N.R.C.D.344
Centre for Scientific Research into Plant Medicine Act, 1975
N.R.C.D.344
Centre for Scientific Research into Plant Medicine Act, 1975
N.R.C.D.344
CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INTO
PLANT MEDICINE ACT, 19751
AN ACT to establish a centre for scientific research into plant medicine and to provide
for related matters.
Establishment
1. Establishment of the Centre
(1) There is hereby established a Centre for Scientific Research into Plant Medicine.
(2) The Centre is a body corporate and shall have perpetual succession and a common
seal and may sue and be sued in its corporate name.
2. Functions of the Centre
The functions of the Centre are
to conduct and promote scientific research relating to the improvement of
(a)
plant medicine;
(b)
to ensure the purity of drugs extracted from plants;
.
(c)
to co-operate and liaise with the Ghana Psychic and Traditional Healers'
Association, research institutions and commercial organisations in any part
of the world in matters of plant medicine;
(d)
to undertake or collaborate in the collation, publication and the dissemination of the results of research and any other useful technical information;
(e)
to establish where necessary botanical gardens for medicinal plants;
(f)
to perform any other function that the Government may assign to it.
3. The Council
(1) The governing body of the Centre is a Council which shall have the custody control and use of the
common seal of the Centre.
(2) The Council shall encourage the use of medicinally proven preparations as effective substitutes for
conventional drugs.
(3) The Council is responsible for the management and administration of the revenue and property of
the Centre and shall subject to the functions of the Centre as prescribed in
this Act have general control over the conduct of the affairs of the Centre including its
public relations.
(4) The Council shall advise the Government on the preservation and restriction of
the exportation of certain medicinal plants.
(5) The Council shall advise the Government from time to time on the desirability or
otherwise of importing certain medicinal plants or their preparations into the country.
1. The Act was issued as the Centre for Scientific Research into Plant Medicine Decree, 1975 (N.R.C.D. 344),_
made on the 10th day of July, 1975 and notified in the Gazette on 18th July, 1975.
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