GHANA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ACT - 2004 (ACT 676)
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(1) There is established by this Act a body to be known as the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration.
(2) The Institute shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession, a common seal and may sue and be sued in its own name.
(3) The Institute may for and in connection with the discharge of its functions acquire and hold any movable and immovable property and enter into any contract or other transaction.
(4) The institute shall operate under the Office of the President and shall be affiliated to the National Council for Tertiary Education.
(5) Where the Institute has resolved and the Government has agreed that the acquisition of land or a right over land is necessary for the Institute, the land may be acquired for the Institute under the State Lands Act, 1962 (Act 125).
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(1) There is established by this Act a governing body of the Institute which shall be known as the Council.
(2) The Council shall consist of
(a) a chairperson;
(b) the chairperson of the Public Services Commission;
(c) the Head of the Civil Service;
(d) the Executive Secretary of the National Council for Tertiary Education;
(e) the Executive Chairman of State Enterprises Commission;
(f) the Rector of the Institute;
(g) one person representing each of the following:
(i) the Association of Ghana Industries;
(ii) the Alumni Association of the Institute;
(h) one senior member of staff of the Institute;
(i) two other persons, one of whom is a woman.
(3) The chairperson and other members of the Council shall be appointed by the President acting in consultation with the Council of State.
(4) The President shall in making the appointments under this section, have regard to the academic qualifications, expertise, knowledge and experience of the persons in matters relating to public administration and management.
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The Board shall consist of
(a) the Rector who shall be the chairperson;
(b) the heads of academic divisions and departments of the Institute;
(c) two other persons representing the academic, Professional and administrative staff of the Institute as may be prescribed in the statutes of the Institute; and
(d) all Professors of the Institute.
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(1) The Board shall
(a) determine the criteria for the admission of students;
(b) decide matters that relate to the award of bursaries and scholarships at the Institute;
(c) determine the content of curricula;
(d) determine academic standards, validation and review of courses;
(e) determine the policy and procedure for the award of qualifications;
(f) regulate and assess the academic work of the Institute in the areas of teaching and research;
(g) determine the policy and procedure for the assessment and examination of students and for the discipline of students;
(h) consider the resources required to support the academic activities of the Institute; and
(i) report back to the Council on matters referred to it by the Council.
(2) Without limiting the scope of subsection (1), the Board shall advise the Council generally and in particular on academic matters of the Institute and shall perform such other functions as may be conferred on it by statutes of the Institute or as the Council may refer to it.
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(1) The Board may, by statutes, provide for matters relating to its responsibilities and any other matter that falls within its power.
(2) Statutes of the board shall be subject to the approval of the Council.
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(1) The Council may, in consultation with the Board, make arrangements concerning the internal organisation of the Institute including the establishment, variation and supervision of
(a) halls of residence, academic faculties, administrative divisions, departments, independent profit centres and other bodies;
(b) lectureship, teaching and research; and
(c) academic and administrative posts and functions.
(2) The Council shall in respect of academic matters exercise the powers referred to in subsection (1) after consultation with the Board.
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(1) The Institute shall hold a Congregation at such times as the Council may determine for the purpose of conferring degrees, diplomas, awarding certificates and other qualifications.
(2) A Congregation of the Institute shall consist of the Council, the Board, members of the Convocation, graduates of the Institute and any other persons prescribed by statutes.
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(1) The Rector shall, subject to such general control by the Council on policies as the Council may give,
(a) exercise general authority over the staff of the Institute;
(b) be responsible for
(i) the co-ordination and implementation of programmes of the Institute;
(ii) the appointment, assignment, discipline, suspension and dismissal of any employee of the Institute other than a senior member of staff in accordance with procedures and terms laid down by the Council; and
(iii) the management of the budget and resources of the Institute within the approved estimates;
(c) provide the Council with returns, reports and any other relevant information that it may require; and
(d) ensure the implementation of the decisions of the Council.
(2) The Rector shall prepare budget estimates and a statement of assets and liabilities of the Institute for each financial year and present the estimates to the Council for its consideration and approval not later than three months before the end of the financial year.
