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PROHIBITED ORGANISATIONS DECREE,
1976 (SMCD 20)
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1. Prohibition of the Togoland
Liberation Movement Etc.
2. Offence and Penalty.
3. Ghanaian Citizens to be
Punished wherever Act Committed.
4. Repeal.
5. Commencement.
BE IT ENACTED by the Supreme
Military Council as follows:—
Section 1—Prohibition of the
Togoland Liberation Movement Etc.
(1) The following organisations
are hereby declared unlawful and
prohibited, namely,
(a) the organisation known
variously as the Togoland
Liberation Movement, T.L.M.,
TOLIMO, the National Liberation
Movement of Western Togoland and
N.L.M.W.T.; and
(b) any other organisation
howsoever called, whose objects
include advocating and promoting
the succession from Ghana of the
former British mandated territory
of Togoland or part thereof or the
integration of the said territory
with any foreign territory.
(2) Without prejudice to the
generality of paragraph (b) of
subsection (1) of this section,
the Chairman of the Supreme
Military Council may, by executive
instrument declare any
organisation to be an organisation
to which that paragraph applies
and any organisation so declared
shall be conclusively presumed at
all times and for all purposes to
be an organisation to which that
paragraph applies.
Section 2—Offence and Penalty.
(1) On and after the commencement
of this Decree, it shall be an
offence for any person, in
relation to any organisation
referred to in section 1 of this
Decree,
(a) to summon any person to a
meeting of the organisation;
(b) to attend or cause any person
to attend any meeting of the
organisation;
(c) to publish any notice or
advertisement relating to any
meeting of the organisation;
(d) to prepare or participate in
any procession or propaganda,
campaign of the organisation;
(e) to use any slogan or label of
the organisation;
(f) to invite persons to support
the organisation;
(g) to grant a loan to, or make
any contribution to, funds held or
to be held by or for the benefit
of, the organisation or accept any
such loan or contribution;
(h) to give any guarantee in
respect of such loan or funds as
aforesaid; or
(i)
to be a member of such
organisation.
(2) Any person who contravenes any
of the provisions of subsection
(1) of this section shall be
guilty of an offence and shall be
liable on conviction to a fine not
exceeding five thousand cedis or
to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding five years or to both.
Section 3—Ghanaian Citizens to be
Punished wherever Act Committed.
A
citizen of Ghana may be tried and
punished for an offence under
section 2 of this Decree
notwithstanding that any act in
respect of which he is charged was
committed wholly or partly outside
Ghana.
Section 4—Repeal.
The National liberation Movement
of Togoland (Proscription) Decree,
1976 (S.M.C.D. 18) is hereby
repealed.
Section 5—Commencement.
This Decree shall be deemed to
have come into force on the 3rd
day of March, 1976.
GENERAL I. K. ACHEAMPONG
Chairman of the Supreme Military
Council
Date of Gazette Notification: 12th
March, 1976. |
