CHAPTER
015
THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE REBUPLIC OF GHANA 1992
THE POLICE
SERVICE
200
(1) There shall
be a Police Service of Ghana.
(2) No person
or authority shall raise any police service except by or under the
authority of an Act of Parliament.
(3)
The Police Service shall be equipped and maintained to perform its
traditional role of maintaining law and order.
201 There
shall be established a Police Council which shall consist of -
(a) the Vice-President,
who shall be chairman;
(b) the Minister
responsible for internal affairs;
(c) the Inspector-General
of Police;
(d) the Attorney-General
or his representative;
(e) a lawyer
nominated by the Ghana Bar Association;
(f) a representative
of the Retired Senior Police Officers Association;
(g)
two members of the Police Service, appointed by the President, acting
in consultation with the Council of State, one of whom shall be
of a junior rank; and
(h) two other
members appointed by the President.
202 (1)
The Inspector-General of Police shall be appointed by the President
acting in consultation with the Council of State.
(2)
The Inspector-General of Police shall be head of the Police Service
and shall, subject to the provisions of this article and to the
control and direction of the Police Council, be responsible for
the operational control and the administration of the Police Service.
(3)
Subject to the provisions of this constitution, the power to appoint
persons to hold or to act in an office in the Police Service shall
vest in the President, acting in accordance with the advice of the
Police Council.
(4) The President
may, subject to such conditions as he thinks fit, delegate some
of his functions under this article by directions in writing to
the Police Council or to a committee or to a member of the Council.
203 (1)
The Police Council shall advise the President on matters of policy
relating to internal security, including the rule of the Police
Service, budgeting and finance, administration and the promotion
of officers above the rank of Assistance Commissioner of Police.
(2)
The Police Council may, with the prior approval of the President,
by constitutional instrument, make regulations for the performance
of its functions under this Constitution or any other law and for
the effective and efficient administration of the Police Service.
(3)
Regulations made under clause (2) of this article shall include regulations
in respect of -
(a) the control
and administration of the Police Service;
(b)
the ranks of officers and men of each unit of the Police Service,
the members of each rank and the use of uniforms by the members;
(c) the conditions
of service including those relating to the enrolment, salaries,
pensions, gratuities and other allowances of officers and men;
(d) the authority
and powers of command of officers and men of the Police Service;
and
(e) the delegation
to other persons of powers to discipline person and the conditions
subject to which delegations may be made.
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(1) There shall
b e established for each region a Regional Police Committee which
shall consist of -
(a)
the Minister of State appointed for the region, who shall be chairman;
(b) the two
most senior members of the Police Service in the region;
(c) a representative
of each district in the region appointed by the District Assembly
in the district;
(d) a lawyer
practising in the region nominated by the Ghana Bar Association;
(e) a representative
of the Attorney-General; and
. (f) a representative
of the Regional House of Chiefs;
(2) A Regional
Police Committee shall advise the Police Council on any matter relating
to the administration of the Police Service in the region. |