Gold Coast Colony

Bye-Laws made under Section 38(2) (a) (iv) and (ix) of the Town Council Ordinance as enacted by Section 20 of the Town Councils Law Amendment Ordinance, 1927

1. 1. These By-Laws may be cited as the Town Councils (Accra Lorry Park) Bye-Laws, 1929.

2. 2. In these By-Laws –

   • ‘Motor Car’ means any motor car within the meaning of the Motor Traffic Ordinance, 1925, plying for public hire or fares between the Town and any place outside the municipal limits of Accra and vice versa.

   • ‘The Town’ means the Town of Accra as defined by Proclamation No. 4 of 1929 except

     1. (a) ALL that portion of the Northern Ward that lies to the North of Castle road

     2. (b) ALL that portion of the West Ward that lies to the West of Korle Lagoon

     3. (c) the East Ward

     4. (d) the East Central Ward.

   • ‘The Park’ means the Lorry Park established on the site between the junction Rowe Road and Boundary Road.

3. 3. The Park shall be open for the use of motor cars daily from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

4. 4. A fee of sixpence per motor car and [?] pence per trailer shall be payable to the attendant at the entrance of the Park for each day which the Park is used by the motor car and trailer. The attendant shall issue a ticket to the driver showing the amount paid, the date of issue and the registered number of the motor car and trailer. The ticket will be available for the day of issue only and for the motor car and trailer indicated thereon only and shall not be transferrable.

5. 5. Every driver of a motor car shall each day on first entering the Park pay to the attendant the prescribed fee and shall [a]ccept the prescribed ticket. On each subsequent entrance to the Park on that day, the driver shall produce his ticket to the attendant and any driver failing or refusing to produce a valid ticket shall be deemed to be first entering the Park and shall pay the prescribed fee.

6. 6. Every driver of a motor car shall observe the following regulations:

   1. (a) he shall begin the journey from the Town inside the Park;

   2. (b) he shall end the journey to the Town inside the Park;

   3. (c) he shall enter the Park by the entrance gate in Rowe Road and shall leave by the exit in Boundary Road;

   4. (d) he shall stand his motor car in the Park only in such spaces marked therefor as may be indicated to him by the Police Officer or other person on duty for that purpose;

   5. (e) he shall not stop his motor car in the approach way to such standing space;

   6. (f) he shall when occupying a standing space secure his motor car from movement by keeping the hand brake on or adopting other effective means;

   7. (g) he shall before driving away from the standing space remove any article placed against the wheel of his motor car;

   8. (h) he shall while in the Park avoid all unnecessary noise likely to be caused by racing of the engine or by sounding the horn or other warning instrument;

   9. (i) he shall pick up and place in the receptacle provided for that purpose any rubbish thrown into the Park from his motor car by any person conveyed therein;

   10. (j) he shall not suffer his motor car to remain in the Park after 6 p.m.

7. 7. No person shall smoke or kindle any fire or use any naked light in the Park.

8. 8. Any person bringing any produce or goods into the Park by motor car shall not suffer the same to remain therein for a longer time than is necessary in the circumstances.

9. 9. Any person who infringes any of these by-laws shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding FIVE POUNDS.

Made at a meeting of the Accra Town Council held on the 29th day of April, 1929.

sgd. A. Durham Mackenzie, President Accra Town Council

sgd. J. W. B. Mills, Town Clerk

Approved by the Governor in Executive Council this 23rd day of May, 1929.

sgd. J. P. Ross, Clerk of the Executive Council

Source: PRAAD, Accra: CSO 14/1/270, ‘Town Council (Accra Lorry Park) Bye-Laws, 1929’.