MAP Afrique du Sud : Jacob Zuma indemne après un accident de voiture (parti) MAP L’Afrique du Sud, un point chaud de la pollution atmosphérique dans le monde (Greenpeace) AIB Gestion des refugiés : le Mali, le Burkina et le HCR signent un accord tripartite révisé AIB Burkina : Le Premier ministre s’engage pour la restauration du parc Bangr Wéogo AIB Burkina : Plus de 10 milliards de FCFA engagés en 2024 pour booster la production locale de la volaille et du poisson APS SENEGAL-CULTURE-FINANCEMENT / Lancement officiel des activités du Fonds de développement des cultures urbaines et des industries créatives AGP Dialogue national : le président Oligui Nguema échange avec les membres du bureau AGP Gabon : Bientôt un recensement des biens de l’Etat AGP Coopération Gabon-France : un forum économique en perspective APS SENEGAL-PRESIDENTIELLE / Bassirou Diomaye Faye reçu en audience par Macky Sall

Police ask public to obey Public Assembly Law


  15 Décembre      39        Securité (2979),

 

Accra, Dec.15, GNA – The Ghana Police Service (GPS) has called on the public to comply with the Public Assembly Law.

The GPS said it has noted with concern the recent disregard for the Law resulting in damage both state and private property .

Such Assembly, including demonstrations, fell directly under the Public Order Act,1994 (ACT 491) and must be complied with.

Superintendent of Police Mrs Sheilla Kessie Abayie-Buckman, Director, Public Affairs of GPS, made these known in a press release copied to the Ghana News Agency.

« The Public Order Act places an obligation on persons who desire to hold demonstration or special event to give notice to the Police of such intention in a period of not less than five days before the date of event.

It also obliged participants to obey the direction of the police officers safeguarding the proper movement of other persons and vehicles and generally maintaining order. »

It therefore called on the organizers and participants of such events to give due regard to the laws of the country, adding that failure to notify the police of any special events amounted to an offence leading to penalties including imprisonment.

It said if any crime was committed in the course of such unlawful demonstration, all participants would be held liable for the crime.

« The Police Administration however assured the general public that measures have been put in place to contain the unlawful demonstrations while regretting the inconveniences created to the public by the closure of some roads and facilities.

It assured that such actions are necessary for the protection of lives and property, » the release stated.

Dans la même catégorie