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213 THE CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF
The Chief of Defence Staff of the Armed Forces shall, subject to the provisions of this article, and to
the control and direction of the Armed Forces Council on matters of policy, be responsible for the
administration and the operational control and command of the Armed Forces.
214 FUNCTIONS OF ARMED FORCES COUNCIL
(1)
The Armed Forces Council shall advise the President on matters of policy relating to defence and
strategy including the role of the Armed Forces, military budgeting and finance, administration and
the promotion of officers above the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel or its equivalent.
(2)
The Armed Forces 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 administration of the Armed Forces.
(3)
Regulations made under clause (2) of this article shall include regulations in respect of(a) the control and administration of the services of the Armed Forces;
(b) the ranks of officers and men of each service, the members in each rank and the use of uniforms
by the officers and men;
(c) the conditions of service including those relating to the enrolment, salaries, pensions, gratuities
and other allowances of officers and men of each service and deductions from them;
(d) the authority and powers of command of officers and men of each service;
(e) the delegation to other persons of powers of commanding officers to try accused persons and
the conditions subject to which delegations. may be made; and
(f) the establishment of research and development units in each service.
215 DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS
The Armed Forces Council may, subject to such conditions as it may consider fit, delegate some of its
functions under this Chapter by directions in writing to a committee or a member of the Council.
Ghana 1992 (rev. 1996)
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