1. The candidate shall be banned from all Independent Examinations Council examinations.
2. De-registration of the candidate. The said candidate’s name shall be removed from the list of candidates registered to take the examinations.
3. Cancellation of all the papers written by the candidate for the particular examination.
4. Publication of the candidate’s name, offence and disciplinary action on the various notice boards of the Independent Examinations Committee.
5. Reporting of the candidate to the Police for investigation and prosecution.

1. A candidate who refuses to be searched by the security personnel or invigilators on duty before being admitted into the examination hall commits an offence.
2. Body searches on female candidates should be done by women and that of male candidates should be conducted by men.

SANCTION

1. The candidate will not be allowed to enter the hall to sit for the examination, except with the express permission of the chief invigilator.
2. Where the candidate is permitted into the hall to sit for the examination a report of the incident will be made to the Independent Examinations Committee for a determination of appropriate response to the incident.

Where a candidate upon being searched is apprehended with a foreign material on his body in the examination hall or within its precincts, or intending to aid another/other candidate(s) to commit an offence, and he/she proceeds to destroy the evidence of his/her offence, his/her entire results shall be withheld pending the outcome of investigation.

SANCTION

1. If the candidate is found culpable, the entire results of the candidate shall be cancelled.
2. The candidate shall be barred from writing an Independent Examinations Committees’ examination for two (2) years.
3. In appropriate cases, the candidate shall be barred from writing any examination organized by the Independent Examinations Committee.

1. A candidate at an examination shall present upon request by the invigilator or supervisor his/her appropriate identification card or Ghana School of Law student identity card for identification purposes.
2. An invigilator or supervisor may, nevertheless and for good cause, permit a candidate who has failed to produce the appropriate identity card to sit for an examination.

SANCTION

1. A candidate who fails to produce his or her identity card would not be allowed to sit for the examination.
2. A candidate who has not been permitted to sit for or proceed with an examination for failure to produce an identification shall be deemed to be absent.

1. It is a grave misconduct for a candidate to have access to, or knowledge of, examination questions prior to the holding of an examination.
2. Where it is established that leakage has occurred of such a nature as to cast the entire exam into disrepute, the examination shall be cancelled.
3. Any examination candidate or official who is found to have connived, aided, facilitated or encouraged the leakage, shall be subject to sanctions if found culpable.
4. For the avoidance of doubt, it is misconduct if any person:
   
   1. Is found buying, selling or giving away questions or what purports to be questions for a particular examination.
   2. Is found to be in unauthorized possession of any examination material prior to the holding of an examination.
   3. Is found assisting a candidate to answer any examination questions obtained by unauthorized access prior to the holding of an examination.
   4. Provides or acquires access to examination question(s) before release of same from the Independent Examinations Committees’ proper custody. Such access shall be deemed unauthorized, and be punishable accordingly.
   5. Engages in the illegal filtration of the question(s) from the Independent Examinations Committee.
   6. Corrupts or induces another person to illegally procure or make available examination questions/papers.
   7. Pays or procures a member of staff or non-member of staff of the Independent Examinations Committees’ secretariat to tamper with examination scripts for the purpose of obtaining advantage or altering marks or examination results.

SANCTION

1. Cancellation of result relating to the particular paper.
2. Banning of the candidate from all Independent Examinations Committees’ examinations.
   In addition to the above the candidate may be arrested and handed over to the police for prosecution.
3. Where a case of foreknowledge in a subject(s) is established at a centre, the entire results of the candidates offering the subject(s) involved at the centre shall be withheld pending the outcome of investigation. If the candidates are found culpable, the entire results of the candidates shall be cancelled.
4. Where it is established that a case of foreknowledge occurred and any examination official(s) or member of staff of the Independent Examinations Committees’ secretariat, connived at, aided and/or encouraged the foreknowledge, they shall be summarily dismissed and handed over to the police for investigation and prosecution.

