GHANA TO PUT LAWS ON INTERNET
The laws of Ghana are to be updated and put on the Internet for foreign investors and the general public to access.
An agreement to this effect was signed between the Ministry of Justice and Lexis Nexis Butterworths, a South African publishing firm and their local partners, Data Centa Limited, in Accra yesterday.
Under the agreement, the government of Ghana will get seven per cent royalties from the sales of the laws in an electronic form and leaflets.
The Minister of Justice, Papa Owusu Ankomah, who initialled the document for Ghana, said this was the second time since 1951 that such an exercise was being carried out to update the laws of the country. The laws were updated for the first time in 1951, but published in 1954.
The Sales Manager of the Butterworths in charge of Africa, Mr. Danie Jones, who signed for his company, said Ghana was among four African countries selected to revise and publish their laws.
Mr. Kofi Bentsi-Enchill, Director and Ms. Abigail Boateng, General Manager of the Data Centa, who signed for their outfit said those who wanted to access the laws on the net had to pay some amount before they could do so.
Source: GhanaWeb
