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ROAD TRAFFIC OFFENCES (POWERS OF
ARREST) LAW, 1992 (PNDCL 304)
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1. Conferment of Powers of Arrest.
2. Refusal to give Information.
3. Report to the Police and
Chairman of GPRTU.
4. Submission of Returns to
District Secretary.
5. Interpretation.
IN pursuance of the Provisional
National Defence Council
(Establishment) Proclamation,
1981, this Law is hereby made:
Section 1—Conferment of Powers of
Arrest.
Notwithstanding any law to the
contrary, a member of the Ghana
Private Road Transport Union, in
the authorised uniform of the
Union may without warrant arrest
any person who within his view
drives a commercial vehicle—
(a) recklessly or dangerously;
(b) carelessly; or
(c) while under the influence of
drink or drug
contrary to section 17, 18 or 19
respectively of the Road Traffic
Ordinance (No. 55 of 1952).
Section 2—Refusal to give
Information.
Any person arrested under section
1 of this Law who refuses to give
his name or address or such other
information as may be demanded by
the person effecting the arrest or
who gives false name or address or
false information commits an
offence and is liable on
conviction to a fine not exceeding
¢100,000.00 or imprisonment for
not more than two months or both.
Section 3—Report to the Police and
Chairman of GPRTU.
(1) A person arrested under
section 1 shall be taken to the
nearest police station for
interrogation and may be charged
by the police with the appropriate
offence.
(2) The person making the arrest
shall soon after handing over the
arrested person to the police make
a report of the arrest to the
Chairman of the Union in the
District.
Section 4—Submission of Returns to
District Secretary.
(1) Every District Police
Commander shall furnish the
District Secretary once in every
two weeks with a list of persons
arrested by members of the Union
and reported to the police and the
action taken in respect of each
arrest.
(2) The Chairman of the Union in
each District shall also furnish
the District Secretary once in
every two weeks with a list of
persons so arrested and the police
stations to which the arrested
persons were taken.
Section 5—Interpretation.
In this Law unless the context
otherwise requires—
"Union" means the Ghana Private
Road Transport Union.
Made this 10th day of December,
1992.
JERRY JOHN RAWLINGS
Chairman of the Provisional
National Defence Council
Date of Gazette Notification: 30th
December, 1992.
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