1. It is a misconduct where:
   
   1. any person is found to have posted live questions/answers, howsoever obtained, on the internet via social media.
   2. any candidate is found to have received live questions/answers on the internet via social media.

SANCTION

1. His or her entire results shall be withheld pending the outcome of investigation.
2. If the candidate is found culpable, the entire results of the candidate shall be cancelled.
3. Where it is found that the live questions were posted by any examination official(s), appropriate disciplinary measures shall be initiated against such person.
4. The case shall be reported to the Police for investigation and prosecution.

1. Candidates are expected to bring with them to the examination hall, writing materials such as pens, pencils, erasers, sharpeners, correction fluid, simple calculators (not programmable) where needed and any material which may be permitted by these regulations.
2. It is an examination offence for a candidate to request for any of the above listed authorized materials from other candidates without the permission of the invigilator.

SANCTION

1. 1. A candidate who requests any of the writing materials stated above without seeking permission from an invigilator shall be reprimanded in the first instance by the invigilator.
   2. Candidates found engaging in the same act for a second time shall be issued with a Statement Form for their statement to be taken for disciplinary action leading to the imposition of sanctions as appropriate.

1. 1. A candidate who is found in possession of written materials relevant to the particular paper in the examination hall on his or her person, such as scripts, notes, either condensed/summarized commits an offence. Such notes may be written on paper, on clip boards, or on parts of the body, or on items of personal clothing, such as shirts or blouses, handkerchiefs, socks, etc. books, or any other prepared material or printed material. Such prohibited material may also include inscriptions, written or engraved, cut or carved letters, words, paragraphs, messages etc. in any language, whether questions or answers to questions made and found on any surface, including candidate’s skin, hair or clothes.
   2. A candidate who procures the services of an agent for purposes of smuggling written or other unauthorized materials relevant to the particular paper in the examination hall commits an offence. Such material may be written on paper, on clip boards, or on parts of the body, or on items of personal clothing, such as shirts or blouses, handkerchiefs, socks, books, or any other prepared material or printed material. Such material may also include inscriptions, written or engraved, cut or carved letters, words, paragraphs, messages etc. in any language, whether questions or answers to questions, made or found on any surface, including the candidate’s skin, hair or clothes.
   3. The material so identified as unauthorized shall be seized by the invigilators and put into the custody of the Independent Examinations Committee. The candidate involved, or a candidate suspected to be a conspirator shall be issued with a Statement Form to write his statement, preliminary to the initiation of disciplinary proceedings.
   4. Where a candidate destroys the unauthorised material to conceal the fact of its possession, he or she shall be issued with a Statement Form preliminary to the initiation of disciplinary proceedings.
   5. A candidate who refuses to write and sign a statement or destroys evidence shall be subject to disciplinary action.

SANCTION

1. Where it is confirmed or there is evidence to show that the candidate is involved in examination malpractice in only one subject, the result of the subject involved, shall be withheld pending the outcome of investigation by the appropriate Committee of the Independent Examinations Committee.
2. If the candidate is found guilty, the Independent Examinations Committees’ Disciplinary Committee shall recommend cancellation of the results to the General Legal Council.
3. Where there is evidence that the candidate is involved in general examination malpractice, the entire results of the candidate shall be withheld. If the candidate is found guilty after investigations, the Disciplinary Committee shall make a recommendation to the General Legal Council for the entire results to be cancelled.
4. Where the General Legal Council approves the recommendation of the Disciplinary Committee of the Independent Examinations Committee, the candidate’s name, offence and disciplinary action taken shall be published on the Notice Board of the Ghana School of Law.

1. A candidate found with a programmable calculator or other unauthorized technological/electronic device such as mobile phone, recording apparatus, smart watches or any other unauthorized electronic communication equipment or device in the examination hall, commits an offence.
2. A candidate found using a programmable calculator or other unauthorized technological/electronic device such as mobile phone, recording apparatus, smart watches or any other unauthorized electronic communication equipment or device in the examination hall, commits an offence.
3. A candidate found with such material or devices inside the examination hall shall be required to write and sign a statement in respect of the device its ownership, or in relation to why they were found with him or her.

