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This Act amends the Growth and Sustainability Levy rules by extending the levy’s application through 2028 and changing levy rates for mining categories.
A person alleging unlawful detention may apply to the High Court or a Judge for an enquiry into the detention.
This section says the Act applies to finance transactions between financial institutions and their customers for residential property purposes.
This section defines human trafficking and lists forms of exploitation that count as trafficking.
The person in charge of an arriving vessel, aircraft, or vehicle in Ghana must not let a passenger who boarded outside Ghana disembark until an immigration officer authorises it.
This section establishes the Immigration Service under the Act, in line with article 190 of the Constitution.
This section states that the Act is meant to allow powers to impose restrictions on persons during an emergency, disaster, or similar situation, to protect public safety and public health.
This Act amends the First Schedule to the Income Tax Act, 2015 and changes the income tax bands and rates.
This section amends section 6 of the Income Tax Act, 2015 (Act 896) by deleting subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (a) of subsection (2).
This amendment adds tax exemptions for certain interest and dividend payments.
This provision amends the First Schedule of the Income Tax Act, 2015 and replaces the tax bands/rates for chargeable income.
This amendment changes First Schedule tax rates for resident individuals, certain manufacturing companies, and some service fees.
This Act amends the Income Tax Act, 2015 to exempt gains from the realisation of securities traded on the Ghana Stock Exchange up to 31 December 2021.
Some pre-retirement withdrawals from provident funds or personal pension schemes are exempt from income tax if they are made because of the COVID-19 pandemic and meet the stated employee or self-employed conditions.
Resident persons must withhold tax on certain payments, including dividends, interest, rent, royalties, natural resource payments, and some asset or liability realisation payments.
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.
The Ghana Institute of Journalism is established as a body corporate, with power to sue and be sued, hold property, and enter contracts.
This section establishes the Institute of Local Government Studies and gives it corporate status and certain powers.
The National Insurance Commission is established by this Act and may, for its functions, acquire property and enter into contracts or other transactions.
This Act amends the Internal Revenue Act, 2000 to change penalty amounts for failure to file returns and to repeal one subsection.
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