RESTRICTION ON USE OF MILITARY UNIFORMS AND EQUIPMENT ACT - 1967 (NLCD 177)

• Section - 1 - Military Uniforms, Etc. Not To Be Worn By Civilians.

  • No person shall wear or use any military uniform, equipment, accoutrements or other material unless he is-
    
    (a) a member of the Armed Forces of Ghana wearing or using the uniform, equipment, accoutrements or materiel which he is authorised to wear or use, or
    
    (b) a member of any other Armed Forces and has the consent of the National Liberation Council, or is entitled by law or by diplomatic usage, to wear or use such uniform, equipment, accoutrements or materiel, or
    
    (c) an ex-serviceman wearing or using such uniform, equipment, accoutrements or materiel on a ceremonial, anniversary or other special occasion approved by the National Liberation Council, or
    
    (d) a person whom the National Liberation Council has by executive instrument authorised to wear or use such uniform, equipment, accoutrements or materiel.

• Section - 2 - Unauthorised Persons Not To Sell Or Buy Military Uniforms, Etc.

  • No person shall sell or buy any military uniform, equipment, accoutrements or other material unless he is authorised in that behalf by the National Liberation Council.
    

• Section - 3 - Licences Not To Be Issued For The Importation Of Military Uniforms, Etc.

  • Except as the National Liberation Council may in any particular case otherwise direct, no licence shall be issued under the Importers (Regulations and Imposition of Fees) Act, 1963 (Act 218) for the importation of any military uniform, equipment, accoutrements or other materiel.
    

• Section - 4 - Offence.

  • (1) Any person who contravenes any provision of this Decree commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred new cedis or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both such fine and imprisonment.
    
    (2) No prosecution shall be instituted under this paragraph without the consent of the Attorney-General.

• Section - 5 - Interpretation.

  • In this Decree-
    
    (a) "Armed Forces" includes the Police and Prisons Services;
    
    (b) "military" shall be construed as relating to all or any of the Armed Forces, the Police and Prisons Services; and
    
    (c) "military uniform, equipment, accoutrements or other materiel" does not include accommodation stores and military vehicles but shall include every manner of secondhand military uniform, equipment, accoutrements or other materiel worn or used by the Armed Forces of Ghana or of any other country notwithstanding that such uniform, equipment, accoutrements or materiel has ceased to be worn or used by any such Armed Forces.