SANCTION

1. The electronic or technological gadget will be confiscated by the chief invigilator.
2. The results of the candidate shall be withheld pending the outcome of investigation by the appropriate Committee of the Independent Examinations Committee.
3. If the candidate is found culpable, the Independent Examinations Committee shall recommend to the General Legal Council the cancellation of the results of that examination, as well as the publication of candidate’s name, offence and disciplinary action taken on the Ghana School of Law notice board.

A candidate commits an offence if he or she engages in any of the following acts:

1. Taking away of answer scripts or removing an examination script or an unused answer booklet from an examination room.
2. Stealing, converting or misappropriating the scripts of other candidates.
3. Refusing to submit worked script to the invigilator after the examination.
4. Tearing, chewing, or otherwise deliberately destroying any part of the answer booklet/question paper.
5. Writing another candidate’s number in the answer booklet.
6. Starting to write an examination before commencement of work is officially announced or continuing to write after official orders have been given for candidates to stop writing.
7. Substituting an answer script/booklet prepared outside the examination room/hall for one already submitted to the invigilator during an examination.
8. Attempting to, or substituting an answer script/booklet prepared outside the examination room/hall for the one prepared in the exam room during or after an examination.
9. Possession, without lawful excuse, of more than one question paper or answer booklet during an examination.
10. Being in possession of Independent Examination Committee answer booklet before or after any examination without official authority.
11. Submission of more than one answer script at the end of an examination.
12. Importing into the examination hall, in person or by an agent, an answer booklet whether with or without prepared answers for the benefit of a particular candidate.

SANCTION

1. The candidate’s results shall be withheld pending the outcome of investigation by the appropriate sub-committee of the Independent Examination Committee.
2. If the candidate is found culpable, a recommendation for the cancellation of the candidate’s results for the particular examination, or for the candidate’s entire results shall be made by the Independent Examination Committee to the General Legal Council.
3. In addition to sanction (b) a candidate could be barred from sitting Independent Examination Committees’ examinations for a stated period by the General Legal Council.

1. A candidate misconducts himself or herself by
   
   1. Being rude or showing disrespect to an invigilator/supervisor in the examination room, or precincts of the examination hall.
   2. Neglecting, omitting or refusing to follow lawful instructions or orders issued by the invigilator.
   3. Threatening or physically assaulting an invigilator or any official involved in the conduct of the examination in lawful performance of his/her duties inside or outside the examination hall.
2. Improper behavior towards an examination official which includes, but is not limited to, causing disturbance in the examination room, disobedience, using indecent language, shouting, jeering and any other behaviour that disrupts the smooth conduct of the examination is deemed a punishable misconduct.

SANCTION

1. A candidate found guilty of contravening the above rule shall first be cautioned.
2. Should the infraction be repeated, a Statement Form shall be issued for disciplinary proceedings to be instituted against the candidate.
3. The results of the candidate shall be withheld pending the outcome of investigation by the appropriate committee.
4. Recommendations, in the nature of cancellation of the results of the particular examination, or the entire results of the candidate, may be made to the General Legal Council.
5. Where the misconduct involves a physical assault on an invigilator or an official, the candidate shall be barred from examinations organized by the Independent Examinations Committee. In addition, the said candidate shall be handed over to the police for investigation and prosecution.

1. It shall be a misconduct:
   
   1. to bring within the precincts of the examination hall any firearm or potentially dangerous weapon.
   2. Use a firearm or any potentially dangerous weapon with the purpose of intimidating, threatening or inducing fear and or alarm in an examination official.
   3. where a candidate brings into the examination hall any offensive weapon or uses anything including firearms, chemical substances with intent to cause injury, temporary or permanent incapacity to any person in the examination hall.

