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Wildlife Resources Management Act, 2023 🇬🇭


Coat of Arms
Republic of Ghana


The one thousand, one hundred and fifteenth

Act

of the parliament of the republic of ghana
entitled

Wildlife Resources Management Act, 2023

  • Published by Government Gazette on 1 March 2024
  • Assented to on 1 March 2024
  • There are multiple commencements:
  • Unknown provisions commenced on 1 March 2024.
AN ACT to consolidate and revise the laws relating to wildlife and protected areas, provide for the implementation of international conventions on wildlife to which Ghana is a signatory and for related matters.

Wildlife - Ownership, Implementation, Objects and Functions

1. Ownership of wildlife and wildlife products

(1)A wildlife resource, a wildlife product and an associated genetic resource in Ghana are vested in the President on behalf of the people of Ghana.
(2)Subsection (1) does not affect the right of a
(a)person who is acting in accordance with the terms of a licence or permit granted under subsection (6) of section 23 to that person to acquire a wildlife, a wildlife product or an a…

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