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82 VOTE OF CENSURE
(1)
Parliament may, by are solution supported by the votes of not less than two-thirds of all the members
of Parliament, pass a vote of censure on a Minister of State.
(2)
A motion for the resolution referred to in clause (1) of this article shall not be moved in Parliament
unless—
(a) seven days' notice has been given of the motion; and
(b) the notice for the motion has been signed by not less than one-third of all the members of
Parliament;
(3)
The motion shall be debated in Parliament within fourteen days after the receipt by the Speaker of
the notice for the motion.
(4)
A Minister of State in respect of whom a vote of censure is debated under clause (3) of this article is
entitled, during the debate, to be heard in his defence.
(5)
Where a vote of censure is passed against a Minister under this article the President may, unless the
Minister resigns his office, revoke his appointment as a Minister.
(6)
For the avoidance of doubt this article applies to a Deputy Minister as it applies to a Minister of State.
Part IV The National Security Council
83 THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
(1)
There shall be a National Security Council which shall consist of—
(a) the President;
(b) the Vice-President;
(c) the Ministers for the time being holding the portfolios of foreign affairs, defence, interior, and
finance and such other Ministers as the President may determine;
(d) the Chief of Defence Staff and two other members of the Armed Forces;
(e) the Inspector-General of Police and two other members of the Police Service, one of whom shall
be the Commissioner of Police responsible for Criminal Investigations Department;
(f) the Director-General of the Prisons Service;
(g) the Director of External Intelligence;
(h) the Director of Internal Intelligence;
(i) the Director of Military Intelligence;
(j) the Commissioner of Customs, Excise and Preventive Service; and
(k) three persons appointed by the President.
(2)
The President shall preside at meetings of the National Security Council and in his absence the
Vice-President shall preside.
Ghana 1992 (rev. 1996)
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