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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The Minerals Act

Ghana, Ministry of Land and Natural Resources

An Act that grants the President of the Republic of Ghana the authority over all minerals in Ghana, for example to grant mining licenses, to grant land access through rent, and such things as these.

Ghana • 1962 • Land, Housing, and Natural Resources

Forest Improvement Fund (Amendment) Act

Ghana, Ministry of Land and Natural Resources

Makes changes to the following sections of the Forest Improvement Fund Act: Sections 2, 5,and 6.

Ghana • 1962 • Land, Housing, and Natural Resources

Survey Act

Ghana, Ministry of Land and Natural Resources

The Survey Act describes the functions of the officers of the Geological Survey Department including the Director, e.g. “to make borings and take samples”. The Act also defines other surveying related matters, e.g. what happens...

Ghana • 1962 • Land, Housing, and Natural Resources

Diseases of Animals Act

Ghana, Ministry of Food and Agriculture

The Act aims to consolidate on other amendments providing for prevention and control of infectious diseases in animals. It gives powers to the Minister in charge to declare diseases covered by this act and to...

Ghana • 1961 • Forestry and Wildlife

Administration of Estates Act

Ghana, Ministry of Justice

This is an act that defines the estates of a deceased person, the personal relatives of the deceased and how his/her property is devolved to those relatives. In addition, the Act lists the job of...

Ghana • 1961 • Justice

Wild Animals Preservation Act

Ghana, Ministry of Land and Natural Resources

The Act defines who an honorary game officer is, outlines what is allowed in collecting specimens, outlines restrictions on imports on exports of trophies, and all other things related to wildlife preservation.

Ghana • 1961 • Land, Housing, and Natural Resources

Volta River Development Act

Ghana, Ministry of Energy

Establishes the Volta River Authority, its members and its functions.

Ghana • 1961 • Utilities

Forest Improvement Fund Act

Ghana, Ministry of Land and Natural Resources

Establishes a Forest Improvement Fund under the authority of the Minister in charge of forest-related matters, and also mentions examples of payments into the fund.

Ghana • 1960 • Land, Housing, and Natural Resources

Land Development (Protection of Purchasers)

Ghana, Ministry of Land and Natural Resources

An outline on how land conflicts are resolved where two parties including the purchaser are claiming land possession.

Ghana • 1960 • Land, Housing, and Natural Resources

Criminal Code, 1960 (ACT 29)

Ghana, Ministry of Justice

An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to criminal offences.

Ghana • 1960 • Justice

Forest (Amendment) Act

Ghana, Ministry of Land and Natural Resources

Amends the Forest Ordinance, particularly, Section 34.

Ghana • 1957 • Land, Housing, and Natural Resources

Animals (Artificial Insemination) Act

Ghana, Ministry of Food and Agriculture

The act provides for the control of artificial insemination of animals. It stipulates that a person shall not collect or sell semen from an animal except under the provisions of the act.

Ghana • 1955 • Agriculture and Rural Development

The Forests (Amendment) Ordinance

Ghana, Ministry of Land and Natural Resources

Makes sectional changes to the Principal Forest Ordinance.

Ghana • 1954 • Land, Housing, and Natural Resources

Land Planning and Soil Conservation Act

Ghana, Ministry of Land and Natural Resources

The Act establishes a planning committee that sets aside land for purposes including soil conservation.

Ghana • 1953 • Land, Housing, and Natural Resources

Animals (Control of Importation) Act

Ghana, Ministry of Lands

The act gives the minister in charge powers to prohibit the importation of animals suspected to harbor diseases into the country. It also contains sections addressing: seizure of unlawfully imported animals, slaughtering, carcass disposal, indemnity...

Ghana • 1952 • Forestry and Wildlife

Town and Country Planning Act

Ghana, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning

The act provides for the development of land, towns and other areas. It sets out powers of the Minister and places the authority for town and country planning on the Minister, instead of Town and...

Ghana • 1945 • Urban Development

Concessions Act

Ghana, Ministry of Land and Natural Resources

An act to amend and consolidate the law relating to the regulation of the granting of rights with respect to land by citizens and for related matters.

Ghana • 1939 • Land, Housing, and Natural Resources