Houses of Chiefs) Membership

                                    Continuation Decree 1978        repealed:  PNDCL 323

SMCD 188    Customs House Agents (Licensing) Decree 1978          

SMCD 189    Electoral Commission (Amendment) (No 3)  l978     repealed:  PNDCL 208

SMCD 190    Rent Tax (Amendment) Decree 1978     repealed:  PNDCL 82

SMCD 191    Representation of the People (Amendment) Decree 1978     repealed:  PNDCL 284

SMCD 192    Night Club Licensing (Amendment) Decree 1978     repealed:  PNDCL 156

SMCD 193    Hotels and Restaurants (Taxation) (Amendment) Decree 1978     repealed:  Act 486

SMCD 194    Local Government (Amendment) Decree 1978      repealed:  PNDCL 207

SMCD 195    Income Tax (Amendment) Decree 1978     repealed: Act 592

SMCD 196    Local Government (Amendment) (No 2) Decree 1978     repealed:  PNDCL 207

SMCD 197    Emergency Powers Decree 1978  repealed:  AFRCD 56

SMCD 198    Customs and Excise (Functions of Comptroller) Decree 1978   repealed:  PNDCL 144 s.25

SMCD 199    Civil Service (Amendment) Decree 1978  repealed:  PNDCL 327

SMCD 200    Institute of Professional Studies Decree 1978      repealed: Act 566

SMCD 201    Public Servants (Housing Loans Scheme) (Amendment) Decree 1978           

SMCD 202    Export Bonus (Amendment )Decree 1978            repealed:  Act 503

SMCD 203    Constituent Assembly Decree 1978               repealed:  AFRCD 24

SMCD 204    Cocoa Industry and Ghana Cocoa Marketing Board (Amendment) Decree 1978      

SMCD 205    Constituent Assembly (Amendment) Decree 1978     repealed:  SMCD 220

SMCD 206    Elections and Public Offices Disqualification Decree 1978        repealed:  SMCD 224

SMCD 207    Constituent Assembly (Amendment) (No 2) Decree 1978      repealed:  AFRCD 24

SMCD 208    Political Parties Decree 1978     repealed:  SMCD 229

SMCD 209    Constituent Assembly (Commencement of Proceedings) Proclamation 1978    

                        repealed:  AFRCD 24

SMCD 210    Local Government (Amendment) (No 3) Decree 1978     repealed:  SMCD 219

SMCD 211    National Redemption Council (Establishment) Proclamation (Amendment) Decree 1978

                        repealed:  PNDCL 323

SMCD 212    Elections and Public Offices Disqualification (Amendment) Decree 1978    

                        repealed:  SMCD 224

SMCD 213    Political Parties (Amendment) Decree 1978             repealed:  SMCD 229

SMCD 214    Distribution of Manufactured Goods Decree 1978     repealed:  PNDCL 323

SMCD 215    Investigation of Assets Commission Decree 1978     repealed:  SMCD 225

SMCD 216    Elections and Public Offices Disqualification (Disqualified Persons) Decree 1978   

SMCD 217    Income Tax (Amendment) (No 2) Decree 1979     repealed:  Act 398

SMCD 218    Hohoe District Council (Membership) Decree 1979        repealed:  PNDCL323

SMCD 219    Local Government (Amendment) Decree 1979     repealed:  PNDCL 207

SMCD 220    Constituent Assembly (Amendment) Decree 1979          repealed:  AFRCD 24

SMCD 221    Financial Administration Decree 1979     Part V    repealed: Act 584

SMCD 222    Taxation (Amendment) Decree 1979        

SMCD 223    Commissions and Committees  of Inquiry (Findings) Review Tribunal Decree 1979                          repealed:  Act 516

SMCD 224    Elections and Public Offices (Disqualification) Decree 1979     repealed:  PNDCL 280

SMCD 225    Standing Investigation of Assets and Other Matters Commission Decree 1979    

                        repealed:  PNDCL 280

SMCD 226    Cedi (New Notes) Decree 1979     repealed:  PNDCL 323

SMCD 227    State Lands (Revesting) Decree 1979     repealed:  Act 543

SMCD 228    Presidential Elections Decree 1979             repealed:  PNDCL 285

SMCD 229    Political Parties Decree 1979     repealed:  PNDCL 28l

SMCD 230    Representation of the People (Amendment) Decree 1979     repealed:  PNDCL 284

SMCD 231    Ministers and Deputy Ministers (Qualifications and Disqualifications) Decree 1979

                         repealed:  AFRCD 56

SMCD 232    Presidential Elections (Amendment) Decree 1979     repealed:  PNDCL 285

SMCD 233    Commissions and Committees of Inquiry (Findings) Review Tribunal (Amendment) Decree 1979   repealed:  Act 516

SMCD 234    Ghana Cocoa Research Institute Decree 1979     repealed:  Act 447

SMCD 235    Armed Forces (Miscellaneous Provisions) Decree 1979           

SMCD 236    Ghanaian Enterprises Development (Amendment) Decree 1979         

SMCD 237    Evidence and Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Decree 1979

SMCD 238    Yendi Skin Affairs (Appeal) Decree 1979 repealed:  AFRCD 32