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Business registration in Ghana

Registration, licensing, names, permits, and formal establishment requirements. These records come from release legal-2026.07.26-907 and link directly to stored legal text.

49 matching statutes

• Ghana

  Internal Revenue (Registration of Business) Act, 2005 (Act 684)

  Act 684

  12 provisions

  A person must register a business with the Commissioner before carrying it on.

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• Ghana

  Internal Revenue (Registration of Business) (Amendment) Act, 2008 ( Act 777)

  Act 777

  1 provisions

  This Act amends the Schedule of the Internal Revenue (Registration of Business) Act, 2005 by replacing certain amounts with new Ghana cedi amounts.

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• Ghana

  Ghana Investment Fund Act, 2002 (Act 616)

  Act 616

  25 provisions

  This section establishes a Ghana Investment Fund.

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• Ghana

  Book and Newspaper Registration Act, 1961 (ACT 73)

  Act 73

  19 provisions

  Printers must deliver specified copies of books published in Ghana within one month of the book coming off the press, and the recipient must give a written receipt.

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• Ghana

  Credit Reporting Act, 2007 (ACT 726)

  Act 726

  62 provisions

  The Bank of Ghana has supervisory and regulatory authority over credit bureaus and related actors, and may issue rules, authorise officials, and establish credit reporting bodies.

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• Ghana

  Geographical Indications Act, 2003 (Act 659)

  Act 659

  22 provisions

  An interested person may go to the High Court to stop certain misleading or unfair uses of a geographical indication, and the court may also award damages or other relief.

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• Ghana

  Trade Marks Act, 2004 (Act 664)

  Act 664

  53 provisions

  This section defines “trade mark” as a sign or combination of signs that can distinguish one undertaking’s goods or services from another’s.

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• Ghana

  Public Private Partnership Act, 2020 (Act 1039)

  Act 1039

  88 provisions

  This section says the Act’s purpose is to regulate public-private partnership arrangements and promote private sector resources for infrastructure and services.

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• Ghana

  Export Development and Investment Fund Act, 2000 (Act 582)

  Act 582

  58 provisions

  This section establishes an Export Development and Investment Fund.

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• Ghana

  Payment Systems and Services Act, 2019 (Act 987)

  Act 987

  77 provisions

  This Act applies to banks, specialised deposit-taking institutions, dedicated electronic money issuers, payment service providers, and certain affiliates and agents.

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• Ghana

  Creative Arts Industry Act, 2020 (ACT 1048)

  Act 1048

  33 provisions

  This section establishes the Creative Arts Agency as a body corporate and lets it deal with property and contracts for its functions.

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• Ghana

  Insolvency Act, 2006 (Act 708)

  Act 708

  78 provisions

  This section creates the office of Official Trustee, lets the President appoint the Official Trustee within six months of commencement, and requires appointees to be legal practitioners of at least ten years’ standing.

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• Ghana

  Public Procurement Act, 2003 (Act 663)

  Act 663

  88 provisions

  This section states the Act’s objects: to regulate public-private partnership arrangements and promote use of private sector resources for infrastructure and services.

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• Ghana

  Narcotics Control Commission Act, 2020 (Act 1019)

  Act 1019

  105 provisions

  The Act establishes the Narcotics Control Commission as a body corporate, and the Commission may handle property and related contracts to perform its functions.

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• Ghana

  Companies Act, 2019 (ACT 992)

  Act 992

  61 provisions

  This section says the Act applies to companies formed in the Republic, including companies formed before or after commencement, subject to any other provision that says otherwise.

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• Ghana

  Fisheries Act, 2002 (Act 625)

  Act 625

  102 provisions

  This section establishes the Fisheries Commission and gives it corporate status and powers.

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• Ghana

  Taxation( Use of Fiscal Electronic Device) Act, 2018 ( Act 966)

  Act 966

  38 provisions

  This section says the Act aims to increase revenue collection and requires specified taxable persons to use a Fiscal Electronic Device approved by the Ghana Revenue Authority.

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• Ghana

  Land Act, 2020 (Act 1036)

  Act 1036

  81 provisions

  This section lists the interests in land.

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• Ghana

  Ghana Investment Promotion Centre Act, 1994 (Act 478)

  Act 478

  80 provisions

  This section establishes the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre as a body corporate and gives it corporate powers.

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• Ghana

  Public Office Holders (Declaration of Assets and Disqualification) Act 1998 (Act 550)

  Act 1998

  16 provisions

  Public office holders covered by section 3 must file a written declaration of their assets and liabilities with the Auditor-General.

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