{"id":446979,"date":"2017-12-14T09:41:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T09:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/14\/no-firecrackers-this-christmas-police-warn\/"},"modified":"2017-12-14T09:41:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T09:41:00","slug":"no-firecrackers-this-christmas-police-warn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/14\/no-firecrackers-this-christmas-police-warn\/","title":{"rendered":"No firecrackers this Christmas \u2013 Police warn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Thursday, 14 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>classfmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-14<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/25144597.295.jpg\" alt=\"Knockout0\" title=\"Knockout0\" width=\"295\" height=\"291\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The use of explosives has been banned during this festive season<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513244460_475_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Ghana Police Service has reminded the public that the use of firecrackers and other types of explosives this festive season is prohibited.<\/p>\n<p>Executive Instrument (E.I) 21 of 1999 prohibits the manufacture, possession or carriage of firecrackers popularly known as \u2018knockouts\u2019, display shells, artillery shells, ball and canister shells.<\/p>\n<p>The police in statement signed by Assistant Commissioner of Police, David Eklu on Wednesday, 13 December 2017 said the law will be enforced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Service wishes to state that to ensure strict compliance with this provision, personnel deployed for law enforcement duties during this Christmas period have been charged to arrest any person or group of persons who act contrary to this Instrument for prosecution,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The use firecrackers during Christmas is a common feature in Ghana however, people have raised concerns about the safety of the public when these explosives are in use.<\/p>\n<p>People have been hurt and some houses burnt as a result of the irresponsible handling of the explosives.<\/p>\n<p>The law to ban fire crackers was adopted by parliament in 1999.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 55 updated by: 55 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Thursday, 14 December 2017 Source: classfmonline.com 2017-12-14 The use of explosives has been banned during this festive season The Ghana Police Service has reminded the public that the use of firecrackers and other types of explosives this festive season is prohibited. 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