GHANA COCOA BOARD ACT, 1984

(1) There is hereby established, to replace the Ghana Cocoa Marketing Board existing immediately before the commencement of this Act, a body to be known as the Ghana Cocoa Board. (2) The Board is a corporate body with perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue and be sued in its corporate name. (3) The Board may, for the performance of its functions under this Act acquire and hold movable or immovable property and may dispose of that property and enter into a contract or any other transaction. (4) Where there is a hindrance to the acquisition of property under subsection (3), the property may be acquired for the Board under the State Property and Contracts Act, 1960 (C.A. 6) or the State Lands Act (Act 125).

The objects of the Board are, (a) to encourage the production of cocoa, coffee and shea; (b) to undertake the cultivation of cocoa, coffee and shea; (c) to initiate programmes aimed at controlling pests and diseases of cocoa, coffee and shea; (d) to purchase, import, undertake and encourage the manufacture of, and distribute and market inputs used in the production of cocoa, coffee and shea; (e) to undertake, promote and encourage scientific research aimed at improving the quality and yield of cocoa, coffee, shea and other tropical crops; (f) to regulate the marketing and export of cocoa, coffee and shea; (g) to secure the most favourable arrangements for the purchase, inspection, grading, sealing and certification, export and sale of cocoa, coffee, and shea; (h) to purchase, market and export cocoa produced in the Republic which is graded under the Cocoa Industry (Regulation) (Consolidation) Act, 19682(2) or any other enactment as suitable for export; (i) to establish or encourage the establishment of industrial processing factories for the processing of cocoa and cocoa waste into marketable cocoa products; (j) to purchase, market and export cocoa, cocoa products, coffee, shea and shea butter produced in the Republic; (k) to assist in the development of the cocoa, coffee and shea industries of the Republic; and (l) to promote the general welfare of cocoa, coffee and shea farmers in the Republic.