SANCTION

1. The results of the candidate shall be withheld pending the outcome of investigation by the appropriate committee.
2. If the candidate is found culpable, a recommendation for the entire results of the candidate to be cancelled, shall be made.
3. In addition, the candidate shall be barred for a stated period, from taking any examination conducted by the Independent Examinations Committee.
4. Banning the candidate from all Independent Examinations Committee examinations.
5. Publication of candidate’s name, offence and disciplinary action on the Ghana School of Law notice board, or any appropriate location.
6. The candidate may be reported to the Police for any necessary action.

1. It is a misconduct to:
2. Receive or give assistance to another candidate to obtain any advantage in an examination.
3. Collude in any manner with another/other candidate(s) to obtain any advantage in an examination, or Copy from another candidate with or without the candidate’s knowledge and consent.
4. Exchange answers with another candidate in or outside the examination room.
5. Collaborate with another candidate in the examination room by sharing material including calculators and other electronic equipment without the permission of the invigilator.
6. Pass or receive notes for help to, or from other candidate(s)
7. Carry out a conversation or any other communication with another candidate once the examination has commenced.
8. Copying from or allowing another candidate to copy from one’s answer booklet.
9. Any candidate found colluding or copying from another candidate shall be required to write a statement regarding the malpractice.
10. Indulging in any disruptive conduct including, but not limited to, shouting, assault of another student/candidate, using abusive and /or threatening language, destruction of examination furniture.

SANCTION

1. The entire results of the candidate(s) involved shall be withheld pending the outcome of investigation by the Independent Examinations Committee.
2. If the candidate is found culpable, the result of the particular paper, or the entire result of the candidate involved, in appropriate circumstances, shall be recommended to be cancelled to the General Legal Council.
3. In addition, the candidate shall be recommended to be barred from any examinations organized by the Independent Examinations Committee to the General Legal Council for a stated period or years.

1. It shall be a misconduct for a candidate to:
   1. Seek or receive help from non-candidate(s) such as invigilator(s), supervisor(s), teacher(s) or other personalities during the examination.
      1. a candidate receives external assistance when another candidate or person helps a candidate verbally, in writing or in any other way to answer all or part of an examination question.
      2. Dictates answers to candidates, writes solutions to questions for candidates to copy, writes answers to all or part of a question in candidate’s answer booklet.
   2. Sit on another candidate’s seat without an invigilator’s permission.
   3. Makes noise or disturbs other candidates during the examinations.
   4. knowingly or negligently reveals the contents of any examination material to unauthorised persons, whether a candidate or not.
   5. alters the work, data, or information or scores of a candidate with intent to fail or pass a candidate,
   6. willfully and maliciously damages examination material.
   7. presents or attempts to present himself or herself in the place of a registered or enrolled candidate, with intent to impersonate that person.
   SANCTION
   1. Where a person giving the assistance is a candidate for the examination in session, the candidate’s entire results shall be withheld pending the outcome of investigation.
   2. If the candidate is found culpable, the result of the candidate for the particular examination, or the entire results shall be cancelled. In addition, he or she shall be barred from taking any examination conducted by the Independent Examinations Committee for a stated period by the Disciplinary Committee.
   3. Publication of candidate’s identity, offence and disciplinary action on the notice board of Ghana School of Law.
   4. Where the person giving the help is NOT a candidate for the examination in session, the person shall be arrested and handed over to the police for investigation and prosecution.

1. Where a substantial number, or more than half of the candidates sitting for an examination at a centre are involved in collusion, this shall be regarded as mass cheating.

SANCTION

1. Where mass cheating takes place in an examination centre, the entire results of the candidates at the centre shall be withheld pending the outcome of investigation.
2. If the candidates are found culpable, the results of the subject(s) involved shall be cancelled.

1. Where a registered candidate arranges for some other person to sit the examination on his/her behalf, it shall be deemed to be an offence of impersonation.
2. Impersonation may also occur where a candidate procures the assistance of other candidates or examination officials to write the examination on his or her behalf even though he or she is present in the examination hall.

