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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Interstate Succession Law

Ghana, Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources

The law sets out provisions for the devolution of the estate or properties of persons who die interstate. The law defines ‘dying interstate’ as dying having not made a will disposing an estate or portions...

Ghana • 1985 • Justice

Petroleum (Exploration and Production) Law

Ghana, Ministry of Energy

The Law regulates the exploration, development, and production of petroleum in Ghana. It stipulates the duties and rights of persons involved in such exploration, development or production. Without prejudice to rights granted or acquired in...

Ghana • 1984 • Environment and Climate Change

Export of Cocoa Regulations

Ghana, Ministry of Trade and Industry

The regulations contained border around registration, licensing, opeartional requirements, export price, quality control, penalties, and appeal procedures. The regulations are in relation to the external marketing of cocoa.

Ghana • 1984 • Trade, Industry, and Investment

Ghana Cocoa Board Law

Ghana, Ministry of Food and Agriculture

The Law officializes the Ghana Cocoa Board body, and outlnes its functions.

Ghana • 1984 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Ghana National Petroleum Corporation Act

Ghana, Ministry of Energy

“An act to provide for the establishment of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation and for related matters”. It also defines the functions of the Corporation, its board of directors and their tenure of office, functions...

Ghana • 1983 • Environment and Climate Change

Wildlife Reserves (Amendment) Regulations

Ghana, Ministry of Land and Natural Resources

Regulation 5 was added as a statement of the charges that would be brought on an offender of regulations 2 to 4.

Ghana • 1983 • Land, Housing, and Natural Resources

Wildlife Conservation (Amendment) Regulations

Ghana, Ministry of Land and Natural Resources

Changes made to the Wildlife Conservation Regulations specifically to regulations: 1, 5, 6, 7,and 11

Ghana • 1983 • Land, Housing, and Natural Resources

Wild Animals Preservation (Amendment) Law

Ghana, Ministry of Works and Housing

The Amendment Law simply changes a paragraph, Section 11, of the Wild Animals Preservation Law.

Ghana • 1983 • Land, Housing, and Natural Resources

Trees and Timber (Amendment) Law

Ghana, Ministry of Land and Natural Resources

The amendment changes the monetary figures in section four of the Trees and Timber Decree, 1974.

Ghana • 1983 • Environment and Climate Change

The Ghana Forestry Commissions Act

Ghana, Ministry of Land and Natural Resources

An Act that establishes the Ghana Forestry Commision, its members and key roles, the functions of the Commission, financial provisions and other related activities.

Ghana • 1980 • Forestry and Wildlife

Importation and Exportation of Parrots Regulation

Ghana, Ministry of Land and Natural Resources

The regulation is a simple statement that the import and export of parrots to and from Ghana is prohibited.

Ghana • 1980 • Land, Housing, and Natural Resources

Confiscated Assets (Recovery and Disposal) Committee Act

Ghana, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning

The act establishes a committee to take stock of properties confiscated to the State. The committee shall locate and take inventory of assets confiscated to the state by the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council, make recommendations...

Ghana • 1979 • Justice

Economic Plant Protection Act

Ghana, Ministry of Food and Agriculture

There are some plants that by law cannot be destroyed; thus, the Act enforces the rule and puts measures in place to penalize offenders.

Ghana • 1979 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Timber Industry and Ghana Timber Marketing Board (Amendment) Act

Ghana, Ministry of Lands

The act provides for the sole exporters by land of timber and timber products. It states that no person, other than the Ghana Timber Marketing Board, shall export overland timber, or any of the timber...

Ghana • 1977 • Forestry and Wildlife

Irrigation Development Authority Act

Ghana, Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing

The act provides for the development of irrigation in Ghana. It establishes the Irrigation Development Authority to, among other things, see to the formulation of irrigation plans for development, develop water resources for irrigated farming,...

Ghana • 1977 • Utilities

Wildlife Reserves (Amendment) Regulation

Ghana, Ministry of Land and Natural Resources

Makes vocabulary changes to the “Wildlife Reserves Regulation”, and provides descriptions of the Bia National Park and Bia Game Production Reserve.

Ghana • 1977 • Land, Housing, and Natural Resources

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 purity of drugs from plant extract, and establish botanical gardens for...

Ghana • 1975 • Health

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

Trees and Timber Act

Ghana, Ministry of Lands

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

Ghana • 1974 • Forestry and Wildlife