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CONFISCATED ASSETS (RECOVERY AND
DISPOSAL) COMMITTEE DECREE, 1979 (AFRCD
25)
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1. Establishment of Committee.
2. Functions of Committee.
3. Membership of Committee.
4. Secretary and Staff of
Committee.
5. Meetings of Committee.
6. Summons to attend and give
Evidence.
7. Offences.
8. Police Officers to Assist
Committee.
9. Commencement.
BE IT ENACTED by the Armed Forces
Revolutionary Council as follows:—
Section 1—Establishment of
Committee.
There is hereby established a body
to be known as the Confiscated
Assets (Recovery and Disposal)
Committee (in this Decree referred
to as "the Committee").
Section 2—Functions of Committee.
(1) Subject to the written
directions of the Armed Forces
Revolutionary Council the
functions of the Committee are—
(a) to locate and take an
inventory of all assets and
properties confiscated to the
State by the Armed Forces
Revolutionary Council;
(b) to make to the Armed Forces
Revolutionary Council
recommendations as to the disposal
of any assets and properties
confiscated to the State by the
Armed Forces Revolutionary
Council; and
(c) to ensure that the
beneficiaries of confiscated
assets and properties do not
include individuals and non-State
organisations.
(2) It shall also be the function
of the Committee to see to the
implementation of any decisions of
the Armed Forces Revolutionary
Council in respect of any such
assets and properties.
Section 3—Membership of Committee.
(1) The Committee shall consist of
such persons as may be appointed
by the Armed Forces Revolutionary
Council.
(2) The Committee shall have a
Chairman who shall be appointed by
the Armed Forces Revolutionary
Council.
Section 4—Secretary and Staff of
Committee.
The Armed Forces Revolutionary
Council may provide the services
of a Secretary and such other
staff as the Committee may require
for the discharge of its
functions.
Section 5—Meetings of Committee.
(1) The Committee shall meet at
such places and times as the
Committee may determine.
(2) At every meeting of the
Committee the Chairman shall
preside and in his absence such
other person as the Armed Forces
Revolutionary Council may
determine shall preside.
(3) The quorum at any meeting of
the Committee shall be 15.
(4) Subject to the provisions of
this Decree the Committee shall
determine its own procedure.
(5) The validity of any
proceedings of the Committee shall
not be affected by any vacancy
among its members or by any defect
in the appointment of any of them.
(6) Every question before a
meeting of the Committee shall be
determined by a simple majority of
the members present and voting
thereon.
Section 6—Summons to attend and
give Evidence.
(1) The Committee may by summons
issued under the hand of the
Chairman require any person—
(a) to attend at such time and
place as is specified in the
summons to give evidence or to
produce any document or thing in
his possession or control which
relates to any matter specified in
the summons; or
(b) to give the Committee any
information that may be specified
in the summons.
(2) Any person summoned to appear
before the Committee under
subsection (1) of this section may
be examined on oath and the
Committee may for that purpose
administer the oath.
Section 7—Offences.
Any person who—
(a) refuses or wilfully neglects
to attend in obedience to a
summons issued under paragraph 6
(1) of this Decree or to give
evidence as required by such
summons;
(b) wilfully alters, suppresses,
conceals, destroys or refuses to
produce any document or thing
which he is required to produce by
such summons; or
(c) refuses or wilfully neglects
to furnish any information
required of him by such summons,
shall be guilty of an offence and
on summary conviction be liable to
a fine not exceeding ¢1,000.00 or
to imprisonment not exceeding six
months or to both.
Section 8—Police Officers to
Assist Committee.
The Inspector-General of Police
shall detail Police Officers to
attend upon members of the
Committee, to preserve order
during proceedings of the
Committee, to serve summons on
witnesses and to perform any other
functions relating to the work of
the Committee as the Committee may
direct.
Section 9—Commencement.
This Decree shall be deemed to
have come into force on the 4th
day of June, 1979.
Made this 18th day of September,
1979.
FLT. LT. JERRY JOHN RAWLINGS
Chairman of the Armed Forces
Revolutionary Council
Date of Gazette Notification: 19th
September 1979
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