Finance, the Registrar-General’s Department (RGD) registered 61,797 businesses and companies, 819 marriages, and 758 trademarks.
In addition, 541 trademarks were filed and 300 estates were administered.
Presenting the 2022 Budget statement on the floor of Parliament, Mr. Ken Ofori Atta the Copyright Office registered 484 copyright works as of the end of August 2021, held a sensitization program for 425 police recruits, and undertook a 2-day anti-piracy media education.
The Minister said in 2022, the Registrar-General’s Department projects to register 97,000 businesses and 2,400 marriages and the Ghana Intellectual Property Office (GIPO) expects to register 1,900 Trademarks and file 1,800 Trademarks.
In addition, the Copyright Office will register 1,200 copyright works.
The Law Reform Commission prepared a background paper on Unfair Contract Terms, submitted the final report of the Occupier’s Liability Bill to the Office of the Attorney General, and completed the memorandum on the draft bill on the Law of Defamation.
Mr. Ofori Atta said in 2022, the Law Reform Commission will work on the background paper based on a research report from key stakeholders and hold major key stakeholders workshop aimed at reviewing sections of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29) and the Council for Law Reporting sold several volumes of the Ghana Law Reports and Review of Ghana Law, published 700 copies of the 2018-2019 Volume 1 Ghana Law Reports and prepared manuscripts of the 2018-2019 Volume 2 Ghana Law Reports; the Indexing (digitizing) of the Law Report Index is about 95 percent complete and will be published by the end of 2021.
He added that in 2022, the Council will publish 700 copies of the 2016-2017 Ghana Law Report Volume 2 as well as publish 700 copies of the 2020-2021 Ghana Law Report Volumes 1 and 2, and publish 500 copies of the 2016-2020 Review of Ghana Law.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.con/Kofi Atakora
