Electronic Communications Act, 2008
ACT 775
THE SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIFTH
ACT
OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA
ENTITLED
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS ACT, 2008
AN ACT to provide for the regulation of electronic communications, the
regulation of broadcasting, the use of the electro-magnetic spectrum
and for related matters.
DATE OF ASSENT: 6th January, 2009.
ENACTED by the President and Parliament:
Application
Application and scope
1. (1) This Act applies to
(a) electronic communications and broadcasting service
providers, and
(b) electronic communications and broadcasting networks.
(2) This Act does not apply to
(a) the military and other security agencies,
(b) installations of other branches of government except as
expressly provided in this Act,
(c) the operation by a person for that person's own use or solely
for the purpose of that person's business of an electronic
communications system in which the equipment comprised
in the system is situated
(i) in a single set of premises in single occupation and
the transmissions from the equipment are confined
to the premises, or
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