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ARMED FORCES (REVISED PENSIONS
PROVISIONS) DECREE, 1967 (NLCD
187)
As amended
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1. Grant of pensions to members of
armed forces
2. Retrospective regulations
3. Law Applicable to grant of
pensions or gratuity
3A. Procedure for payment of
pensions and gratuity
4. Pensions and gratuities charged
on the consolidated Fund
5. Pensions or gratuities to
widows and children etc
6. Conditions for the grant of
pensions
7. Regulations may be published in
separate series.
8. Interpretation.
9. Repeal.
10. Commencement
IN pursuance of the Proclamation
entitled "Proclamation for the
Constitution of a National
Liberation Council for the
Administration of Ghana and for
other matters connected
therewith", published in Gazette
No.11 of Monday, 28th February,
1966, this Decree is hereby made:
Section 1—Grant of Pensions to
Members of Armed Forces.
The National Liberation Council
may grant retired pay, pensions,
gratuities or other allowances in
the nature thereof (hereafter in
this Decree referred to as
"pensions or gratuities") to
officers and men of the Armed
Forces in accordance with the
provisions of this Decree and any
regulations which the National
Liberation Council may by
legislative instrument make in
relation thereto.
Section 2—Retrospective
Regulations.
Whenever the National Liberation
Council is satisfied that it is
equitable that any regulation
relating to pensions or
gratuities made under this Decree
or under the Armed Forces Act,
1962 (Act 105) should have a
retrospective effect in order to
confer a benefit upon or remove a
disability attaching to any
person, that regulation may be
given a retrospective effect for
that purpose.
Section 3—Law Applicable to Grant
of Pensions or Gratuity.
Subject to the provisions of this
Decree or any regulations made
thereunder, pensions or gratuities
granted under this Decree shall be
computed in accordance with the
law or regulation in force at the
date of retirement of an officer
or man.
Section 3A— Procedure for Payment
of Pensions and Gratuity.
(1) Not later than two weeks after
the terminal leave of a retiring
officer or man, and subject to
verification by the
Auditor-General, the Controller
and Accountant-General shall
compute and pay to such officer or
man the appropriate pension or
gratuity due to him.
(2) As soon as practicable after
the computation and payment of the
pension or gratuity in the manner
aforesaid, the Controller and
Accountant-General shall submit to
the National Redemption Council a
copy of the Schedule showing the
payments so made.
(3) This paragraph shall have
effect notwithstanding anything to
the contrary. [As inserted by the
Armed Forces (Revised Pensions
Provisions) (Amendment) Decree,
1973 (NRCD 157)].
Section 4—Pensions and Gratuities
Charged on the Consolidated Fund.
There is hereby charged on the
Consolidated Fund all sums of
money granted by the National
Liberation Council by way of
pensions or gratuities in
accordance with this Decree or any
other enactment.
Section 5—Pensions or Gratuities
to Widows and Children Etc.
The National Liberation Council
may grant pensions or gratuities
to the widows, children or
dependants of officers and men of
the Armed Forces in accordance
with regulations which the
National Liberation Council may by
legislative instrument make in
relation thereto.
Section 6—Conditions for the Grant
of Pensions.
The National Liberation Council
may by legislative instrument
prescribe the conditions and
circumstances under which pensions
or gratuities may be granted under
this Decree.
Section 7—Regulations may be
Published in Separate Series.
Notwithstanding anything in rule 1
(2) of the Statutory Instruments
Rules, 1960 (L.I. 39) it shall not
be necessary to publish in the
Legislative Instrument series any
regulations made under this Decree
or under section 97 of the Armed
Forces Act, 1962 (Act 105), but
any such instrument not so
published shall be published by
the Government Printer in a
separate Legislative Instrument
series to be marked "L.I. (A.F.)"
followed consecutively by the
number allocated by the Government
Printer to that instrument.
Section 8—Interpretation.
In this Decree "man" means any
person, other than an officer, who
is enrolled in any of the Armed
Forces: "officer" means a person
commissioned under the Armed
Forces Act, 1962 (Act 105) or
under any law relating to any of
the Armed Forces.
Section 9—Repeal.
The following enactments are
hereby repealed—
(a) The Military Pensions
Ordinance, 1954 (No. 16); and
(b) The Armed Forces Act, 1962
(Interim Amendment) Decree, 1966 (N.L.C.D.
62).
Section 10—Commencement.
This Decree shall be deemed to
have come into force on the 1st
day of February, 1966.
Made this 11th day of July, 1967.
LT.-GEN. J. A. ANKRAH
Chairman of the National
Liberation Council
Date of Gazette Notification: 14th
July, 1967.
amended by
ARMED FORCES (REVISED PENSIONS
PROVISIONS) (AMENDMENT) DECREE,
1973 (NRCD 157)1
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