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RESTRICTION ON USE OF MILITARY
UNIFORMS AND EQUIPMENT DECREE,
1967 (NLCD 177)
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1. Military Uniforms, etc. not to
be Worn by Civilians.
2. Unauthorised Persons not to
Sell or Buy Military Uniforms,
etc.
3. Licences not to be Issued for
the Importation of Military
Uniforms, etc.
4. Offence.
5. Interpretation.
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 28th February, 1966,
this Decree is hereby made:
Section 1—Military Uniforms, Etc.
not to be Worn by Civilians.
No person shall wear or use any
military uniform, equipment,
accoutrements or other material
unless he is—
(a) a member of the Armed Forces
of Ghana wearing or using the
uniform, equipment, accoutrements
or materiel which he is authorised
to wear or use, or
(b) a member of any other Armed
Forces and has the consent of the
National Liberation Council, or is
entitled by law or by diplomatic
usage, to wear or use such
uniform, equipment, accoutrements
or materiel, or
(c) an ex-serviceman wearing or
using such uniform, equipment,
accoutrements or materiel on a
ceremonial, anniversary or other
special occasion approved by the
National Liberation Council, or
(d) a person whom the National
Liberation Council has by
executive instrument authorised to
wear or use such uniform,
equipment, accoutrements or
materiel.
Section 2—Unauthorised Persons not
to Sell or Buy Military Uniforms,
Etc.
No person shall sell or buy any
military uniform, equipment,
accoutrements or other material
unless he is authorised in that
behalf by the National Liberation
Council.
Section 3—Licences not to be
Issued for the Importation of
Military Uniforms, Etc.
Except as the National Liberation
Council may in any particular case
otherwise direct, no licence shall
be issued under the Importers
(Regulations and Imposition of
Fees) Act, 1963 (Act 218) for the
importation of any military
uniform, equipment, accoutrements
or other materiel.
Section 4—Offence.
(1) Any person who contravenes any
provision of this Decree commits
an offence and is liable on
conviction to a fine not exceeding
five hundred new cedis or to
imprisonment for a term not
exceeding one year or to both such
fine and imprisonment.
(2) No prosecution shall be
instituted under this paragraph
without the consent of the
Attorney-General.
Section 5—Interpretation.
In this Decree—
(a) "Armed Forces" includes the
Police and Prisons Services;
(b) "military" shall be construed
as relating to all or any of the
Armed Forces, the Police and
Prisons Services; and
(c) "military uniform, equipment,
accoutrements or other materiel"
does not include accommodation
stores and military vehicles but
shall include every manner of
secondhand military uniform,
equipment, accoutrements or other
materiel worn or used by the Armed
Forces of Ghana or of any other
country notwithstanding that such
uniform, equipment, accoutrements
or materiel has ceased to be worn
or used by any such Armed Forces.
Made this 7th day of June, 1967.
LT. -GEN. J. A. ANKRAH
Chairman of the National
Liberation Council
Date of Gazette Notification: 16th
June, 1967.
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