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IDENTITY CARDS REGULATIONS, 1972 (LI 794).         

IN exercise of the powers conferred on the Commissioner responsible for Local Government by section 17 of the Identity Cards Decree, 1972 (N.R.C.D. 129), these Regulations are made this 1st day of December, 1972.

Regulation 1—Application Form.

(1) An application for an identity card shall be made in the appropriate form specified in the Schedule to these Regulations.

(2) An application form shall be completed by the applicant in the presence of an officer of the issuing authority, or, if the applicant is unable to do so, the officer of the issuing authority may complete the form on the instructions of the applicant.

Regulation 2—Aliens to Obtain Cards.

Subject to regulation 3, every alien of sixteen years and above resident in Ghana shall obtain an identity cards in accordance with the provisions of the Decree and these Regulations.

Regulation 3—Exempted Aliens.

The following classes of aliens shall not be required to obtain identity cards:—

(a) diplomats and persons employed by any diplomatic or consular mission, and their wives;

(b) persons employed by the United Nations or any of its organs or agencies, and their wives.

Regulation 4—Production of Residence Permits.

No alien resident in Ghana shall be issued with an identity card unless he produces a valid residence permit or is exempted from the need to obtain a residence permit.

Regulation 5—Change of Employment by Aliens.

No alien who has been issued with an identity card shall change his employment unless he produces his identity card to his new employer.

Regulation 6—Fees for Identity Cards.

The fees payable for the issue of identity cards under section 2 (5), 6 (3), 7 (2) or 10 (2) of the Decree shall be as follows:—

(a) 50 pesewas in the case of citizens of Ghana;

(b) 50 pesewas in the case of aliens employed by the Government of Ghana, a statutory corporation or local authority, and their wives;

(c) ¢15.00 in the case of all other African aliens;

(d) ¢50.00 in the case of all other non-African aliens.

Regulation 7—Notification of Deaths.

After the date on which section 12 of the Identity Cards Decree has been brought into force by instrument made under section 18 (2) of that Decree, the notification of deaths by the Registrar of Births or by a hospital secretary within any area to which section 12 applies shall be made not later than fourteen days after that person obtains knowledge of the death.

Regulation 8—Ghanaians Living Outside Ghana.

The Electoral Commissioner may, with the approval of the Commissioner responsible for Local Government, make such arrangements as he considers necessary for the issue of identity cards to any of the following persons living outside Ghana:—

(a) citizens of Ghana employed in the service of the Government of Ghana, of the United Nations or any of its organs or agencies, or of the Organisation of African Unity or any other international organization recognized by the Government of Ghana;

(b) the wife or husband of any such person who lives with that person outside Ghana.

Regulation 9—Publicity.

The Electoral Commissioner or his authorized agents shall publish, in the areas to which the Decree applies, public notices stating the place or places at which and the time during which applications for identity cards may be submitted and identity cards obtained

Regulation 10—Commencement.

These Regulations shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of December, 1972.

SCHEDULE

FORM I

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR IDENTITY CARD FOR A CITIZEN OF GHANA

                                                                                           IDENTITY NO………………

FOR OFFICIAL USE ……….......... Region

…....….Constituency

..............…......District

........................Council

…...............….....Ward

…........Local Council

.....................Sub-ward

……Polling Station  

                                                      (To be completed in Block Capitals)

1. Surname………………………………………………….......……

2. First Names…………………………………………………........

3. Previous Names (if any)…………………………………….....

4. Date of Birth (State in Figures)

Day     Month  Year   

5. Age: Last Birthday……………………….year (State in Figures)

6. Sex: (a) Male                   (b) Female                (Mark whichever is applicable)

7. Height……………..feet………………inches (State in Figures)

8. Place of Birth:

Town or Village……………………........................................…………..

Region……………………………………......................................…….....

Country…………………………......................................………………...

                                 (If born outside Ghana)

9.  Home Address:

Home Number……………………………......................................……..

Street……………………………………….....................................……...

Town or Village..……………………......................................………….

Region………….…………………….............……........................……....

10. Present Residential Address:

Home Number……………………………......................................................…….

Street or Area………………………………......................................................…..

Town or Village……………......................................………………..................….

Region…………………………….....................................………...................……..

11. Number of Certificate of Naturalisation or Registration……………………….

                                              (If applicant is a citizen of Ghana otherwise than by birth)

12. Occupation………………………………………......………………………….......

13. Names and Address of Employer…………………......…………………….…....

14.  Labour Registration Number (if any)……....………..……………….…………

15.  Social Security Number (if any)……………………......………….…....………

16.  Father's Name…………………………………………………….......……….......

17. Father's Home Town:

House Number…………………..................................................…………………

Street or Area……………………..................................................……………….

Town or Village……………………....................................................…………….

Region…………………………………...................................................…………

18.  Father's Main Occupation………………………….........……………………..

19.  Name and Address of Father's place of work………………..........................…

20.  Mother's Name……………………………………………........……………...

21. Mother's Home Town:

House Number………………............................................………………....……...

Street or Area………………….............................................……………....………

Town or Village…………………………...................................................…………

Region………………………………………….................................................……

22.  Name and Address of Mother's place of work……………....………….......……

23.  Finger prints of Applicant

5              4              3              2              LTP

RTP

                2              3              4              5             

                                                                                               ..........................……………

                                                                                              Signature or mark of applicant

                                                                              Date…………………………..19…….

FORMS OF APPLICATION FOR IDENTITY CARD FOR A RESIDENT ALIEN

                                                                                 IDENTITY NO……………………

FOR OFFICIAL USE …………..............Region

…….…....….Constituency

.....………....……..District

..........................Council

....……...............….Ward

……….........Local Council

.........................Sub-ward

………...…Polling Station   

                                           (To be completed in (Block Capitals)

1. Surname…………………………………….………...............................…….........

2. First Names………………………………………...............................………........

3.  Previous Names (if any)……………………………….................................…..

4.  Date of Birth (State in Figures)

Day                 Month              Year   

5. Age: Last Birthday………………………………….years (State in Figures)

6. Sex:   (a) Male                (b) Female           (Mark whichever is applicable)

7. Height…………………………..feet…………………inches (State in Figures)

8. Nationality…………………………………………………………….................

9. Place of Birth:

Town………………………………..Country……………………..……...........….

10.  Home Address………………………………………………..........………….

11.  Present Residential Address:

House Number……………………………………………...........................................

Street or Area……………………………………………...........................................

Town or Village…………………………………………............................................

Region………………………………………………….......................................…......

12. Occupation……………………………………………………….....…………..........

13. Name and Address of Employer……………………………………………….......

14. Passport Number……………Date of issue………….Place of issue…….……...

15. Residence Permit Number…………..…………Date of Issue…………………....

Date of Expiry………………………………………………………………………........

16. Labour Registration Number (if any)……………………………………………...

17. Social Security Number (if any)………………………………………………........

18. Father's Name……………………………………………………………...…...........

19. Father's Address………………………………………………………………...........

20. Mother's Name…………………………………………………………………........

21. Mother's Address…………………………………………………………................

22. Fingerprints of Applicant………………………………………………………......

5

                4              3              2              LTP         

RTP

                2              3              4              5             

...........…………………………….

Signature or mark of applicant

Date……..................…………………19….........…

MAJOR-GENERAL N. A. AFERI

Commissioner responsible for Local Government

Date of Gazette Notification: 5th December, 1972.