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(1) Where an order is made by the High Court declaring a person who is not a citizen of Ghana to be a specified entity by virtue of an application made by the Minister under section 19 of the Act, the Director of Immigration or an officer authorised by the Director of Immigration and the Refugee Board shall consider the order as a reasonable ground to suspect that the person is, will be or has been involved in the commission of a terrorist act or proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

(2) A decision by the United Nations Security Council under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter designating a person as

(a) involved in, financing or facilitating a terrorist act or proliferation of weapons of mass destruction,

(b) belonging to an organisation involved in a terrorist act or proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, or

(c) subject to a travel ban or other restrictions because of the association of that person with persons involved in terrorist activities or proliferation of weapons of mass destruction

shall be considered as a reasonable ground for the Director of Immigration or an officer authorised by the Director of Immigration and the Refugee Board to suspect that the person is, will be or has been involved in a terrorist act or proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

(3) The Minister shall, on the advice of the National Security Co-ordinator, issue a directive, without delay, to the Director of Immigration or an officer authorised by the Director of Immigration and the Refugee Board to recognise a designation of a person by an international organisation other than the United Nations, by a State or association of States as a person

(a) involved in, financing or facilitating a terrorist act or proliferation of weapons of mass destruction,

(b) belonging to an organisation involved in a terrorist act or proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, or

(c) subject to a travel ban or other restrictions because of an association with persons involved in a terrorist activity or proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

(4) Where a directive is issued, the Director of Immigration or an officer authorised by the Director of Immigration and the Refugee Board shall; without delay, consider the designation in the directive as a factor in the determination of the extstence of a reasonable ground to suspect that a person is, will be or has been involved in a terrorist act or proliferation of weapon of mass destruction.

(5) The Minister shall publish in the Gazatte the directive issued under subregulation (3) within seven days after the directives have been issued.