(1) There is hereby established for the purposes of this Act a body corporate to be known as the Export Promotion Authority. (2) The Authority is, by the name assigned to it by subsection (1), autonomous and outside the Civil Service; and has perpetual succession and a common seal, may sue and be sued in its corporate name and for the purposes of this Act enter into a contract and any other transaction. (3) The Authority may, for the performance of its functions under this Act, acquire and hold movable or immovable property, and may sell, lease, mortgage or otherwise alienate or dispose of that property.

Section 2

2. Governing body of the Authority

(1) The governing body of the Authority is a Council consisting of the part-time chairman, and (a) one representative of the Ghana Manufacturers’ Association, (b) one representative of the National Chamber of Commerce, (c) one representative of the Ghana Export Company Limited, (d) one representative of the Bank of Ghana, (e) one representative of the Capital Investments Board, (f) one representative of the Standards Board, (g) one representative of the Ministry responsible for Agriculture, (h) one representative of the Ministry responsible for Foreign Affair, (i) one representative of the Ministry responsible for Information, (j) one representative of the Ministry responsible for Industries, (k) one representative of the Ministry responsible for Trade and Tourism, and (l) the executive secretary of the Authority. (2) The members of the Council including the chairman shall be appointed by the President. (3) The Council may co-opt a person to act as an adviser at a meeting in respect of a matter under discussion by the Council but the co-opted person is not entitled to vote at that meeting.2(2)