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(1) The Council may appoint academic, administrative and other staff for the Institute.
(2) The terms and conditions of service of persons appointed under subsection (1) shall be determined by the Council.
(3) The Council may delegate to the Rector its power of appointment under subsection (1) in respect of such grade of academic, administrative and other staff of the Institute as the Council shall determine.
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(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the remuneration of academic, administrative and other staff of the Institute shall be determined by the Council.
(2) The Social Security Law, 1991 (P.N.D.C.L. 247) shall apply to members of staff and employees of the Institute.
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(1) The Funds of the Institute shall include
(a) monies that accrue to the Institute in the performance of its functions consisting of
(i) fees paid by course participants at the Institute;
(ii) fees, charges, dues in respect of services rendered by or through the Institute;
(iii) proceeds from the sale of publications of the Institute; and
(iv) grants, subscriptions, rents and royalties;
(b) interest from investments;
(c) donations and gifts; and
(d) income from any other source approved by the Council.
(2) Any sum of money received by or on behalf of the Institute shall be paid into bank accounts of the Institute opened by the Council with the approval of the Accountant-General.
(3) The Board may invest as it considers fit funds of the institute not required for immediate use.
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(1) The Council may make statutes to carry into effect the objects of the Institute.
(2) Without limiting the scope of subsection (1), the Council may make statutes
(a) to regulate the appointment, conditions of service, termination of appointment and retirement benefits of the staff of the Institute,
(b) to determine the persons who are authorized to enter into transactions, sign documents, negotiable instruments and contracts on behalf of the Institute;
(c) for procedures to discipline students and staff of the Institute;
(d) for procedures for assessment and the award of degrees, diplomas and certificates of the Institute; and
(e) to oversee the award of bursaries and scholarship.
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(1) For the purpose of enacting a statute under this Act, a draft of the statute shall be circulated to the members of the Council at least fourteen days before the date of the meeting at which the statute is to be considered.
(2) The Council shall, on the appointed date or any other date, consider the draft statute and may approve the draft provisionally either with or without amendment of which written notice has been circulated to the members at least three days before the date of the meeting.
(3) The statute as provisionally approved, shall be circulated to the members of the Council and where in the opinion of the Council it affects academic matters, to the Academic Board as well, at least seven days before the meeting at which it is intended to confirm the statute.
(4) Within a period of not less than one month and not more than six months from the date of the meeting at which the statute was provisionally approved, the Council shall hold a meeting and confirm the statute without amendment.
(5) No statute shall be enacted which is inconsistent with this Act.
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(1) The assets, rights and properties held by or on behalf of or for the purposes of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration in existence immediately before the coming into force of this Act and all persons employed for or by the Institute are by this section transferred to the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration established under this Act.
(2) The obligations and liabilities subsisting against the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration immediately before the coming into force of this Act shall on the coming into force of this Act subsist between the Institute established under this Act and the party concerned.
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(1) The assets, rights and properties held by or on behalf of or for the purposes of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration in existence immediately before the coming into force of this Act and all persons employed for or by the Institute are by this section transferred to the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration established under this Act.
(2) The obligations and liabilities subsisting against the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration immediately before the coming into force of this Act shall on the coming into force of this Act subsist between the Institute established under this Act and the party concerned.
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In this Act unless the context otherwise requires,
"Board" means the Academic Board established under section 12;
"Council" means the Council being the governing body for the Institute established under section 5;
"Deputy Rector" means Deputy Rector of the Institute;
"Institute" means the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration established under section 1;
"Minister" means the Minister responsible for Education;
"Rector" means the chief executive of the Institute.
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(1) The Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration Law 1993 (P.N.D.C.L. 318) is repealed by this Act and accordingly the Court of Governors established under that Law is dissolved.
(2) Notwithstanding the repeal under subsection (1), any Regulation, statute or other instrument made under that enactment and in force immediately before the coming into force of this Act shall continue in force until amended or revoked under this Act.
(3) Any document made and admission of students made under the repealed enactment that are valid or subsisting on the coming into force of this Act shall remain valid or subsist as if made under the corresponding provision of this Act until terminated or otherwise dealt with under this Act.
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