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(1) There shall be established for each region a Regional Prisons Committee which shall consist of - (a) the Minister of State appointed for the region, who shall be chairman; (b) the most senior member of the Prisons Service in the region; (c) a representative of the Attorney-General; (d) a lawyer practising in the region nominated by the Ghana Bar Association; (e) the Regional Director of Health Service; (f) a medical practitioner in the region nominated by the Ghana Medical Association; (g) the Regional Director of Social Welfare; (h) a representative of the Regional House of Chiefs; (i) representatives of such religious bodies as the Regional Minister may deem fit to appoint. (2) A Regional Prisons Committee shall advise the Prisons Service Council and the Director-General of the Prisons Service on any matter relating to the administration of prisons and of the Prisons Service in the region. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN THE ARMED FORCES OF GHANA