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Ghana legislation

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1994
Ghana Act or statute

District Assembly Elections Act, 1994 (Act 473)

District Assembly elections must be held every four years and at least six months apart from parliamentary elections.

  • Candidate eligibility
  • Candidate nomination
  • Conviction consequences
  • District assembly membership
  • Election administration
1999
Ghana Act or statute

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority Act, 1999 (Act 569)

This section creates the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority as a body corporate and gives it core corporate powers.

  • Accounting records
  • Annual report
  • Appointments
  • Asset transfer
  • Audit
2017
Ghana Act or statute

Earmarked Funds Capping and Realignment Act, 2017 (Act 947)

This Act applies to Earmarked Funds, and it prevails where another enactment about an Earmarked Fund or an Internally Generated Fund conflicts with it.

  • Budget allocation
  • Budgeting
  • Earmarked funds
  • Fund distribution
  • Funds
2008
Ghana Act or statute

Education Act, 2008 (Act 778)

The provision sets out three levels of education, defines what each level includes, and allows the Ministry of Education and District Assemblies to establish district open colleges.

  • Accreditation
  • Appeals
  • Appointments
  • Board governance
  • Budget administration
1993
Ghana Act or statute

Electoral Commission Act, 1993 (Act 451)

This section establishes the Electoral Commission and states that it must have a Chairman, two deputy chairmen, and four other members.

  • Appointments
  • Audit
  • Committee governance
  • Compliance
  • Conditions of service
1995
Ghana Act or statute

Electricity (Special Levies) Act, 1995 (Act 497)

All electricity consumers in Ghana must pay a special levy of Β’1.70 per kwh for rural electrification.

  • Electricity
  • Electricity billing
  • Electricity charges
  • Levies collection
  • Levy
2019
Ghana Act or statute

Electronic Communications (Amendment) Act, 2019 (Act 1006)

Incoming intra-community roaming traffic in the ECOWAS region is exempt from the minimum international incoming traffic rate, and the Authority must periodically issue directives to set the rate.

  • International incoming traffic
  • Roaming rates
2008
Ghana Act or statute

Electronic Transactions Act, 2008 (Act 772)

This section states the Act’s purpose: to support electronic communications and related transactions in the public interest.

  • Gazette notices
  • Access control
  • Access to information systems
  • Acknowledgement
  • Acknowledgement of receipt
2025
Ghana Act or statute

Electronic Transfer Levy Repeal Act, 2025

This Act repeals two earlier Electronic Transfer Levy enactments, while preserving pre-existing rights, liabilities, and obligations until they are exercised or terminated.

  • Electronic transfer levy
1994
Ghana Act or statute

Emergency Powers Act, 1994 (Act 472)

The President may declare that a state of emergency exists in Ghana, or in part of Ghana, if acting on the advice of the Council of State and by proclamation published in the Gazette.

  • Compliance
  • Confidential proceedings
  • Court proceedings
  • Detention
  • Government compliance
2025
Ghana Act or statute

Emissions Levy Repeal Act, 2025

This Act repeals the Emissions Levy Act, 2023, and keeps pre-existing rights, liabilities, and obligations in force until they are exercised or terminated.

  • Environmental levy repeal
1997
Ghana Act or statute

Energy Commission Act, 1997 (Act 541)

This section establishes the Energy Commission and gives it corporate status and powers to sue, hold and dispose of property, and enter contracts.

  • Accounting
  • Accounts and audit
  • Administration
  • Advisers
  • Allowances
2021
Ghana Act or statute

Energy Sector Levies (Amendment) Act, 2021 (Act 1064)

The Minister must open and maintain two accounts: one for Energy Sector Recovery Levy money and one for Sanitation and Pollution Levy money.

  • Account management
  • Energy
  • Energy levy
  • Environmental levy
  • Fuel levies
2025
Ghana Act or statute

Energy Sector Levies Act, 2025

This Act sets and collects several energy-sector levies, requires collected funds to be paid into specified accounts, and gives the Minister powers to make regulations and report to Parliament.

  • Electricity levies
  • Fuel levies
  • Government accounts
  • Regulatory reporting
1994
Ghana Act or statute

Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1994 (Act 490)

This section establishes the Environmental Protection Agency and gives it corporate status and certain powers.

  • Agency establishment
  • Agency funding
  • Agency governance
  • Agency organization
  • Allowances
1965
Ghana Act or statute

Estate Duty Act, 1965 (Act 271)

The Commissioner must carry out the functions given by this Act, subject to directions from the Minister.

  • Accounts and record-keeping
  • Appeals
  • Assessment of duty
  • Asset sale
  • Compliance

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