SANCTION

1. The candidate shall not be allowed to continue with examinations
2. The supervisor shall take a statement from the impersonator for submission to the Independent Examinations Committee before handing him/her to the police.
3. Any candidate involved in hiring another person to sit examinations for her/him shall be arrested together with the impersonator and handed over to police for prosecution.
4. The entire results of the candidate being impersonated and those of the impersonator, if he or she is also a candidate for the examination, shall be withheld pending the outcome of investigations.
5. If the candidate is found culpable, the entire results of the candidate shall be cancelled.
6. Both the impersonator and the impersonated shall also be barred from taking any examination conducted by the Independent Examinations Council for a period of not less than five (5) years.
7. Banning the candidate from all Independent Examinations Committee examinations.

1. It is misconduct for a candidate to:
2. Continue to write, when the examination has officially been declared over by the invigilator.
3. Failure to write the correct index number on an answer booklet.
4. Failure to write the index number on an answer booklet.

SANCTION

1. Loss of 5 marks out of earned marks.
2. Cancellation of result relating to the particular paper if there is no possibility of identifying which script belongs to which candidate.

5. Candidates leaving the examination hall without permission from the invigilator or supervisor.

SANCTION

1. Written warning to the candidate.
2. Loss of 10 marks out of earned marks.
3. In extreme cases, cancellation of result relating to the particular paper.

6. Candidate reporting to the examination hall more than thirty (30) minutes after commencement of a paper.

SANCTION

1. Candidate shall be prevented from taking the examination. However, that a candidate may be admitted at the discretion of the chief invigilator, and provided the cause(s) of lateness by the student are reasonable, cogent and sufficiently convincing.
2. Written warning to the candidate.

7. It is an examination misconduct for candidates to leave the examination hall during the first 30minutes and the last 30 minutes of the examination without the express permission or special permission of the chief invigilator.

SANCTION

1. Written warning to the candidate.
2. Loss of 10 marks out of earned marks.
3. Barred from taking the examination of that particular paper if candidate provides no reasonable or just cause for that misconduct.

8. It is a misconduct for a candidate to write his or her name on any part of the answer booklet or question paper.

SANCTION

1. The answer booklet of that candidate shall be marked and set aside until an investigation has taken place.
2. Loss of 15 marks out of the earned marks.
3. A cancellation of that particular examination paper.
4. Written warning to the candidate.
5. A candidate shall be barred from taking the whole examination if that offence is repeated.

1. It is a misconduct for a candidate to unlawfully retrieve examination materials from the custody of the Independent Examination Committee with the intent or for the purpose of tampering with, falsifying or altering the results.
2. It shall be a misconduct if a member of staff/invigilator/supervisor is procured to tamper with, or alter the examination results/marks for a candidate.

SANCTION

1. Cancellation of the results of the relevant examination.
2. Banned from writing all Independent Examination Committees’ examinations.
3. Candidate shall be handed over to the Police for the necessary action.
4. In the case of a staff member/invigilator/supervisor.
   
   1. he/she should be summarily dismissed.
   2. He or she shall be handed over to the Police for prosecution.

1. It shall be an offence for any candidate to engage in any of the following acts:
   
   1. to interfere with the conduct of investigations into the matter or the disciplinary hearing of any matter pertaining to any malpractice.
   2. To intimidate members of the Disciplinary Committee or officials of the Independent Examination Committee or examination invigilators/supervisors or witnesses in a malpractice case.
   3. To destroy or tamper with evidence relating to an alleged malpractice case.
   4. To forge or utter false documents in relation to an alleged malpractice case.
   5. To bribe or attempt to bribe an Independent Examination Committee official or witness or any other person in relation to an alleged malpractice case.
   6. To harass or procure others to harass on his /her behalf, members of the Disciplinary Committee or officials of the Independent Examinations Committee, invigilators/supervisors, witnesses or any other person.
   7. To refuse to cooperate in the disciplinary hearing.

SANCTION

1. Cancellation of the relevant examinations.
2. Barred from all Independent Examinations Committee organised examinations.