Ghana

Currency: Cedi (GHS)

Timezone: Greenwich Mean Time (UTC)

Major Cities: Accra

Ghana is a Western African country sharing borders with the Gulf of Guinea, Togo, Cote d’Ivoire, and Burkina Faso. The country’s climate is tropical-warm and dry along the coast and hot and dry in the north-with a terrain that is largely low plains. 

With a population of approximately 30 million people, Ghana is the second-most populous country in West Africa after Nigeria. The major ethnic groups of the country include the Akan, Mole-Dagbon, Ewe, and Ga-Dangme, with the English language regarded as the official language of the country.Ghana operates a unitary and presidential system of government that is administratively divided into 16 regions, including Accra, the country’s capital.  The country’s economy is a market-based economy dominated by the agricultural sector which accounts for 20 percentof the country’s GDP and employs over 50 percent of the labor force. The country is also the second-largest producer of cocoa which is a major source of foreign exchange to the economy along with other commodities such as gold and petroleum. The major problems facing the country include public sector corruption and youth unemployment challenge.

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Centre for Scientific Research into Plant Medicine Act

Ghana, Ministry of Environment, Science Technology and Innovation

The Act establishes the Centre for Scientific Research into Plant Medicine with the functions to conduct research related to improvement of plant medicine, ensure the purity of drugs from plant extract, and establish botanical gardens...

Ghana • 1975 • Health

Trees and Timber Act

Ghana, Ministry of Lands

The Act provides for the registration of locality marks and the felling of trees for export. It clearly states that a person shall not cut or fell a growing tree for export in log form...

Ghana • 1974 • Forestry and Wildlife

Forest Protection Decree

Ghana, Ministry of Land and Natural Resources

The decree outlines forest offences and their associated punishment, as well as duties of the forest officer. The decree also contains repeals of sections from the Forest Ordinance and the Concessions Act.

Ghana • 1974 • Land, Housing and Natural Resources

Public Lands (Protection) Decree

Ghana, Ministry of Land and Natural Resources

The Public Lands Decree outlines the punishments meted out to people or bodies who trespass a land or unlawfully sell or occupy it. The decree also spells out the punishment given to people who verbally...

Ghana • 1974 • Land, Housing and Natural Resources

Abandoned Property (Disposal) Act

Ghana, Ministry of Works and Housing

The Act concerns the removal of abandoned property including trees, timber of logs, and scrap metals. It confers powers to authorized officers for removal or ordering a removal of an abandoned property.

Ghana • 1974 • Land, Housing and Natural Resources

Ghana Tourist Control Authority Act

Ghana, Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture

The Act establishes a tourist control board to guide policy formulation, regulation and coordination of all activities of the tourism sector.

Ghana • 1973 • Culture and Tourism

Conveyancing Decree

Ghana, Ministry of Trade and Industry

The Decree harmonises all scattered laws related to conveyancing of modifications to enhance simplicity in transactions related to land (buying, selling, leasing), with the ultimate aim of facilitating cheap, modern, reliable, and speedy processes.

Ghana • 1973 • Trade, Industry and Investment

Fisheries Regulations

Ghana, Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture

Rules and guidelines concerning fishing licences, poisonous substances, fishing nets and motor vessel equipment. The Fisheries Regulations also revoke the Fisheries Regulations of 1964.

Ghana • 1973 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Standards Authority Act

Ghana, Ministry of Trade and Industry

An Act that establishes the Standards Authority Board, its functions, how it acquires funding and other matters related to standardization of goods.

Ghana • 1973 • Economy

Timber Operations (Government Participation) Act

Ghana, Ministry of Lands

The Act provides for Government’s participation in certain companies. This is in a bid to promote self-reliance and development of the country’s economy.

Ghana • 1972 • Forestry and Wildlife

Meat Marketing Board Act

Ghana, Ministry of Food and Agriculture

The Act establishes the Meat Marketing Board, with the functions to purchase and manage all logistics regarding the transport of meat consumed in the country, make financial arrangements and transactions, and see to the delivery...

Ghana • 1972 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Seeds (Certification and Standards) Act

Ghana, Ministry of Food and Agriculture

The act provides for the regulation of import and export of seeds, as a means to prevent and control pests and plant diseases.

Ghana • 1972 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Fishing Boats (Certificate of Competency as skippers and second hands) Regulations

Ghana, Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture

These regulations are guidelines for interested applicants for the Skipper Certificate Exam. The document contains qualifications to write the Skipper Certificate Exam as a local and a foreigner. It also details what happens when there...

Ghana • 1972 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Mortgages Decree

Ghana, Ministry of Land and Natural Resources

Defines what a mortgage is, and the rights to which the mortgagor and mortgagee are entitled.

Ghana • 1972 • Land, Housing and Natural Resources

Wildlife Reserves Regulation

Ghana, Ministry of Land and Natural Resources

This regulation designates some lands as reserves, for example, Mole and Bui National Parks. The Regulation also lists what is prohibited for park visitors, and the associated penalties.

Ghana • 1971 • Land, Housing and Natural Resources

Wildlife Conservation Regulations

Ghana, Ministry of Land and Natural Resources

These regulations place restrictions on hunting and detail the punishment meted out to an offender of the restrictions. One can also find out how to obtain permits and licenses for games.

Ghana • 1971 • Land, Housing and Natural Resources

Grains Development Authority Act

Ghana, Ministry of Food and Agriculture

The Act establishes and incorporates the Grains Development Authority with the broad objective of multiplying and supplying improved seed varieties.

Ghana • 1970 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Ghana Standards (Certification Mark) Rules

Ghana, Ministry of Trade and Industry

The broad rules state that no person shall sell, distribute, prepare, or export goods manufactured by industrial processes in Ghana without having the Ghana Standard Certification Mark or other related certifications.

Ghana • 1970 • Trade, Industry and Investment