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YENDI SKIN AFFAIRS DECREE, 1974 (NRCD
299)
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1. Mahamadu Abudulai’s Enskinment,
etc. declared null and void.
2. Mahamadu Abudulai not to
purport to be Chief.
3. No Person to recognise Mahamadu
Abudulai.
4. Application.
WHEREAS on the 18th day of August,
1972 the National Redemption
Council appointed a Committee of
Inquiry to inquire into certain
matters relating to the Yendi
Skin:
AND WHEREAS the said Committee
found that the purported
nomination, selection and
enskinment of Mahamadu Abudulai as
Ya-Na was null and void:
AND WHEREAS the National
Redemption Council deems it fit to
give due effect to the said
finding of the said Committee of
Inquiry:
NOW, THEREFORE, in pursuance of
the National Redemption Council
(Establishment) Proclamation, 1972
this Decree is hereby made:
Section 1—Mahamadu Abudulai’s
Enskinment, Etc. Declared Null
and Void.
The purported nomination,
selection and enskinment of
Mahamadu Abudulai as Ya-Na and
Paramount Chief of Dagbon is
hereby declared to be null and
void for all purposes whether
under customary law or otherwise.
Section 2—Mahamadu Abudulai not to
Purport to be Chief.
(1) Mahamadu Abudulai shall not—
(a) purport to be Ya-Na or
Paramount Chief of Dagbon whether
under customary law or otherwise;
(b) in any manner assert any claim
to be Ya-Na or Paramount Chief of
Dagbon;
(c) do any act tending to incite
disaffection against Ya-Na Yakubu
II, Paramount Chief of Dagbon.
(2) If the said Mahamadu Abudulai
contravenes any provision of
subsection (1) of this section he
shall be guilty of an offence and
liable on conviction to a term of
imprisonment not exceeding ten
years without the option of a
fine.
Section 3—No Person to Recognise
Mahamadu Abudulai.
(1) No person shall—
(a) recognise Mahamadu Abudulai as
Ya-Na or Paramount Chief of Dagbon
whether under customary law or
otherwise;
(b) in any manner support,
encourage or canvass any claim of
Mahamadu Abudulai to be Ya-Na or
Paramount Chief of Dagbon;
(c) do any act tending to incite
disaffection against Ya-Na Yakubu
II, Paramount Chief of Dagbon.
(2) Any person who contravenes any
provision of subsection (1) shall
be guilty of an offence and liable
on summary conviction to a fine
not exceeding one thousand cedis
or to imprisonment not exceeding
two years or to both.
Section 4—Application.
The provisions of this Decree
shall apply notwithstanding any
enactment, customary law or any
other law to the contrary.
Made this 5th day of November,
1974.
COLONEL I. K. ACHEAMPONG
Chairman of the National
Redemption Council
Date of Gazette Notification: 15th
November, 1974.
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