GHANA BROADCASTING CORPORATION ACT, 1968

(1) There is hereby established a body corporate to be known as the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation. (2) The Corporation shall have perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue and be sued in its corporate name. (3) The Corporation may, for the performance of its functions, acquire and hold movable or immovable property and may dispose of that property, and may enter into a contract or any other transaction. (4) Where there is a hindrance to the acquisition of a property under subsection (3), the property may, subject to article 20 of the Constitution, be acquired for the Corporation under the State Property and Contracts Act, 1960 (C.A. 6) or under the State Lands Act, 1962 (Act 125). (5) The Acts specified in subsection (4) shall apply, with respect to the acquisition, with the modifications that are necessary to provide for the vesting of the property acquired in the Corporation and for the costs of the acquisition to be defrayed by the Corporation.

(1) The objects of the Corporation are, (a) to undertake sound, commercial and television broadcasts; (b) to prepare programmes reflecting national progress and aspiration in the field of culture, education, information and entertainment; (c) to broadcast the programmes prepared under paragraph (b) in the main Ghanaian languages and in English and any other foreign languages that the Corporation may determine; (d) to carry on an external service of sound broadcasting; (e) to enter into an agreement for the utilisation of programmes prepared in other countries; and (f) to carry on any other activities that are incidental or conducive to the attainment of all or any of the objects of the Corporation. (2) Without prejudice to subsection (1), the Corporation may (a) erect, maintain and operate transmitting and receiving stations; (b) install and operate wired broadcasting services; (c) enter into arrangements for the purpose of obtaining rights, privileges and concessions; (d) produce, manufacture, purchase or otherwise acquire films, television, gramophone and any other mechanical or electronic records, and materials and apparatus associated with the materials, and may use them in connection with the broadcasting services; (e) provide to and to receive from other corporations and persons, material to be broadcast; (f) organise, provide and subsidise public entertainment for the purpose of broadcasting; (g) collect news and information in a manner that the Corporation considers fit in any part of the world and subscribe to news agencies and services; (h) acquire copyrights; (i) publish printed matter that may be conducive to the performance of a function of the Corporation; (j) do any other things conducive to attaining the objects of the Corporation, including the provision of facilities for training and education for the purpose of advancing the skill of persons employed by the Corporation, and the carrying out of research to improve the efficiency of the equipment of the Corporation and the manner in which that equipment is operated.