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Article 203 — Functions of the Police Council

Article
203
Index row title
Functions of the Police Council
Source document
The ghana constitution
Provision ID
69ea5e97-99a6-429c-842b-80b789e78f59

199 words

Verbatim text

(1) The Police Council shall advise the President o n matters of policy relating to internal security, including the role of the Police Service, budgeting and finance, administration and the promotion of officers above the rank of Assista nt 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 a dministration of the Police Service. (3) Regulations made under clause (2) of this artic le shall include regulations in respect of— (a) the control and administration of the Police Se rvice; (b) the ranks of officers and men of each unit of t he Police Service, the members of each rank and the use of uniforms by the members; (c) the conditions of service including those relat ing 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 di scipline persons and the conditions subject to which delegations may be made.

What this means

  • The index files this text under article 203 of the Constitution of Ghana.
  • The row is titled “Functions of the Police Council”.
  • The passage runs to about 199 words.
  • Read plainly, it mentions pay and pensions — it sets pay, salary, allowance or pension terms (the words used: “salaries”); it mentions police powers — it sets out what the police or other security services may do (the words used: “Police”).

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